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Involved in an accident on Thursday evening

JulesMaximus

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
I was driving home from work on a 45mph 4 lane road (2 lanes each direction). I was in the far right lane when I noticed the car in front of me stopping for traffic that was backed up from a light up ahead. There were probably 8-9 cars stopped for the light. He stopped, I stopped a few feet short of his rear bumper and that's when I heard a screeching sound. I glanced in my rear view mirror and saw a car coming fast and I knew she was going to hit me. Next second was the impact. It was hard enough to push my car 3' into the rear of the car in front of me even though I had my foot planted firmly on the brake and I was fully stopped. Damage to the front of my car is minimal and damage to the car I was pushed into was even less. I'm not even sure he will claim it but that's up to him.

The rear of my car is damaged but the trunk still opens and closes as do both doors. Still, there is damage to the trunk lid and the headrests deployed in my car (they have some type of active restraint). Also the A/C doesn't work. The car shut itself off on impact and turned on the hazard lights automatically. I was uninjured but it shook me up for sure. Glad I wasn't on the motorcycle...

This is the car that rear ended me. It is a 2004 Toyota Corolla. Driver was a 17 year old girl and she had a passenger in the car with her. None of her airbags deployed but they were both okay. Pretty shaken up though.
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My car and the car I was pushed into. We moved them out of the street before getting out to exchange info.
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Close up of the rear end of my car. I drove it home but it isn't really driveable. I had it towed to a collision center on Friday and picked up a rental car.
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Anyway, she has insurance and I notified my insurance company. I'm going to let them handle everything. I just want my car fixed and returned to me as soon as possible. Let them fight it out with Mercury insurance. This accident was totally her fault and they should cover the damage to my car and the guy I was pushed into.
 
Ugh... sucks that your shiny car got a boo boo.

Although considering the way that corolla looks, I thought the rear of yours would look a lot worse.

Also, bit surprised the airbags didn't deploy on the Corolla. I know every front-end collision doesn't warrant airbag deployment, but that one looked pretty nasty. Or is it all cosmetic (i.e. just hood/bumper, and nothing in the cabin)?
 
The combination of braking forces lowering the nose + hoods designed to fold produces this apparent damage disparity.

Viper GTS
 
Viper GTS said:
The combination of braking forces lowering the nose + hoods designed to fold produces this apparent damage disparity.

Viper GTS
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I think her bumper went under mine. The hood of her car actually damaged the exhaust on my car along with the rear diffuser, bumper and trunk lid.

She was really standing on the brakes so the nose of her car was probably as low as the suspension could possibly compress. I was stopped so no rise on the rear end of my car at the time of impact.

I would imagine her car is totaled. It was leaking coolant all over the road and the hood and fenders were both pushed back into the front wheels.
 
I bet she stained her pants after hitting a newer Mercedes. 😀 I know because I nearly rear ended a newer c43 back when I had only been driving a few months. The accord didn't have ABS either and as soon as I stopped and recovered from the shock a little I had a mini heart attack after seeing I nearly took out a car that cost ~60x what mine did. 😳

Glad the damage wasn't terrible and I hope you get it back soon Jules.
 
Bubbleawsome said:
I bet she stained her pants after hitting a newer Mercedes. 😀 I know because I nearly rear ended a newer c43 back when I had only been driving a few months. The accord didn't have ABS either and as soon as I stopped and recovered from the shock a little I had a mini heart attack after seeing I nearly took out a car that cost ~60x what mine did. 😳

Glad the damage wasn't terrible and I hope you get it back soon Jules.
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Thanks man.

I just heard back from the body shop. Damage is estimated at $9,120.84. Other party's insurance already accepted liability. Car will take about 3 weeks to repair.
 
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Teenage girls driving...

A deaf high-schooler bumped my cheap 2009 Aveo ~5 years ago. She was driving her dad's huge pickup truck. I was at a stop sign. She probably assumed I had pulled away from the stop and she wasn't looking as she came up to the stop sign. It only left a small crack in the plastic on my bumper, which I couldn't even see at first. I didn't report anything.

If a teenage girl driver rear-ends another vehicle, I always suspect they were texting.
 
Ichinisan said:
If a teenage girl driver rear-ends another vehicle, I always suspect they were texting.
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Yup. I've seen them doing it many times before. Driving along at 75 mph with the phone and the steering wheel gripped in their hands swerving all over the place.

I approached a rise on a two lane road this morning to be greeted by a gravel train coming over that rise towards me with 1/3 of his vehicle over the center line. I had no room to move to the right as there was a very narrow shoulder and a guard rail. I squeezed over and he corrected and it was pretty much a near miss at 55 mph. My first thought was that the driver was texting.
 
Ichinisan said:
If a teenage girl driver rear-ends another vehicle, I always suspect they were texting.
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I didn't ask her what she was doing. Kind of a moot point now.

Her insurance company has accepted liability so I'm not paying for anything and my car is in good hands. They had nothing but Porsches and Mercedes in their shop.
 
JulesMaximus said:
I didn't ask her what she was doing. Kind of a moot point now.

Her insurance company has accepted liability so I'm not paying for anything and my car is in good hands. They had nothing but Porsches and Mercedes in their shop.
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Now for the important part - what rental did you get? Anything interesting?
 
satyajitmenon said:
Now for the important part - what rental did you get? Anything interesting?
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My sister and her husband were out for the weekend so I asked for a Tahoe but they didn't have one. They had a Yukon but that was too big so I took a Ford Expedition... which I absolutely would never own in a million years. It is a behemoth with a sea of cheap hard plastic all over the interior. Been averaging 16mpg with it. Unless you have a family of 7 I have no idea why people buy these things.

I'm going to call Enterprise today and see if they have something smaller.
 
JulesMaximus said:
My sister and her husband were out for the weekend so I asked for a Tahoe but they didn't have one. They had a Yukon but that was too big so I took a Ford Expedition... which I absolutely would never own in a million years. It is a behemoth with a sea of cheap hard plastic all over the interior. Been averaging 16mpg with it. Unless you have a family of 7 I have no idea why people buy these things.

I'm going to call Enterprise today and see if they have something smaller.
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Reasons I have absolutely, truly heard:

"I need room for my dog" (A 25 pound springer spaniel.)
"We need more room because we have two kids now."
"Luxury" (Referring to the floaty truck ride/suspension)
"For my job" (Managed a video store)
"For jobs around the house" (Trips to Home Depot and the garden center.)*
"For when I go camping" (once or twice a year.)
"To transport my bike." (A Corolla with a class I hitch will tow any motorcycle, jet ski, or ATV trailer you'd care to name. But he was actually referring to a bicycle.)

I think some people freak out and try to buy a vehicle to handle any possible circumstance, when they'd be better off buying a 95% vehicle and renting something for the rarer events. But personally I think it that's just an excuse too, and it comes down to screwed up concepts of PenisManliness.

*Where you can rent a truck.**
**That's assuming that what you buy can't fit in your car.***
***Most people are not creative, don't know about ski passthroughs, etc. I can get at least a few board-feet of 8 foot lengths into my Focus, with the trunk closed. 4 foot lengths I can stack on the back seat. I've had 350 pounds of dirt in the trunk. Beds go on the roof.
 
a yukon and a tahoe are the same. yukon xl is the same as a suburban and are much much nicer than the expedition.

too bad about the merc. They are just never the same after a hit.
 
JulesMaximus said:
My sister and her husband were out for the weekend so I asked for a Tahoe but they didn't have one. They had a Yukon but that was too big so I took a Ford Expedition... which I absolutely would never own in a million years. It is a behemoth with a sea of cheap hard plastic all over the interior. Been averaging 16mpg with it. Unless you have a family of 7 I have no idea why people buy these things.

I'm going to call Enterprise today and see if they have something smaller.
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