Multimedia Exchange - Not Again!!! FML

This is a picture from 2 days ago at G16
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/G16.jpg

And this is what the car looks like as of 8:30pm today, Thanks to some jackass deciding to slam on there brakes because they missed there turn into Zaxby's
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck1.jpg
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck2.jpg

And for yall that have forgotten this is what happened a week ago last year http://ls1tech.com/forums/racers-lounge/1424788-worst-night-ever-new-pics-update-june-5-2011-a.html . I had the SS towed to a body shop and will be going up there first thing in the morning to see what they say.

From the looks of it the core support is pushed in about 6 inches both fenders are busted along with the hood and the front bumper,headlight, fog light and blinker. I have not been able to look under the car to see what else is damaged but do yall think its fixable or is it going to be totaled out?

the cheaper these cars keep getting, the easier it is to have them totaled. Glad you didnt seem to get hurt bad, and keep a larger distance next time. :cheers:

the cheaper these cars keep getting, the easier it is to have them totaled. Glad you didnt seem to get hurt bad, and keep a larger distance next time. :cheers:

I do not know if i want them to total it or fix it but the truck in front of me slammed on his brakes as the car in front of him is the one that slammed on there brakes in the middle of the road, it happened so fast that there was nothing I could do, I left 25-30ft of black marks from slamming on the brakes.

Airbags didn't deploy???

That's going to be a lot of work. Good chance the insurance wants to total it. How much does just an SS hood run these days?

Airbags didn't deploy???
No
That's going to be a lot of work. Good chance the insurance wants to total it. How much does just an SS hood run these days?

That's what I was thinking. I know I can get a used one off here or Craigslist for about $700

Couldn't stop in time?

Running into the back of someone= your fault. Therefore no sympathy here.

Running into the back of someone= your fault. Therefore no sympathy here.

What a fucking bitch

Yeah thats just something a dick would say,you never know what happend, i almost hit someone the other day like this, it was a 55mph zone, i was 5 cars back, she slammed her breaks and i was within inchs of rear ending her, if i was in the camaro i would have for sure hit her

Hope it works out for the best op, if they do total it make sure ya get something decent out of it

I cant help you this time If I had a SS hood I'd be puting it on my car ..... it look worst then it is my son picked up a 99 Ta and we had the front from rails straighten for 300.00 picked up a fender for 30.00 on ls1 tech and a brand new gm hood for 100.00 on CL and he's just about ready for paint .... good luck if they do total it buy it back and part it out on LS1TECH and you'll do pretty good ...... sorry to see all that hard work wasted

Running into the back of someone= your fault. Therefore no sympathy here.
Way to be a dick. They say to keep back 1 car length for every 10mph...who do you really know that actually does that? Thats right, not a fucking soul. Becasue if you are back 7 car lengths on the interstate in traffic 6 cars are going to get in beween you and the car you were 7 car lengths away from. I bet most people on here are guilty of following to closely and almost rear ending someone at some point or another, I know I am.

Way to be a dick. They say to keep back 1 car length for every 10mph...who do you really know that actually does that? Thats right, not a fucking soul. Becasue if you are back 7 car lengths on the interstate in traffic 6 cars are going to get in beween you and the car you were 7 car lengths away from. I bet most people on here are guilty of following to closely and almost rear ending someone at some point or another, I know I am.

I have had my share of close calls, but I have never rear ended anything. I have always practiced following that rule even if it means slowing down to way below the speed limit to create a safe gap. I was at G16 and saw his car and have to say it is a nice Camaro and I hope he is able to get it fixed and looking good again. By law it is his fault, but mistakes happen and it sucks. Hopefully a little more caution will prevent it from ever happening again. Good luck with getting it fixed. Hoping the best for you.

I'm headed to the body shop, know and will know more once we pop the hood and see what it look likes. As far as who is at fault the officer said if the person that caused the wreck would of not left the scene of the accident they would of received a citation for causing the wreck. But since the first car left the officer said that no citation is going to be issued to me or the guy i hit and that it will just have to go through our own insurance. Ill post more pictures later.

A friends car had similar damage and was totaled.

Really sucks...

