drunk drivers (check this out!)
jakegday
10-31-2005, 08:36 AM
well, this is what a drunk driver did to me last night....
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/jakegday/2.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/jakegday/1.jpg
anyone wanna guess how much that'll be?? i hope not more then the cars worth...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/jakegday/2.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/jakegday/1.jpg
anyone wanna guess how much that'll be?? i hope not more then the cars worth...
cdru
10-31-2005, 10:45 AM
The door will probably be a couple of hundred at a junk yard. You might get lucky and find a red one that can be a direct replacement. The expensive part will likely be repainting the door and the rear quarter panel. If you can live with the quarterpanel damage, it probably won't be too bad. You should be ok based on what your car is worth.
Insurance isn't picking it up? Or are you trying not to file a claim? Did they get the drunk and does he have insurance?
Insurance isn't picking it up? Or are you trying not to file a claim? Did they get the drunk and does he have insurance?
Chevy4life1985
10-31-2005, 11:07 AM
Probably about 500-1000 for everything.
cavzilla_z24
10-31-2005, 11:28 AM
Tell insurance to cut the check
colinlesser
10-31-2005, 12:08 PM
when insurance guy comes to check it tell him to give you a check and just have a shop fix the rear panel only then go get a new door at a yard, free money, then sue the driver $$$$$$$$$$
oneroundko
10-31-2005, 12:38 PM
It could of been worse, you could be dead right now. I rolled my 97 cavy comin home from the club about two years ago; hit a light pole and got a restitution fine in the mail for $3000.00 from the county (i'm still payin that off). Totalled my car $3000.00 payed $1000.00 to get my license back, and payed $3000.00 to buy a new Z-24. That was a $10,000.00 dollar night that night, and I learned my lesson.
A new door would be less than a hundred bucks at a junkyard I'm sure.
A new door would be less than a hundred bucks at a junkyard I'm sure.
cousincletus
10-31-2005, 05:15 PM
you may even be able to get one the same color.
www.car-part.com
www.car-part.com
jakegday
10-31-2005, 09:27 PM
well the local chevy dealership quoted me $1800, and an indeptendant body shop (with a very good reputation) quoted me $2300, which is awesome since the insurance company says my car is worth $4100, so its definetely not totalled, the chevy dealership calculated with just fixing the rear quarter panel, the independant shop quoted with replacing the entire panel,
also, my insurance wont pay for it cuz it wasnt my fault (and i dont have full coverage), i had to call the other guys insurance and as far as i know he has valid insurance, they said he hasnt called in the claim yet and i told them he might still be in jail, right when i said why you could tell the tone in the guys voice changed, it was kinda funny
also, im not out for free money here, and i have no plans on fixing any of this by myself, im just hoping for a nice rental car (ya know, so i can beat the living shit out of it)
also, my insurance wont pay for it cuz it wasnt my fault (and i dont have full coverage), i had to call the other guys insurance and as far as i know he has valid insurance, they said he hasnt called in the claim yet and i told them he might still be in jail, right when i said why you could tell the tone in the guys voice changed, it was kinda funny
also, im not out for free money here, and i have no plans on fixing any of this by myself, im just hoping for a nice rental car (ya know, so i can beat the living shit out of it)
jakegday
10-31-2005, 09:34 PM
and oh yeah, in case you were wondering, the chevy dealership found a door for $350, and the private shop found one for $195
colinlesser
10-31-2005, 09:52 PM
when the adjuster comes say nothing about haveing just the one part fixed, then wait for the check or find the most expensive shop in town and get a qutoe for the whole repair and show it to the adjuster and be like "i want my money biatch!"
jakegday
10-31-2005, 09:57 PM
well like i said before, i dont care about the money, im not in this to try to make a couple bucks, i just wanna get my shit fixed and call it good
97cavalier
10-31-2005, 09:59 PM
ya i don't know who would want to buy a rental car, they go through so much crap.
colinlesser
10-31-2005, 10:03 PM
well hell with the extra cash you could get a body kit, or a turbo , or lambo doors, or you could give it to me :)
jakegday
10-31-2005, 10:13 PM
or make 1 or 2 extra car payments
bh04
10-31-2005, 10:22 PM
Go for the car payments :D
Thor06
10-31-2005, 10:52 PM
Man, if some fucker ran into my car I would make sure his family tree stopped after him....
jakegday
10-31-2005, 11:11 PM
Man, if some fucker ran into my car I would make sure his family tree stopped after him....
lol, its not really that big of a deal, no one got hurt and everything is getting taken care, i mean its not like i had an 18 month old daughter riding in the back seat with a broken neck from the impact
lol, its not really that big of a deal, no one got hurt and everything is getting taken care, i mean its not like i had an 18 month old daughter riding in the back seat with a broken neck from the impact
CanaMark
11-01-2005, 05:26 AM
Cheap fix, fix it and sue the bastard :)
03cavPA
11-01-2005, 06:51 AM
lol, its not really that big of a deal, no one got hurt and everything is getting taken care, i mean its not like i had an 18 month old daughter riding in the back seat with a broken neck from the impact
And you should get down on your knees and utter a prayer of thanks that did not happen.
I work in the ER and I see the bad consequences of drunken driving. We take drunk driving far too lightly in this country. It's not a joke.
If that driver had hit me and seriously injured or killed anyone in my family, he would be begging to see the police before I got through with him. Period. For just damaging my car, he would have "fallen down" a lot before the police arrived.
If one of the moderators doesn't like the tone of my post, please feel free to remove it.
And you should get down on your knees and utter a prayer of thanks that did not happen.
I work in the ER and I see the bad consequences of drunken driving. We take drunk driving far too lightly in this country. It's not a joke.
If that driver had hit me and seriously injured or killed anyone in my family, he would be begging to see the police before I got through with him. Period. For just damaging my car, he would have "fallen down" a lot before the police arrived.
If one of the moderators doesn't like the tone of my post, please feel free to remove it.
colinlesser
11-01-2005, 10:45 AM
he "fell down alot" officer, i promise
Project_Cav
11-01-2005, 12:34 PM
haha.."oh thank goodness your here officer..this man drove into me while he was drunk then he got out of his car and banged his head against the hood of his car a couple times..thats why hes got a broken nose and some cuts ...then he just went to sleep..the most fucked up thing ive ever seen, i swear" :lol:
colinlesser
11-01-2005, 12:58 PM
i actually seen a guy in one of those newer beetles driving drunk and he somhow managed to roll it onto its roof while changing lanes irraticaly on I-70 about a month or so ago so i stopped to help him and i noticed he was so drunk he didnt notice he rooled his car and tried to restart it needless to say the flames were perty
LTZ2FLIP4
11-02-2005, 12:16 AM
Anyone who drives drunk should get the living shit kicked out of them.
My coworker got a DUI almost a year ago and then a few months later drove home drunk again from our 4th of July party for work which was at.............MY BOSSES HOUSE, nonetheless. EVeryone offered to call him a cab but the ass snuck out and drove anyway.
My coworker got a DUI almost a year ago and then a few months later drove home drunk again from our 4th of July party for work which was at.............MY BOSSES HOUSE, nonetheless. EVeryone offered to call him a cab but the ass snuck out and drove anyway.
pepox_dns
09-16-2007, 07:37 PM
i got hit by a drunk driver on my quarter panel and it was $1900 to fix it.. insurance paid for it but still too much just for the quarter panel..
JStumpalump150
09-16-2007, 08:12 PM
why did you bring up this dead thread????? and why do people not understand the rules and common courtesies of forums, one of which is to not bring up dead threads.
pepox_dns
09-16-2007, 09:14 PM
sorry dude..
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