some punk kid in a 99 eclipse gst pulled out onto the busiest road in knoxville and i plowed into his side...

he was pulling out of some tint shop and didnt even look, moron, its 5:30, rush hour,, my god,, anywys, his car is jacked, his door doesnt close anymore,, he ripped my hub (stock i know, im still looking for wheels to buy) and dented it big time, it scrapes when i ,make a sharp left turn bad... i liked under the hood and didnt see any damage,

what are some steps i need to take to insure nothing severe was damaged, i drove it to work this morning... and it rides ok, but it feels like the right side is "floating" a bit... doesnt ride normal..

i was going 30 he was pulling out..

welp here are the pics

http://home.usit.net/~johntom/images/small/

it was his fault, he got the ticket, now i just have to wait on allstate to pay to get my car fixed,,

hmm wonder if i can get some hid's out of this deal =P

my clear corners are cracked =(

 

Bro your car is not wreked. thats not huge damage. you are fine. it could cost you around $1200 to fix it.

 

i know its not terrible,

but its my maxima,,, this is a big deal to me,,, ive never been in a wreck, i know its not going to cost me a dime, but coming from a ford tempo, to a maxima, this car is like gold to me...

 

yeh i hear you. but trust me its not bad at all. you should take it easy.

 

the altezza on the eclipse looks really gay... and his exhaust tip is bented!

 

Guys relax show some symphaty for this guy, maybe to some it might not be a big deal, but to the others who pretty much recently just got their cars it is a big deal. **** a big deal to me is a friggin' scratch lol but honestly it is to me! And God forbid something like that happened to me I'd be PIST, I probably would cry too , so I don't blame you bro I know it hurts it'd hurt me too , but even once you get it fixed you'll still never forget that panel sustained damage. But luckily it isn't major as most of the people here said. But DAMN did you see that Eclipse your car suffered 1,000% less damage than his did!!!

 

You should be proud of your car. because looking at those picture. his car is more of aw wreck, then yours. his glass all over the floor, your car is steping on the glass from the other car. your maxima standing strong. MAXIMA RULEZZZZZZ

 

accidents suck. I'm sorry for your car, but at least it's repairable!

 

where is the wreck?

 

well i had a 98 gle b4 my 97 gxe and i was racing my friends sentra and i lost control at around 120 130mph cause i hit a rock size of a ****en basketball and my whole car lifted in air and i slid for about 130 ft the cop said and hit a tree miss my door by 1 feet. I was crying when i saw the accident only had a hair line fracture in my sholder somewhere. so guys show some sympathy. i was crying on my friends sholder dat car cost me 15000 and still paying it off

 

wow, thats not too bad, but trust me i know how you feel, my last car was totalled and it sucked. I get angry every time i see a scratch or someone even coming close to my car. Looks fine and mostly outer damamger. His car looks worse and to top it off, its ugly, and the "bent" muffler is gay as are his altezzas. Hes paying for this i presume?!



eric

 

So far, ya, i called his ins company and filed a claim, He got a ticket for failing to yield, so i better not have to pay a dime..


lol, never thought of it like that,, ya, i know my car shelled out more damage than it took,, good focker deserved it... hes prolly got a coat hanger holding his door closed =)..


Ya, i dont think that happened in the wreck, my friend noticed that and told me i should have stomped the can of bees off the car =P

 

Nice kill . . .

But seriously, as long as you dont have to pay anything - dont worry about it too much, it will come back, and you should be able to drive a cool beater rental around while its in the shop if his insurance will pay for that too. Make the best outta the situation.

-Wisky

 

Did you shatter the glass of his door? I can see alot of glass on the road....sorry to hear about your accident...

 

i really feel your pain!

before i got my max i had an 89 olds delta 88. i loved that car. this blind f#ck on a 85 audi ran a stop sign (there was one on each side of the intersection with a white line and STOP written in big white letters) into my passenger side at about 50 miles per hour, his car was gone the whole front end and the engine got pushed back into the firewall.

when i saw my olds i cried and i still drove it afterwards.

Now that i got my "precious" maxima, i drive very carefully and if that would happen to me, i'd get out of the car and kill the SOB with my own hands right on the spot.

but at least the damage is not that bad, and it drives well. so you should be happy about that. try to think of how good you'll feel when you're driving it once it is restored to good shape.

-Vadim

 

haha look at the guy lookin at u while u took the pic! he's probably thinking "wtf is he doin"

 

lol

ya he said,, what are you doing? i didnt answer, i was ****ed off.. i just sat there taking pics waiting on the cops to show

his driver side windows shattered, he had it down halfway, his door doesnt close, all sorts of damage to his...

 

how the hell u get a ticket for that? you should go to court and fight that one.

 

i didnt

he did,, failure to yield

 

wow man sorry about the wreck
glad your ok though!

also, i dunno about some states and insurance companies but i know that even if its not ur fault ur insurance can go up... but hopefully its not the deal wit ur company.
anyway
u will get more then the damage is, so fix that car right up!

