Just go walloped front right corner and spun then hit back right corner on my prized 6-speed '02. My guess is it's totaled b/c the front (bumper, hood, headlight, fender) are all involved, as is the back right corner (bumper, quarter panel, door). Anyone had a similar accident, and was it totaled? Oh, my radiator drained as weel, but the wheels looked fine and still rolled. I was able to drive it 15' to get it off the road, but I shut it down immediately after that since the radiator was drained.

Toast?

 

Man am I happy I hadn't gotten those DDe's I've been thinking about. Am I allowed to remove all the non-stock stuff (Clear corners, STS, Leather shift boot, FSTB, RSB, etc...) from it if they total it? I may be having a sale if I don't replace it w/ another Max - it was hell finding what I wanted the 1st time.

 

if they do not insure it, and most do not insure non-factory parts you can remove all that stuff. better yet, pay someone at the junk yard a little $$ to take the stuff out for you, or let you take it while he turns his back... then sue him for it because it was not covered. or say it was damaged... either way you can get your money back... and even make some off of the a** hole who drives uninsured!! even if he has no money a court will garnish his wages to have to pay you back.

teach this punk a lesson!!

 

that sucks too bad

 

Well your car is totaled if the repair is 80% of book value. IMHO I dont think you are totalled. You didnt mention any frame damage. Did your air bags deploy? My guess is you probably have about $5,000 in repair.

As far as the uninsured driver, you have SUM/UM. Which is uninsured motorist coverage. I hope you got as much of this as you could. Ususally the minimum is $25/50K. You'll be covered. This is a cheap insurance upgrade, i paid $29 for an extra 50K coverage for the year.

If he was uninsured, he probably has no money for you to sue. So if you're not hurt, just let him go. The law will take car of him, he's going to jail.

Sorry to hear that man. Hope you bought rental insurance. Your car will probably be in the shop for a few weeks.

 

as i said before, even if he has no money, the court will garnish his wages, i say dont let him go... nail him to the wall and make him regret it. thats the only way to stop people from doing it.

 

Archrrr people like that F/M should be dead.. but what are you gonna do???? Will you sue your own Insurance Co. to get some money back? Sorry to hear that man .... Poor Maxi...sniff...sniff....

 

AH my 99 SEL got totaled 1 month ago well my damage was dented all qaurters bumper exhaust trunk and soem frame damage

Any ways sorry for your loss youll get exactly how much the car is worth or even more i got dibs on your floor mats lol

 

I had a similar accident, except it was the left side and only the fender, bumper, grill and hood were involved. It was approximately $1500-2000 to fix. I would think, based on that, that you won't even be close to totalled.

As far as sueing this guy, I'm not sure it's really worth your time. What kind of deductible do you have? It may end up costing you more to sue and you probably won't even win. Unless you have at least a witness (not someone riding in your car), preferrably multiple on your side, it would be very difficult to prove anything. It becomes a he said, he said situation. When I was hit, it was pretty obviously the other person's fault, but there happened to be a witness that sided with the other person. There wasn't even any damage to the other vehicle (stupid Jeep grand cherokee). Her insurance refused to pay, and my insurance even payed for her damages (there was maybe a scratch on her bumper) and said it was my fault, all because of the witness. Besides, your insurance already knows that you had the accident. Whether it's your fault or not, they will use this against you when renewing your policy. I wouldn't bother.

 

Unfortunately I didn't have the rental insurance, but I had a beater I can drive til the Max is repaired or I replace it.

Airbags didn't go off, and w/o the frame or engine damage maybe I've got a hope still. At least if it is repaired it won't be like a hard hit, but w/ as many panels as were involved (6) I gotta think it'll be expensive. Thankfully I had my 10 yr old behind me rather than in the back right like usual. he was a little freaked by it, but we're both physically fine. I guess I can take the bastage to small claims to get my deductible back. Dude was driving a '91 Jaguar but seemed from minute go to be a little evasive, tried to give me a P.O. box as an address and didn't have any insurance documentation. Cop at the scene told me his guess was no insurance which the company he told me he had has backed up. Cop said he'd have the guy's license over it at least.

Bummin, but happy me and the son are fine.

 

^^^^THE most important part!!! Looking ahead, think G35X, TL or M35X.

 

Something just occured to me. If it does end up getting repaired then I'll have a front bumper and hood w/o a bunch of rock chips!

Who knows, they might even use better paint that the factory. I guess I need to go order that ClearBra and put it on before any new paint gets chipped. Now that I think of it, that side's fog light was cracked too. Maybe headlight and foglight covers too....

Lookin up!

 

It won't even be close to totalled so dont worry, Someone hit my front end doing 65 mph and caved in the whole front passenger side, 12k of repairs.. Not totalled, 02 gle

 

Well I hope so. It took me 6 months to find this one and I've only had it a year now and have most of the mods I'll ever do to it done. However, I did go check autotrader for G35's - those aren't exactly being given away (used) are they?

 

Glad you're OK. I was involved in an accident when I first bought my Max. An uninsured driver pinned me to road median at 70 mph. His SUV rolled over. My car had 14k damage. It's not even worth suing someone like that if you didn't get hurt. The guy who hit me was also an illegal alien and my insurance company said it would make things even harder and all that would happen to him was deportation.

Better paint is definitely a plus, no rock chips on mine. Depending on how good you know the bodyshop, you might even get a few freebies.

 

Good to see you made it man, you will get back pains in a week or so.......


Say you buy a used, older car for about $3000. If someone totals out your car, will you get about $3000 back? What if you payed $1000 for it and the KBB is $3000, will you get $3000 back?

My bro bought a '95 Mitsubish Mirage, I think he payed $2,000. Well, he's stopped at a light when some lady talking on her cell smashes over his car. I'll link everyone to pics if he still has them hosted. She was driving an SUV. Needless to say, it was completely destroyed. Everything was just torn apart, except for the driver seat. THIS MAN IS LIVING ON BORROWED TIME!!! (j/k) Well, the repairs would have cost many times more than the car was worth. He ended up getting about $1200 and everyone was insured. Anyone think he was screwed?

 

my friend had a t-bird that was totaled. he got a few hundred more then he paid for it. if you paid less then blue book you may be ok and make out with more then you paid for the car.

 

I paid $16,500 a year ago (I knew then I got a good price) and KBB and NADA both list it between $16,650 and $16,950, so in theory I'd make $$ on it, but I'd be left with a many hundreds in mod parts I couldn't use (if I didn't replace w/ a Max) or I'd be on the market for another clean (This one was spotless even 2 yrs old) 6 speed '02-'03. And I couldn't replace it w/ an auto, especially w/ my Maxima.com username.

 

WHAT YOU PAID HAS NO BEARING ON WHAT YOU GET.

The insurance agency will give you KBB and possibly more depending on the circumstances.

 

This is different in every state and may vary by ins company. Also realize that if it is not totaled, your car lost value even if perfectly repaired-CARFAX will show the damage. Plus your insurance may increase since your ins co had to pay. If the guy who hit you has $ your own ins co will subrogate and get your $ back incl your deductible-they are required to by law. However, they will not ask for diminished value (amount your car depreciated b/c of the accident). You will have to pursue that yourself since your own ins. co does not have to pay (excluded in the contract - I know I am the guy who writed the insurance contracts ). If you have questions about the process, let me know.

 

CARFAX will not necessarily show the damage. The accident I posted about earlier, does not show up on CARFAX. I'm not going to lie when someone asks me about it, but don't always expect to get every little accident from CARFAX. It's probably because there was no significant damage. Not really sure exactly.

 

I just got the quote - just under $8K. The repair place showed me where the guy hit me initially, right in the right headlight, how if his bumper had been 3" lower, he'd have gotten the front frame rail. As it was he just missed it, and in doing so, kept me from having anything serious twisted. It's prettymuch all exterior panels and such with the height/places he hit me. The real fun is that it's going to be almost 5 weeks in the shop, and since the jerk who hit me has no insurance, I get no rental car as I wasn't carrying that rider on my policy.

To top it all off, a guy I met the other day through a friend asked about the accident (he'd heard) and then had the b@lls to tell me that he thinks mandatory insurance is unconstitutional, and that I shouldn't be complaining since I have my own insurance. It was everything I could do not to clock him. He didn't see me being out a deductible or a set of wheels as an issue "the cost of doing business".

 

Man, add the rental insurance. It probably costs no more than $5 a month and it's worth it. But I guess if you have a beater you don't need it. Unless you get screwed like I did.

Insurace covered rental for about a month, and of course they don't pay the supplemental rental insurance ($30/day x 30 days=too much for me). The day before i was to pick up my car, a rock busted the winshield on the rental car. SO pile up another $250 to replace that. TO top it off I got a speeding ticket a week later after I got the max back. Tough couple months.

 

I actually just added the rental rider to the beater since it's now my primary wheels.

 

go to the doctor immediatley and complain of neck pain, your car insurance will cover the bills, get referred to a specialist and start getting free back rubs and weight lifting recovery, at the same time go get a lawyer and tell them your case so they can get the paper work together, once the therapy is over you can go to court and sue him for bodily damages

in a couple years you'll end up with a few extra Gs in ur pocket, gl you deserve it for the time he is making u waste

 

go sue man.. cuz someone !@# did a hit and run on my passenger rear door.. But as far as that kind of body damage to the car, I don't think it will be totaled since the air bags did not deploy. But then again, I guess it could be different depending upon the insurance company and state laws. So if you're car does get totaled then yes you should be able to get your after market items back, or atleast the ones that you can take off, b/c that's what happened to my friends 02 max. The air bags deployed and his car was considered totaled. He couldn't take any of his items off, except for the front strut bar. Everything else got cracked or seriously damaged in the wreck.

 

I can see this thread getting locked as 3DazeGrace is telling us how to cheat the system.

 

Whats another frivolous lawsuit?

 

its not cheating the system, its the way things work
this is america, so get your head out of your a$s

unfortunatley there are so many laws and ridiculous things to workaround that you have to hire a lawyer and go through some things you normally wouldnt want to - buts thats the way things are

and that is how you get reparations paid to you for damage done

this isn't the wild west where you take 10 paces and turn around, you have to meander through the legal system, stretch the truth, and rely on the "system" to give justice

God Bless America....

 

i dont agree, crap like this is why Insurance cost so much....

i was saying to sue him for the depreciation because the car has now been hit... it is worth $thousands less now and insurance does not cover depreciation. taking him to court for $200,000 in medical cost and "pain and suffering" is insane.

and another frivilous lawsuit is a big deal, it clogs the system for people that have legit law suits.

take him to court for the right reasons, not so you can retire.

 

Actually this lawsuit wouldnt involve insurance because.....
HE DIDNT HAVE ANY!

So if the guy were to get sued, the money would come from personal assets, wage garnishments....

So hey, if you have to step on someone else for a few extra bux, and your conscience is cool with it, why not?

 

your estimate of a 200,000 settlement is way off

at most he would end up with 6 to 8gs, and the lawyer would take 50% since he isn't a minor, meaning 3 to 4gs

that offsets depreciation and time loss costs, so i believe we are in agreement there, a frivilous lawsuit would be pretending you couldn't walk, which the doctor could easily squash - not what i was getting at here

 

You and your kid came out in one full piece without injuries. Consider yourself lucky and count your blessings. Get the care repaired and move on, because it could have been worse, much, much worse...

Pedro

 

Your recommendation is to file medical claims even though the initial poster made no mention of needing medical attention. Why? So he can reap in the benefits? That's not cheating the system?

So, the system is designed for you to get what you deserve. For you to advise someone to file frivilous lawsuits to get more $$$ is unjust and the reason why our insurance rates go up.

You're telling him to outright LIE which is called perjury. If he ever gets caught, he go to jail for cheating the system. If you want to cheat the system, go ahead. It's your life, but don't give ILLEGAL advice to others.

 

I didn't take the time to read this thread but from the initial post and about getting coverage for performance enhancing parts, I have this to write. When my TL got totalled they raised the amount of money I got because I had replaced the brakes no later than 2000 miles from the time of the accident and also for the Comptech sways I had installed.

GL

 

most people suffer damage months after the accident and they don't even know it

even the weakest accidends under 20 mph can cause neck trauma and muscle tissue damage

he has to do it to protect himself and at least get cleared by a doctor

 

I have to agree with 3Daze on this. I was in a motorcycle accident that landed me in the hospital for days and away from work for months. My tibia, left wrist and collar bone had all been broken. I received treatment for my wrist by the way of occupational therapy and thought everything would be fine -- they're not. I incurred nerve damage to my hand and feel pain in my fingers as I type this very moment. I work at a Help Desk and type all day long so that doesn't help either. Believe me when I say I don't look forward to feeling this pain everyday of my life. My suggestion to you is get yourself checked out by a doctor for ANY damages that you may have incurred if you don't want to regret it later on.

 

BS!! maybe you dont know, but his insurance will go after him as well for the cost!! my brother in law represents insurance companies.... and yes some medical treatments easily reach $200,000 after you goto 100 different doctors, and are thrown into 200 different machines, trust me my parents own a Medical Billing Company, a SLOW doctor bills $800,000 - $1 Million a year.

do you think any lawyer will take a case worth 6-8 g's??

none that i now of, my brother was punched in the face at a Saliva show by some guy wearing brass knuckles, all he did was break his nose and fracture the orbital socket around his eye (did not even require surgery) and his lawyer will not settle for less than my brother TAKING HOME $50,000!

and you talked about faking an injury, not going to the doctor and making sure you are ok....

 

Of course it's unconstitutional. AND at that point you should have kicked him in the nads and told him that talking to you and getting kicked "is the price of your acquaintance." Then you should have kicked the fender on his Ford Taurus. I so hate that you are in this mess.

Yesterday some heifer's little girl dinged the crap out of my 786 mile 05 Maxima. Then had the nerve to tell me that she didn't think that she did it since it wasn't lining up... duh, the cars moved once they were put in park. I almost snatched her weave off and threw it in the street.

People agree to laws until they are the ones breaking them or getting prosecuted by them.

At least you get a new paint job and new headlight. You got any pics?

 

LMAO!

But you make some good points. When my car got totalled by the drunk driver who had no insurance and was driving his Mommie's car, I know she was the one who would get screwed. Luckily, he was prosecuted and convicted for DUI, but it also probably left her with some problems.