A friends car had similar damage and was totaled.

Really sucks...


Well I have full coverage and if they total hopfully I'll be able to buy it back.

sorry to hear this. I hope it ends well.

if i was in the camaro i would have for sure hit her
What were you driving that stops or handles better than your Camaro?

Hate to see that, hope it works out for ya.

Damn OP, that is fucking rough. Hope it all works out for you, I doubt they'll total it.

Running into the back of someone= your fault. Therefore no sympathy here.

Agreed. Only way this isn't true is if someone pulled out right in front of you. Driving too close means you are taking the risk of rear-ending someone, rather than playing it safe, so it's YOUR fault if you rear-end them. I can understand bitching about this happening AND saying everyone does it, but it is YOUR fault it happened, not the guy in front of you. How would you feel if he was right up your ass and something jumped out in front of you forcing you to nail the brakes and him to rear-end you?

Went to the body shop and took more pictures. Also the body shop and the insurance company said that most likely its totaled because of the age of the car and the fact that they would be using OEM parts. The hood alone is $1600 new but the body shop said that they are going to pull it in to the shop and give me a call when they come up with something and Statefarm is sending someone out in 4-5 days so the wait begins.

Were cops called?

Were cops called?

Yes they were

Its probably totaled, I had similar damage to my car(both broken fenders, hood, bumper and frame damage) and they totaled it. Buy it back and fix it yourself it isn't too hard to find someone parting out a car.

I've been there man. I hade an F-350 destroy my front end while I was at work. Just backed right into it and said he couln The hood alone was like $1500 or something. You"ll come out winning man. Hope all goes well!

sorry for the loss man, that happened to me while I was in my truck, driver in front of me slammed on the brakes, I slammed on mine and stopped just in time.....or so I thought when the guy behind me plowed into me pushing me into the guy in front of me. :mad:

the cheaper these cars keep getting, the easier it is to have them totaled. Glad you didnt seem to get hurt bad, and keep a larger distance next time. :cheers:

THIS^^^

Been there done that :( in all hope it work out for you and your car gets fixed!

Way to be a dick. They say to keep back 1 car length for every 10mph...who do you really know that actually does that? Thats right, not a fucking soul. Becasue if you are back 7 car lengths on the interstate in traffic 6 cars are going to get in beween you and the car you were 7 car lengths away from. I bet most people on here are guilty of following to closely and almost rear ending someone at some point or another, I know I am.

Well damn, just because you drive like an idiot and follow too close I guess that makes it ok for everyone! :swing:

Went to the body shop and took more pictures. Also the body shop and the insurance company said that most likely its totaled because of the age of the car and the fact that they would be using OEM parts. The hood alone is $1600 new but the body shop said that they are going to pull it in to the shop and give me a call when they come up with something and Statefarm is sending someone out in 4-5 days so the wait begins.


That's kind of what I thought. Insurance doesn't do it the way most people would do it on their own. No LS1Tech classifieds or Craigslist. All book value on parts. It's usually what to total a vehicle, 70% of a car's value, 75%? With a 6 speed you would make good money parting it out. It just depends on how much work you want to do. You'd have a good start on a LS1/T56 something.

More than likely they will opt to total. If you really want to keep it, there's a way to. I do this for a living;14 yrs now. Pm me if you have questions if they tell you it's a total and you want to keep it.

That's kind of what I thought. Insurance doesn't do it the way most people would do it on their own. No LS1Tech classifieds or Craigslist. All book value on parts. It's usually what to total a vehicle, 70% of a car's value, 75%? With a 6 speed you would make good money parting it out. It just depends on how much work you want to do. You'd have a good start on a LS1/T56 something.

Yea I'm just waiting to see what number the insurances throws out there, im pretty sure they are going to lowball me, I have been told to get 3rd party adjuster on stand by, I also have every receipt for everything that was bought for the car. I talked to statefarm and they said it will take 4-5 days for them to look at it and then they will make me an offer and that I can buy it back if i wanted to. I have never been in this situation so I do not know what to expect or what to do so any advice is helpful


Also there is a guy close by that has a CLEAN 2000 NBM SLP Ss with 83,000 miles Brand new Ford 9", Brand NEW Tick Level 2 trans, adj tick master cylinder, spec 3 clutch, full adjustable etc. suspension etc for cheap, only bad thing is that it spun a bearing so ill have to swap in my motor.