 

your prob gonna need new paint on the bumper or maybe a new bumper and 1/4 panel, try to get the car repainted or get a body kit while your at it, a bluish gunmetal would look as tight as my friends 15 year old siter

 

wave, i hope u r around the age of 15. if not, thats really effin sick

 

as long as everyone is alive and sound, it's good.

I don't know about many kids in this .org, but life is precious. car, any car, even ferrari, isn't worth it. I believe you used your ABS, so that's why your massive frontal "hull" didn't kill that poor eclipse driver and crush his vulnerable "broadside."

And lucky that you only broke your right fender and the eclipse guy only has to replace his door. If the eclipse body was damaged any more than that, the insurance company will junk the car b/c the $$ will be around $8000. and some mechanic guy will buy it for $300 in insurance auction, rebuild it, and sell it off for $5000.

I just had accident 2 weeks ago. and from seeing the damage on your max and eclipse, it's not as bad as you think.

Some body shops will try to rip insurance company or you off, but others will do quality work for decent $$.

I've been to 9 body shops and 6 of them right away tried to rip me off. Beware. most of those places with nice receptionist, comfy chair, free coffee, etc are the biggest rip offs.

on ebay there's this guy who sells 97-99 fenders for $100 + $50 shipping. I need the driver side, you need the passenger...I live in ATL.

You want to buy those fenders and split?
sorry about being long, but thank God you guys are alright!

 

I dont think i have ABS =\
its not listed on any of my documentation....

and as for splitting the bumper.. i know i will need a new one, but im not sure what the insurance company will do,... PM me and i'll let you know

 

Sorry to hear that! Hey I know that exact location! Interned down in Oak Ridge 5 yrs ago. Went to that Don Pablos. That's over my a mall and a Cozymel's right?

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some punk kid in a 99 eclipse gst pulled out onto the busiest road in knoxville and i plowed into his side...

he was pulling out of some tint shop and didnt even look, moron, its 5:30, rush hour,, my god,, anywys, his car is jacked, his door doesnt close anymore,, he ripped my hub (stock i know, im still looking for wheels to buy) and dented it big time, it scrapes when i ,make a sharp left turn bad... i liked under the hood and didnt see any damage,

 

glad to see that the eclipse got jackd up

and your damage isn't that much bro. I think its way under 1200 if you find a cheap place for a fender etc... specailly if same color

 

Your biggest issue willbe finding a shop to match your paint exactly. Ask around, a lot. Colors like yours can be hard to match to the rest of the car.


My X pulled out on someone just like that guy did to you. It was a 60 year old woman. The lady sued, and claimed the accident caused her to lose 20% of her hearing. Show me a 60 year old person that hasn't, natually. The granny won, because it was not worth court costs for the insurance company to fight the case, and they raised out insurance. My X was a terrible driver. Scared the crap out of me, especially when she would fall asleep at the wheel when I was napping on long trips.
Then I bought her a SHO. She was beyond scary in that car. She eneded up t-boning It a few months after we split. HAH!

 

I was in a wreck a few months back, guy failed to stop at a stop sign and hit my right front fender as well...problem was he was in like this 1985 Dodge Ram Charger with those metal guards on the front and a huge winch in the middle. It totally ripped my fender off and he had to pull it off of the front of his car. His car wasn't scratched at all really, but my fender was gone, door was dented a little bit and some of the frame had to be replaced, all bolt on stuff fortunately. The bill ended up being $4200 which his insurance had to pay for. It was Allstate as well, they will pay for a rental but they take FOREVER to do anything. It took a month for my car to even get approved to be fixed by Allstate and another month in the shop because of their stupid people. Hopefully that is just the people here in CA and not where you're at and you will get your car back faster. The guys here did an excellent job on matching and blending the paint though, you can't even tell they did any blends...none of this Maaco crap jobs.

Glad you weren't hurt and your Max will be just fine. Doesn't look like there will be much internal damage. I'd make sure they give you a new bumper and fender and replace the clear corners and also make sure they check your headlights as the back may be cracked or they may need to be reaimed. Anyway, any good service place will take care of all that, and the Allstate appraiser that I went to did a good job.

 

wow, that looks alot like my car did when i woke up at 5 am in atlanta, and my car alarm was going off ...i go outside and i found my car looking much like your max. a couple of small time wanna be stereo thieves wrecked their way into my car. not kidding ...jacked my kenwood dpx-410 headunit ..man i miss that unit ..anyways my insurance paid for everything ...im guessing that if someone does break into your car you hope and pray they are pros ..if not, they will rip your car up big time.... hey, i might put a note in my car ...well in case someone is stealing around in it. Dear Thug, if you are in my car stealing, please take your time, and dont trash my dash ... ! something like dat .. on a more serious note, glad your okay ... i tripped on the eclipse ,, nasty door damage ! Hey when you get your check if there is anything left over spend it at tirerack