Someone Left Turned in Front of me. RIP Trans Am
11-20-2011, 12:35 AM
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Someone Left Turned in Front of me. RIP Trans Am Friday was an terrible lunch break. On my way home my car got wrecked. What happened is when I had pulled up to a stop sign the cars on the cross street went and then it was my turn so me and the car on the opposite side took our turn going straight. Unfortunately the car in the turn decided he wanted to try and make the turn before letting me threw and I had no time to stop and ultimately his scion tc got taken away on a tow truck. Now I know left turners must yield to all oncoming traffic going straight before turning to avoid hazards. Hoping his company pays up. I know its going to be a total loss so if they cover it I will probably buy it back and sell all the parts. Only has 81,000 miles. Still runs perfect but body damage estimates are threw the roof to fix hood, both fenders, bumper, foam absorber, whole entire headlight mount and assembly and god knows what else. What a shame.
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11-20-2011, 01:13 AM
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well hey man if theres no major body damage underneat you would be able to put it back together cheep, estimates are based on new parts prices, but I once bought a ENTIRE FRONT of a camaro for 600 bucks out of a junk yard bascily they cut the car in half and sold me everything. you could get parts out of the junk yard cheep and possibly in the same color. dont give up yet see what frame damage if any there is first. looks like the worst you may need is a bumper support and maybe have a few things tweaked.
when you get the estimate see what the the estimate would be to just fix the underneath stuff and then you get all the parts and put the fenders and hood and headlight back together
when you get the estimate see what the the estimate would be to just fix the underneath stuff and then you get all the parts and put the fenders and hood and headlight back together
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well hey man if theres no major body damage underneat you would be able to put it back together cheep, estimates are based on new parts prices, but I once bought a ENTIRE FRONT of a camaro for 600 bucks out of a junk yard bascily they cut the car in half and sold me everything. you could get parts out of the junk yard cheep and possibly in the same color. dont give up yet see what frame damage if any there is first. looks like the worst you may need is a bumper support and maybe have a few things tweaked.
when you get the estimate see what the the estimate would be to just fix the underneath stuff and then you get all the parts and put the fenders and hood and headlight back together
when you get the estimate see what the the estimate would be to just fix the underneath stuff and then you get all the parts and put the fenders and hood and headlight back together
11-20-2011, 05:23 AM
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yeah i would say its going to be hard to get their insurence to pay since you were the one turning I had the same issue a bitch ran into my while she was stopped and letting people turn and then when I turned she stomped the gass and hit me and cracked my bumper she was on her cell phone and also a teenager and new driver, was definetly her fault but I ended up having to pay my deductable and claim it on my insurence.
11-20-2011, 11:50 AM
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My 2000 Z28 got 3700 in damage and they didn't total it. My car booked for 5900 on Kbb with 120000 miles. If they do total it buy it back and fix it. A local body shop and the insurance adjuster told me that most of the time on older cars they won't mess with the title when they total them. They're no way I'd junk it with only 81k on it.
11-20-2011, 01:33 PM
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yeah i would say its going to be hard to get their insurence to pay since you were the one turning I had the same issue a bitch ran into my while she was stopped and letting people turn and then when I turned she stomped the gass and hit me and cracked my bumper she was on her cell phone and also a teenager and new driver, was definetly her fault but I ended up having to pay my deductable and claim it on my insurence.
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I live in San Diego. I plan on going down to Ecology to see if they have a full front end for a bird 93-02 and see what kind of prices I could get. I would hate to have to resort to parting it out too. Still waiting to see what happens with the insurance company. I know someone was selling a bird with no motor and shuff in Los Angeles for $700 that I could easily use the whole front end off of and part that one out after I am done. Deciding what course to take. I don't want to just write it off if I don't have too but lacking money if insurance company doesn't pay up.