Well damn, just because you drive like an idiot and follow too close I guess that makes it ok for everyone! :swing:


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OP, glad to hear no one got hurt. You have full coverage insurance through a reputable company though, so hopefully they will take care of you regardless of what is decided. Bad shit happens to good people sometimes...........and don't pay any attention to the :wrist: Mustwang drivers......

i had a similar (i spun on the hwy and hit a truck) incident in 2010. state farm took care of me, so you should be in good shape. i got almost 12k for my car and bought her back. heres the link to my wreck and pics. http://ls1tech.com/forums/texas-members/1324390-sad-day.html

Here are more pics of the damage
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck10.jpg
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck8.jpg
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck3.jpg
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck4.jpg
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck9.jpg
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck5.jpg
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck7.jpg
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck6.jpg

that's horrible :(

that's horrible :(

Yep this is my second one and it makes me sick:cry:. I have built both my cars and have lost them due to others stupidity:mad:

Got a call from the body shop today, they said the adjuster should be out there tomorrow to look at the car.

I had a similar accident a few months back where I hit the back of a trailblazer in my 99 TA with a ram air hood. They surprisingly didn't total it and gave me a check for 5k to fix it! hope it all works out,

What a fucking bitch

He drives a Ford and Caddy, whatcha expect?

Hope things work out!

I dont see why everyone is pissed that itsslow98 said it was his fault. It is his fault. No matter how hard someone slams their brakes in front of you you are responsible to stop without hitting them. No argument about it.

I dont see why everyone is pissed that itsslow98 said it was his fault. It is his fault. No matter how hard someone slams their brakes in front of you you are responsible to stop without hitting them. No argument about it.

Negative. It varies by state. I've seen rear end collisions where the vehicle that hit the brakes was at fault. "Fault", if the state even has that, is determined by either the officer on scene, the insurance companies, or state/commonwealth laws.

I dont see why everyone is pissed that itsslow98 said it was his fault. It is his fault. No matter how hard someone slams their brakes in front of you you are responsible to stop without hitting them. No argument about it.

As i stated before the cops were called and when the arrived they asked for mine and the other driver side of the story and then went to his patrol car, the officer came back after about 15 mins and said that the first car that slammed on there brakes causing the accident was at "fault" but since the car that caused the accident left the scene me and the second driver were left to deal with it our selves. No one was issued a citation as we were not at "fault".

Got a call from Statefarm the adjuster is going to be looking at it tomorrow. Part of me wants it to be fixed as I have built this car from the ground up but the part wants it totaled where I can just start over on low mileage accident free SS/WS6.

Got a call from Statefarm the adjuster is going to be looking at it tomorrow. Part of me wants it to be fixed as I have built this car from the ground up but the part wants it totaled where I can just start over on low mileage accident free SS/WS6.

Damn man it seems like these pewter SS's are like a curse for you :(

Odds are they will fix it for you and if they total it you can always fight it but the insurance companies will typically total it if the amount of damage is 75% of the vehicles value and the damage doesn't look like it adds up to me anyway.

I understand you've but a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into the car but do you think that a new car would be an option? I mean if I wrecked two cars almost identical to each other in looks not even a year apart, I would consider getting at least a different year or at least color f-body. Anyways thats just my opinion and I hope everything goes well with your car.

:cheers:

No luck with 99's hopefully the 00 will treat you better.

Damn man it seems like these pewter SS's are like a curse for you :(

Odds are they will fix it for you and if they total it you can always fight it but the insurance companies will typically total it if the amount of damage is 75% of the vehicles value and the damage doesn't look like it adds up to me anyway.

I understand you've but a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into the car but do you think that a new car would be an option? I mean if I wrecked two cars almost identical to each other in looks not even a year apart, I would consider getting at least a different year or at least color f-body. Anyways thats just my opinion and I hope everything goes well with your car.

