MAX2000JP

One of our great county employees backed his plow into the front end of my Maxima. My brother borrowed my car and was driving it at the time. He said the guy stopped at the stop sign and put his car in reverse. My brother heard the reverse light beep and laid on the horn. The guy kept going and this is what happened.

DAVE Sz

iTrader: (2)

none of the pictures work

NisMoMAX01SE

is the damage bad?

hope they pay for it...

Tatanko

iTrader: (34)

Ahhh that sucks! They better pay for it

92 SE-R 02 SE

they better pay for it! what kind of retard backs up after stopping? unless he blew the stop sign and was 1/2 way into the intersection. I hope you got a police report...

ILoveMyMax

u got 3rd party insurance ^^ hope so

MAX2000JP

Yea insurance is going to pay for it. My brother filed a police report, so now I have to make a claim. From the looks of it, I need a new bumper, hood, left quarter, and possibly right quarter panel. I haven't checked the headlights, but they might need to be replaced too. My brother has my car still, so I will do a more extensive check later.

skiboarder72

just show ur insurance the pics... you can't really argue over this one

MAX2000JP

The plow driver admitted it was his fault, so I shouldnt have a problem there. I guess I can look at it positively, I am going to have a paint chipless front end for a while.

92 SE-R 02 SE

make sure they dont use nissan paint..and it will last longer!

Maxima90SE

why do u say that about the paint? is nissan's paint not as good? what kind of paint is good than?

AscendantMax

iTrader: (7)

man that sucks. but why didn't your brother back up when he see that the trunk isn't stopping?

MacAlert

iTrader: (1)

Backing up would have been smarter then watching someone back up into your car. Go smack your brother for this.

Walka

its easy to react in retrospect, but when its happening, all you can seem to do is honk. besides, there may have been someone behind him. suddenly the maxima becomes sandwich meat between 2 slices of dumb@sses.

in regards to paint, the 5th gen paint is notoriously bad. seems like everyone has chipped front ends. IIRC, there was a website petitioning against nissan's paint. dont know how they would have done a recall on paint.

walka

Nismo3112

iTrader: (12)

Ouch D@mn snow plow. Why was he backing up anyways?

† ErV †

make them pay. at least your car is new and a new hood + good paint should match the rest of the body. the reason most people here work with their windows open. overcoats are made for a reason. but that defenitely is a day ruiner.

AscendantMax

iTrader: (7)

yeah, i guess he couldn't have backed up IF there was another car behind him. in any case, it's time to upgrade your horns to some better ones after you fixed your car. good luck man

MaximaPolak

iTrader: (9)

You Still have snow???

I thought there was no more snow anywhere in the States.
WOW THAT SUX. are you still going to let your brother drive the car???

I30tMikeD

iTrader: (8)

Sucks Jason, good thing your brother was there to witness everything. Without your bro there the guy could have driven off and you would be up ****t creek.

MAX2000JP

Yea, it was cool that the guy fessed up and didn't lie. The guy could have told the cop my brother rear ended him and I am almost positive he would have gotten away with it.

It wasn't my brothers fault, so anytime he wants to borrow my car he can. There wasn't much he could do in time besides honk the horn. I am sure he would have not been able to get my car in reverse rear quick because his M3 has reverse on the left and thats instinctively where he would have went in a rush.

2k2kev

are you kidding? This is today in NH.



and I hope you got the driver to write he was at fault, before he talks to his boss who convinces him your brother didn't stop and slid into the back of the truck... good luck with this one.

GuZo

iTrader: (6)

Very true, after the whole front of my car was painted due to an accident, I have not had pint chips at all, the paint is holding up much better than the Nissan crap paint. I let my Service Advisor know about it too, the idiots wouldn't even have noticed that the car had been in an accident hadn't I told them.

Shift_my vq

well when a man chooses snow plow driver for his profession...........

2k2kev

He makes about $50k in CASH in about 3 months (in NH, anyway). And I'm sure my neighbor claims it all on his taxes

exactly what did *you* mean by your statement?

Torgus

iTrader: (10)

damage to the front end is like a good excuse to buy a cf hood and a front bodykit....

Ant96GLE

iTrader: (4)

I'm definately in the wrong line of work.............


Sorry to hear about the accident. You are right though, your lucky that the plow driver was honest enough to say he backed up. He could've easily said your brother hit him from behind to save his own behind.