IM SO MAD!!!! I HAD A NICE DAY PLANNED BIKING AND I WAS TO LEAVE MY CAR IN A PARKING GARAGE IN NEW HAVEN, CT. WHILE DRIVING IN THE CLEARENCE BAR WAS BENT TO THE SIDE SO I COULDNT SEE IT AND I RAMMED MY BIKE INTO THE METAL BAR. MY BIKE FELL OF AND DENTED/SCRATCHED THE REAR LEFT QUARTER PANEL. THE ROOF RACK DENTED MY ROOF ON THE LEFT SIDE ABOUT A SQ.FOOT IN SIZE. BIKE ATTACHMENT IS GARBAGE. $800.00 BIKE IS COMPLETELY SCRATCHED FRONT BRAKES BROKEN AND WHEEL BENT. BIKE REPAIR COST (NON COSMETIC) 65.00 + 110.00 THULE BIKE ATTACHMENT AND QUOTE ON BODY WORK @ A NICE $1800.00. IM SO MAD, I WROTE A LONG *** LETTER TO THE STUPID NEW HAVEN PARKING AUTHORITY DEMANDING THEY PAY. IM AFRAID TO SUBMIT CLAIM TO INSURANCE SINCE IM NOT ON THE POLICY SINCE AS YOU ALL KNOW IM 17 AND IF THEY FIND OUT THE INSURANCE GOES WAY UP. PICTURES: GO TO AKPAGES.COM CLICK ON THE IP AND CLICK JULY 17 AND THEY ARE THERE. SORRY FOR VENTING!!!! BUT IM SO MAD!

 

sounds like you need an attorney.

 

are you still trying to sell prepaid legal service??

















so i just happened to see this one after I reply to the other one. Good luck

 

yah its also cool how i just spent money on tires and i have to order that godd@mn rear rod so my tires dont wear in back for a nice 450.00.

btw you guys think i could call insurance company play stupid and say i have no incident report i just left the scene and say my mom did it? you think insurance would go up?

 

Maybe not, but your Mom might kick the $hit out of you.

 

 

Dumb question. Can you ask your mom or dad to call insurance and report it, saying that one of them was driving the car at the time (whoever is on the insurance policy) ???

 

ok, youre at about 9 with that.. I need you back around a 3...

 

dude- you dont need an attorney. But here's what you do need is to have your parents (whoever is on insurance) call in the claim, and ONLY IF asked, say that they were driving. It is highly unlikely that your insurance company will ask your parents who was driving, because no second vehicle was involved, and no police officer was at the scene (you didnt call the cops did you?) to acknowledge you were driving. I've been in your shoes, don't worry, you'll be just fine.

 

I would file a cliam against the parking garage first. Take pictures of everything!

 

Damn Adam, I hope that you get your car fixed soon, goodluck with having them pay for the damage done, It will be a battle. stick through it though.

 

thanks for all the advice. hoenstly i dont think my moms gonan call and file a claim shes been really non caring lately, next year is my senior year in high school and she just well sorta "gave up" on me lol. Well the big dent in the roof is gonna stay, honestly its almost invisable when the rack is on since its under the left foot of the rack. as for the scratches one of them is real bad and allthough my step dad is a professional car painter and detailer hes too damn lazy to work on it so ill have to deal. As for bike Im gonna have to str8in out my spokes and as for the rack ill end up gettin a new one or "swapping" this one at ****s

 

can you sweet-talk your mom into calling in the claim? like do smthg nice for her? even if the damage is invisible why would you pass on maybe a couple grand worth of insurance money? dont you want mods?

 

I know if it were up to me I'd go for it right away I'm gonna talk to her again tomorrow but shes not budging. She doesnt want to dirty up the record. As for a coupld grand worth of mods, gahhhhhh im drooling, too bad that my crazy folks have something against mods. They said if I get my windows tinted there bashing um, wtf?

 

I agree. No offence LCF, but it just gets kind of annoying sometimes..

 

As I'm sure that AdamK knows, retaining the services of an attorney to seek damages from the parking garage is just ONE of the options he has. However, in my personal, honest opinion... it's unlikely he would get compensation from them. BUT, he has to decide, is it MORE likely his mother would file the claim on his behalf? Or, would he rather fix the damages out of his own pocket... driving around for a few months with his pride and joy all marred?

Again, this is only my opinion, but I would rather fight a parking garage than make a proposition of this nature to my mother. I'd also TRY to get some money from the garage than just... roll over and play dead.

*sigh*

Decisions, decisions.


Hehe, I've had a conversation with a couple people and I've agreed to tone it down a little... No worries. No offense taken.

 

i do have a nice 4 page letter written with pictures and oodles of things that make them look bad, very bad, which I will send out MOnday

 

Awesome. Good luck.

 

I am not usually the type to say this.....but this is pretty dumb! Did you not realize that the bike on the roof was pretty tall!? How is it their fault that you go driving around with a bike on the roof!?

I feel your pain....but I don't see how you will get compensated from your brain fart.

 

For his insurance fraud? yeah...

 

i really dont like you, and im not gonna flame but i just dont like you...it seems like you have a problem with alot of people on here cause i talked to my friend and youve had problems with him too. so seriously if youve got problems with certain people just ignore their posts and dont reply with smart a$$ replies, deal?

 

Oh, I get it... you want everybody to feel sorry for you cause you ripped us off to get cheap insurance and now you can't file a claim.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

 

Quite a track record going here. Try to scam the insurance company and you get burnt. What would have happened if you had hit another car. And now you want to force someone else to pay for your lapses in reason: insurance and driving with a bike on your roof in a parking garage. What's next, are you going to drive around at night with your lights off and then threaten to sue the first person that hits you?

 

BuddyWH and JFriar:

Are you guys blind or just responding without reading posts. BuddyWH I just dont like you period. Friar: I know your a newbie but really understand, b4 you post you read the thread and try to get it through your thick skull:

I was driving into a parking garage with a clearence sign that was bend and unvisable by cars hence it got hit. dont tell me what i did was stupid or anything of that matter. If your gonna talk about insurance fraud than why dont you just chill the heck out, i have insurance on my car and im simply not a driver on the policy which means if something does happen than insurance covers it but my insurance goes up. one year and nothing. for your info i wrote a nice klong letter the the new haven parking authority explaining what happened and insurance has nothing or will not do anything with it. read before you speak, this thread will prolly get locked soon so back on track i got a new rof attachment and well jfriar happy to see another cool maxima memeber from conn. hopefully we can race some time

 

Stop talking about insurance fraud. He has a clear cut case no matter who was driving the car. Think back when you were his age. I personally was driving my dad piece of shinizay Buick ...why...because the insurace was too much to have the nice Mustang I wanted!

Focus your insurance fraud anger more on the thieves or are selling HIDs to crooked body shops to replace them on the cars that they just stole them off of!!