:cheers:
Oh I know, I think I need to stray away from camaro's and maybe go with a Ws6 lol, but I found a clean 99 Black SLP SS with 19,000 miles for 10k so most likely if mine gets totaled that's the car ill be buying and when I do get a new car or the fix mine its no longer going to be my DD, ill be buying a Honda or something to make my DD

Oh I know, I think I need to stray away from camaro's and maybe go with a Ws6 lol, but I found a clean 99 Black SLP SS with 19,000 miles for 10k so most likely if mine gets totaled that's the car ill be buying and when I do get a new car or the fix mine its no longer going to be my DD, ill be buying a Honda or something to make my DD

sounds like your liking that low mile ss I found for you

sounds like your liking that low mile ss I found for you

I was until I got the vin and checked the RPO codes and found out its not a real SS :( so I'm still looking

No


That's what I was thinking. I know I can get a used one off here or Craigslist for about $700

That's a good thing.. Those airbags can add $2000 in un-needed damage. I've had a car totaled before and their airbags went off. If they hadn't, the car probably wouldn't have been a loss.

And if you left black marks, the ABS wasn't working properly.

Just got off the phone with Statefarm and they said its totaled :( they said thats its going to take them at least a day to come up with a figure of what the car is worth since it is so heavily modified.

Damn, that sucks. Sorry to hear that man.

Damn, that sucks. Sorry to hear that man.

Yea it sucks now I'm waiting on Statefarm to figure out what the car is worth so they can give me a check. Statefarm told me that its going to take a couple of days as they have to consider all the modifications done to the car and I have to fax in all my receipts. How long does it usually take for an insurance company to figure up what the car is worth and send you a check?



Also ill be buying the car back and parting it out so get ready for that thread and ill be starting another thread looking for anoher low mileage SS or Ws6.

This is a picture from 2 days ago at G16
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/G16.jpg

And this is what the car looks like as of 8:30pm today, Thanks to some jackass deciding to slam on there brakes because they missed there turn into Zaxby's
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck1.jpg
http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy223/atrain59/wreck2.jpg

And for yall that have forgotten this is what happened a week ago last year http://ls1tech.com/forums/racers-lounge/1424788-worst-night-ever-new-pics-update-june-5-2011-a.html . I had the SS towed to a body shop and will be going up there first thing in the morning to see what they say.

That sucks!

I feel your pain sir.... I'd been home from the Gathering for about 3 days... drove mine to work and had some douchebag back into mine. So much for my fresh paint job. Hope it all works out.

first question why did you and the other guy let someone leave the scene of an accident?

second, let me know what you want for it as a roller :)

Running into the back of someone= your fault. Therefore no sympathy here.

I once rear ended someone after sliding 20+ feet in antifreeze because some asshat cop didn't do his job and clean the road after a previous wreck. not every rear ender wreck is cut and dry like you think it is.

I dont see why everyone is pissed that itsslow98 said it was his fault. It is his fault. No matter how hard someone slams their brakes in front of you you are responsible to stop without hitting them. No argument about it.

This is 100% not true. This hasn't been true since the late 90's probably. Because there was a epidemic of people that new about this "loophole" and would swerve in front of someone and slam on their brakes, and what do you know, it would be the person in the back's fault, and they get their hoopty fixed up for free.

You know what I mean? I have a family member that works at Allstate. Rear end collisions are judged on fault on a case by case basis. HOWEVER, 98% of the time, yes it is the person in the backs fault.

Do us a favor and buy a black one next time lol... Sucks you got into another accident, Watch out for stupid drivers they are everywhere. The thing is, most bad drivers don't get into accidents, they cause them.

Do us a favor and buy a black one next time lol... Sucks you got into another accident, Watch out for stupid drivers they are everywhere. The thing is, most bad drivers don't get into accidents, they cause them.

I'm trying to figure out if its the color the year or just the camaro in general i need to stay away from lol.




Well ill be settling with the insurance tomorrow. Im going to be buying it back + getting a $8000 back from the insurance company. I already have the complete car sold here locally and i get to take off about $3300 worth of performance parts , so ill have some stuff for the next car i buy :devil: