My maxima is totaled!! Pics inside.
09-28-2007, 01:43 PM
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what really pissed me off was that i ordered a RSB from cattman and it came yesterday and i never got a chance to install it. Its still in the box, never opened. Im sending it back to cattman on monday. I never got to experience what it felt like to have the rsb on the max.
09-28-2007, 01:43 PM
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You CAN sign the release of medical records so they can get copies of what the E/R Doctors said. DO NOT sign anything that closes the claim or says you are satisfied. You have a year to do that. You can talk to a lawyer, but they'll want 33% of what you get from the insurance company.
At the very least, you want ALL of your medical expenses paid, your car paid (as it was before it got hit), plus lost wages and then you can talk about pain and suffering or other compensation. They are going try and settle fast, but remember don't sign anything you're not sure of.
Many colleges and some employer benefits have free legal advice. You get one or two visits. You might want to look into that. The bottom line is that if you are reasonable, they will probably work with you. if you start asking for hundreds of thousand dollars (unless of course, you are permanently disabled), they are going fight you.
At the very least, you want ALL of your medical expenses paid, your car paid (as it was before it got hit), plus lost wages and then you can talk about pain and suffering or other compensation. They are going try and settle fast, but remember don't sign anything you're not sure of.
Many colleges and some employer benefits have free legal advice. You get one or two visits. You might want to look into that. The bottom line is that if you are reasonable, they will probably work with you. if you start asking for hundreds of thousand dollars (unless of course, you are permanently disabled), they are going fight you.
09-28-2007, 02:00 PM
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Correct. Get the medical records out of the way, and get some help if you are hurting. When you plan to settle be reasonable becoz you can never win an argument with those well trained men/women on the other side.
Good luck and don't drag too long, these insurance companies have every little thing documented that they share all info among each other. So if you think you can rip them off, you bet they will make it hell for you getting insurance either from them/their bed time partners sometime in the future.
Good luck and don't drag too long, these insurance companies have every little thing documented that they share all info among each other. So if you think you can rip them off, you bet they will make it hell for you getting insurance either from them/their bed time partners sometime in the future.
09-28-2007, 03:14 PM
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yeah all i really want them to compensate me for is my car ofcourse which kbb says retail in excellent shape which it was when i had it goes for about $12,500. I want to be compensated for all my medical as far as Rx and hospital visit and my two days that i didnt go to work and my car rental ofcourse. Also my new tires that was 512 bucks. Other than that, i dont really see myself asking for anything else. Im not the type of person to fake anything so i can get more money because i believe in a thing called karma. Thanks for all your helpful input guys. It seems that some of you have been in not at fault accidents before as well.
09-28-2007, 03:31 PM
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09-28-2007, 03:33 PM
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i use to leave down the street from where your wreck was. they where still building the intersection when i lived there. the intersection is bad if you are not use to the lights being there.
09-28-2007, 03:38 PM
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yeah ive seen your max a few times around there. it looked pretty sick from far away. ive seen it fly past me at the shell gas station right on 55. clean car from what i could see.
09-28-2007, 05:21 PM
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Sorry to hear about your accident. Glad you only received minor injuries.
Instead of getting a TL maybe you should consider getting a beater to drive around in till the new 09 Maxima is out. There's talk of it following the lines of a Mercedes Benz CLS and about 300 hp.
Instead of getting a TL maybe you should consider getting a beater to drive around in till the new 09 Maxima is out. There's talk of it following the lines of a Mercedes Benz CLS and about 300 hp.
09-28-2007, 08:24 PM
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09-28-2007, 08:31 PM
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damn that's a ridiculous amount of damage for 25-30 mph. Good thing all you got was a shoulder, and a better thing that you had no passangers. And you're right, the car held up pretty well, if it was a saturn or a Kia, the car would proably be split in two
09-28-2007, 09:18 PM
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glad you are ok
sure looks like one of the cars was going a lot faster that you said.
if she was going 25-30 and t-boned you, you would have slid and hit the poll at 20-25.
unless she hit you in the direction you were already going, then it would have been a higher speed.
the impact where she hit you doesnt look that bad....all the damage is on the poll side.
sure looks like one of the cars was going a lot faster that you said.
if she was going 25-30 and t-boned you, you would have slid and hit the poll at 20-25.
unless she hit you in the direction you were already going, then it would have been a higher speed.
the impact where she hit you doesnt look that bad....all the damage is on the poll side.
OP, glad you're okay, that's one nasty-looking crash!
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09-28-2007, 09:23 PM
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It's hard to believe your story. I have a feeling you were speeding and lost control of you vechicle. Why didn't you post pictures of the other vechicle while you where there snapping pictures of your car. Unless proven guilty in the court of law.
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09-28-2007, 09:40 PM
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09-28-2007, 09:41 PM
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09-28-2007, 10:20 PM
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How d'you figure? If she t-boned him, she hit him at 90 degrees - how exactly is that a conflict to his forward motion?? If she had hit him turning into him, or something like that, so they had opposing vectors, yes.
I will agree she probably slowed him down a little when the cars crunched, because it's not just a clean ricochet.
I will agree she probably slowed him down a little when the cars crunched, because it's not just a clean ricochet.
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09-28-2007, 10:27 PM
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How d'you figure? If she t-boned him, she hit him at 90 degrees - how exactly is that a conflict to his forward motion?? If she had hit him turning into him, or something like that, so they had opposing vectors, yes.
I will agree she probably slowed him down a little when the cars crunched, because it's not just a clean ricochet.
I will agree she probably slowed him down a little when the cars crunched, because it's not just a clean ricochet.
lol.. when cars are involved, there's nothing "clean" about a ricochet.. its always gonna be messy. just ask nk2k2
09-28-2007, 11:40 PM
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Glad ur ok
hey man i don't know ya, but from the pictures i'm glad u were able to walk away...sometimes we all get caught up in our cars and doing our thing but u never know what could happen on the road, be safe everyone...
BTW...
isn't a MAXIMA just a great freakin car...for real
BTW...
isn't a MAXIMA just a great freakin car...for real
09-28-2007, 11:47 PM
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her speed - friction cause by going sideways = speed he hit the pole
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09-29-2007, 12:08 AM
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09-29-2007, 05:52 AM
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stardust i was thinking the same thing plus its locked behind some fence in gainesville. yeah i have to agree with jason in that i was going straight and her impact sent my car a different direction. now i should clarify that i dont know exactly how fast she was going but i would assume 25-30. I cant say for sure. thats what i want to say.
ohh and gene vq30 i have noting to lie about. below you will see a picture of the car that hit me.
ohh and gene vq30 i have noting to lie about. below you will see a picture of the car that hit me.
I work at a bodyshop.Swapping parts is no problem when access is available to the car.
09-29-2007, 06:47 AM
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No, man, it's a sum of vectors issue.
He's traveling north (let's say) @ 45 and she hits him from the west at 35. His new direction will be NNE and speed (assuming an inelastic collision, like between pool *****) will be 57 mph. Of course, it's not inelastic because energy will be lost in the cars crunching and in the tire-road friction, but it will probably be greater than 45
He's traveling north (let's say) @ 45 and she hits him from the west at 35. His new direction will be NNE and speed (assuming an inelastic collision, like between pool *****) will be 57 mph. Of course, it's not inelastic because energy will be lost in the cars crunching and in the tire-road friction, but it will probably be greater than 45
09-29-2007, 07:00 AM
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A. you could plainly see the damage where she hit him on the side of the car opposite the pole
B. Why the hell would you say something like that? this guy has obviously been through a traumatic experience and is hurting... and then for you turn around and call him a liar? just cause you wanna be the one to uncover a conspiracy and be right about something? wow.. if i was a mod i would ban the crap out of you
09-29-2007, 07:56 AM
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You had the right idea but i think you were a little confused.... In your thinking, if her impact had NO conflict with his forward motion, he wouldn't have crashed but would've continued driving straight without incident
09-29-2007, 07:57 AM
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That looks like a very bad accident.. and I am a little surprised at how easily the car folded. I've seen 50-60 mph side impacts with a pole look better than that.
This is one instance though where having SFCs would have actually helped reduce the intrusion of the pole into the passenger cabin
This is one instance though where having SFCs would have actually helped reduce the intrusion of the pole into the passenger cabin
09-29-2007, 08:09 AM
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09-29-2007, 08:28 AM
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Fair enough, agree; I meant that her vector wasn't opposing his, which would have added more energy to the actual impact, but would have slowed him down.
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09-29-2007, 10:12 AM
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deff wouldent have lessened the impact but it would have reduced the amount the car would have wrapped around the pole. Lol in that pic, the max looks like an empty beer can.
09-29-2007, 10:13 AM
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i honestly dont know if the SFCs wouldve helped in this instance or not. i think that the welds wouldve broken due to the impact. i took better pictures today at the salvage yard and it looks worse. i looked on the pass side were the pole hit and there is no way the sfc wouldve helped. it looks like someone took a pair of pliers to the frame and squashed it. the muffler is broken right over the axle back part. my car was still in gear from when it was hit. it doesnt come out of gear. ill post up pics later. thanks again for all your support guys.