For all of you who like to be sad, 3 pics of my accident

[dorcus]

I'll give the full detailed report here.

I was driving home from work on Friday morning around 3 AM. I saw a disabled vehicle in the left lane and middle lane of I95 south. I pulled over about 500 feet in front of the vehicle on the shoulder and put on my blinkers. I found the people who were in the vehicle and called 911 for them, as they were injured and did not know where they were. As I am on the phone with 911 another car comes flying up the left lane, does not see the vehicle, hits it and bounces right into my car. Luckily I was not in the car and didn't get hurt at all. At the moment I am waiting on the insurance company to tell me how much they are going to give me for the car, as they have deemed it totaled.

 

[slwrthnu]

That's f**ked.. Being a good person and you end up paying for it. Hopefully all goes well with the insurance company

 

[JohnS.]

Duct tape fixes everything.


lol j/k. That sucks... Can you take parts off of a car while the insurance company is gathering up an estimate? I would take as much off as I could before giving it away.

 

[DeathLens]

damn... sorry to hear...

 

[oc_civic]

sucks man.. but hey at least you did the right thing..

 

[IwantVtec]

did you see the accident that held 95 south up from woodhaven? I was stuck in that s**t for almost an hour

 

[Lopez619]

Ahh man I know how that feels. Sorry about your loss.

 

[TigBitties]

sucks man.. but hey at least you did the right thing..

lol i said the exact thing in his build thread. Id have those rims, coilovers, headunit, anything not stock. switchin it back. oh and i like to put a junk battery in

 

[UCCRacing]

Man I am really glad you are okay... People don't realize how dangerous the HWY can be... Not to thread jack by any means but this intended to be a reminder of how luck you are....

My cousin a while back about 24-25 yrs old is on the hwy changing his fiances tire.... and bare in mind they were as far off the road as they could get they had about 5 ft from the white line.

A underage drunk driver with no license, no insurance IN A STOLEN car hit him and dragged him 60+ft at 65+mph.

He died in the hospital, all this happened in front of his fiances eyes....

The guy was later found and convicted of vehicular man slaughter, and a laundry list of other charges and is in jail for a very very long time. If I remember correctly it is 40+yrs with good behavior... Something crazy

The guy ended up paying I think 250k to my Aunt/Uncle which is nothing to replace a kid of theirs...

So be thankful you are okay, just remember you could be dead, and remember not to drink and drive really it isn't worth your life or others....

 

[got traction]

it will buff out

 

[slwrthnu]

it will buff out

Thats rough... But Billy Mays Pops-A-Dent might

 

[emerican]

Sucks man but just be glad your ok and wasnt in the car.
I agree with everyone i would start pulling parts off asap.

 

[dorcus]

I went to pull stuff off the car today, the impound wouldn't let me, they wouldn't even let me take pictures of the car. Maybe I can work something out when I go to give the title to the insurance company. I don't know yet

 

[vjf915]

I went to pull stuff off the car today, the impound wouldn't let me, they wouldn't even let me take pictures of the car. Maybe I can work something out when I go to give the title to the insurance company. I don't know yet

Well if I were you, I would call up the insurance company and tell them that I better get an extra pretty penny for the excess parts on the car. If they are going to pay you for a car that is completely stock, they better be getting a f**king car that is completely stock.

 

[Lopez619]

Why didn't you just have it towed to your house?

That's what I did when my civic was totaled. A lot easier to take off parts when the car is sitting in your driveway.

 

[Rich-PMS]

You can't take parts off until the insurance adjuster comes and does an estimate.

Then you can "buy back" your car for x amount of dollars less than if they take the car.

THEN you can take stuff off, and part out the rest. And make a lot more money.



Taking stuff off the car can lead to the insurance company NOT paying out! I've seen it happen to a few friends.

 

[Cooper76]

Man that sucks! Happy to hear that you ok though. It could have been much worse!

 

[JohnS.]

You can't take parts off until the insurance adjuster comes and does an estimate.

Then you can "buy back" your car for x amount of dollars less than if they take the car.

THEN you can take stuff off, and part out the rest. And make a lot more money.



Taking stuff off the car can lead to the insurance company NOT paying out! I've seen it happen to a few friends.

Ah yes that's how it works. Been a long time since I've heard about the process.

I would definitely buy it back and part it out if you've put a lot of parts into it.

 

[dorcus]

did you see the accident that held 95 south up from woodhaven? I was stuck in that s**t for almost an hour

Was it Thursday night, Friday morning on I95 South between exits 3 and 4? If so yes that is the one I was a witness to and part of.

 

[dorcus]

I am gonna see what happens with the parts, mainly because I am interested in finding a similar car, that most of the parts should work with. I may come out of this a little better then I went in.... Hopefully