Got hit again
02-26-2007, 07:51 PM
#1
Got hit again
This time got rear ended by a 06 sentra.
The front end of other car was destroyed.Ive only driven my car about 5 times since it was looking like this last month:
I was stopped at a red light on rt1 by laurel mall when the other car smashed into me.Old dude never even hit the brakes.
The front end of other car was destroyed.Ive only driven my car about 5 times since it was looking like this last month:
I was stopped at a red light on rt1 by laurel mall when the other car smashed into me.Old dude never even hit the brakes.
02-27-2007, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by A33 VQ30DEK
as long as everyone is ok. It's just an accident.
Then I was in one. Not my fault, rear-ended. The back end of my car was destroyed. Words could not have described my anger at that point. It was my 4th generation Maxima. I could have killed the guy at that point. The insurance company wouldn't total the car, they tried to fix it even though the integrity of the frame was compromised. They said they fixed it, obviously the re-sale value was nothing w/ frame damage, so I lossed on that, the car didn't run the same, and started having starter problems. Words could not express the unnamed rage I felt.
But all of that... is gone now. I have a newer, better 5.5 gen. I love it just as much. Sometimes I see the old silver 99 Maximas and I think about it, but it's a passing feeling and that's it.
However, the pain in my neck is constant. It's been almost a year and I still get up in the morning with a slight headache, and spend 5 minutes stretching the delicate muscles on the left side of my neck, wincing as I do so. I can only turn my head about half way to the left without that sting screaming down my neck as my muscles hollar in agony. It lives a tingling sensation in my spine for about 3-5 minutes. Every time I go to get on the highway, I have to hold the left side of my neck with my right hand so I can turn just far enough to catch my blind spot, which is tough for a guy with 6 speed. Sometimes you have a good day, and it doesn't bother you too much, and you forget that there's a problem. You act normal, and you turn just once, and almost fall to your knees because the pain is stronger than you are. It's been a fun year.
There are people out there who have it a lot worse than me. But I know that some people may read this thread, and think the same way I used to when they read "It's just an accident". Well, if all you have to worry about is fixing the car, you got off good. Sure you're pissed, but that will pass. A year from now, you won't have to think about this accident every day.
Good luck to ya.
02-27-2007, 04:12 AM
#9
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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It's always worse when you're sitting there minding your own business and you get hammered. A few years ago, it happened to me with a 2 month old Altima when a guy in a tow truck of all things plowed into me while yapping on his cell phone and totalled my car. A marked police car was passing in other direction at the time.
My only regret is that I got right out of the car. I should have milked it for all it was worth.
My only regret is that I got right out of the car. I should have milked it for all it was worth.
02-27-2007, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Rydicule
You know, everyone always says this after an accident, and I always scoff. "It's just an accident". "Just an accident". AND MY CAR IS FREAKING DESTROYED??? JUST AN ACCIDENT???
Then I was in one. Not my fault, rear-ended. The back end of my car was destroyed. Words could not have described my anger at that point. It was my 4th generation Maxima. I could have killed the guy at that point. The insurance company wouldn't total the car, they tried to fix it even though the integrity of the frame was compromised. They said they fixed it, obviously the re-sale value was nothing w/ frame damage, so I lossed on that, the car didn't run the same, and started having starter problems. Words could not express the unnamed rage I felt.
But all of that... is gone now. I have a newer, better 5.5 gen. I love it just as much. Sometimes I see the old silver 99 Maximas and I think about it, but it's a passing feeling and that's it.
However, the pain in my neck is constant. It's been almost a year and I still get up in the morning with a slight headache, and spend 5 minutes stretching the delicate muscles on the left side of my neck, wincing as I do so. I can only turn my head about half way to the left without that sting screaming down my neck as my muscles hollar in agony. It lives a tingling sensation in my spine for about 3-5 minutes. Every time I go to get on the highway, I have to hold the left side of my neck with my right hand so I can turn just far enough to catch my blind spot, which is tough for a guy with 6 speed. Sometimes you have a good day, and it doesn't bother you too much, and you forget that there's a problem. You act normal, and you turn just once, and almost fall to your knees because the pain is stronger than you are. It's been a fun year.
There are people out there who have it a lot worse than me. But I know that some people may read this thread, and think the same way I used to when they read "It's just an accident". Well, if all you have to worry about is fixing the car, you got off good. Sure you're pissed, but that will pass. A year from now, you won't have to think about this accident every day.
Good luck to ya.
Then I was in one. Not my fault, rear-ended. The back end of my car was destroyed. Words could not have described my anger at that point. It was my 4th generation Maxima. I could have killed the guy at that point. The insurance company wouldn't total the car, they tried to fix it even though the integrity of the frame was compromised. They said they fixed it, obviously the re-sale value was nothing w/ frame damage, so I lossed on that, the car didn't run the same, and started having starter problems. Words could not express the unnamed rage I felt.
But all of that... is gone now. I have a newer, better 5.5 gen. I love it just as much. Sometimes I see the old silver 99 Maximas and I think about it, but it's a passing feeling and that's it.
However, the pain in my neck is constant. It's been almost a year and I still get up in the morning with a slight headache, and spend 5 minutes stretching the delicate muscles on the left side of my neck, wincing as I do so. I can only turn my head about half way to the left without that sting screaming down my neck as my muscles hollar in agony. It lives a tingling sensation in my spine for about 3-5 minutes. Every time I go to get on the highway, I have to hold the left side of my neck with my right hand so I can turn just far enough to catch my blind spot, which is tough for a guy with 6 speed. Sometimes you have a good day, and it doesn't bother you too much, and you forget that there's a problem. You act normal, and you turn just once, and almost fall to your knees because the pain is stronger than you are. It's been a fun year.
There are people out there who have it a lot worse than me. But I know that some people may read this thread, and think the same way I used to when they read "It's just an accident". Well, if all you have to worry about is fixing the car, you got off good. Sure you're pissed, but that will pass. A year from now, you won't have to think about this accident every day.
Good luck to ya.
Uhhh, most people say that when people DON"T get injured... Have you claimed your injury with his insurance and been going the doctor about it?
02-27-2007, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by upstatemax
Uhhh, most people say that when people DON"T get injured... Have you claimed your injury with his insurance and been going the doctor about it?
In regards to your initial response, I suppose I was a bit confusing. The point was, I now understand why people say that when someone hasn't been injured, because I agree, it's just an accident. A car is a peice of metal and can be replaced, I have learned. Your health is entirely different. Sorry if it didn't make sense.
***EDIT*** wow, reading over that garbage I made it even more confusing. An accident is an accident, and it's no big deal if you aren't injured. Unfortunately I had to be injured to learn that.
02-27-2007, 12:27 PM
#14
I was in an accident where I was stopped at a crosswalk when by friend rear ended me. I luckily had our Explorer and he was in a volvo 940. He went right underneath the explorer as he came in around 25-30 mph on a rainy night. His car was totaled and we needed a new bumper and muffler. I had a sore back and neck and got 15 visits to my chiropractor covered on his insurance. The only reason why covereage stopped was because my body had recovered and could not keep charging the other insurance company. In the end everything worked out tho and we are still friends. Just glad I was in my moms car....otherwise it wouldnt have been pretty.
02-27-2007, 05:11 PM
#15
Originally Posted by Rydicule
... The back end of my car was destroyed. ... the car didn't run the same, and started having starter problems.
02-28-2007, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by nsnrider
how is getting rear ended cause starter problems? Do you even know where the starter is located? There is no way those two are related. Just p[ointing it out.
And to elaborate more on the accident, it wasn't a fender-bender. The entire rear-end of the car was bent down against the back tires, the creasing point in the rear pannel. The car was pushed 10 feet forward and sideways, throwing the front end over a curb. The impact that it was hit with was MORE than enough to shake up more than just the bumper. I didn't want to really wait and see what new kinds of problems were going to arise just long enough after the insurance company cut the check that I would have to pay for it.
02-28-2007, 06:26 PM
#20
Originally Posted by Squirrel82
yea theres a kink in the pipe a few inches back from the cat,exhaust also fell off the hangers
to Panda.
02-28-2007, 06:55 PM
#26
Originally Posted by Squirrel82
where do they sell those?
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