Had an accident today

**Shane731** · 09-19-2011, 08:06 PM

So I went to Advance Auto to get a new lambswool wash mitt, and as I'm leaving, a young lady backs out of a parking spot in her 2008 Kia Rio, and smacks right into my passenger side front quarter panel! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Got her driver's license and insurance information and all that. Contacted her insurance company, and they told me to get some estimates and fax them to their office. Went to two different places tonight for some estimates, and between the replacing, repairing, painting, sanding, etc., looks like it will probably cost $2200 to fix. Since my car is only probably worth $3500 tops, if her insurance company wants to just give me a check directly, I may just get the dents fixed and live with the rest of it. It sucks royally, and I was planning to do a correction and Opti-Coat here in the near future. Just bummed out right now, especially since this would have been completely avoidable had she been paying attention when she backed out of her parking spot.

nice big dent

tore off part of my wheel well lining

Scuffed up her bumper pretty good, but it looked like it would probably mostly come out with a good compound on a DA. Guess she just hit me in the wrong place. Sucks that my car would have the most damage, especially when I was completely not at fault. Oh well. #### happens, I suppose.

**boatmangc** · 09-19-2011, 08:14 PM

Aww man that sux!!

**courtdale** · 09-19-2011, 08:19 PM

A year ago, I wouldn't have cared so much about that damage. After being introduced to our warped little world of detailing and going over our cars with a magnifying glass before we leave for work (you know who you are), I sympathize completely.

**rwright** · 09-19-2011, 08:21 PM

Sorry to hear Shane. I bet the body shops couldn't believe how good your paint looked though! Hope all works out well for you.

**alko** · 09-19-2011, 08:21 PM

Damn man I'm sorry to hear this. Everyone is so distracted these days and not paying attention. I find myself always watching other drivers, even in the rear view mirrow, when I'm driving. I hate it. My next vehicle will be a helicopter.

**lokerola** · 09-19-2011, 08:22 PM

Aww man, sorry to hear that. Hopefully you'll get a nice check out of it.

**nadroj** · 09-19-2011, 08:39 PM

That sucks dude. It could have been worse though (like she hit your vehicle while you were inside and then left without saying anything, which happened to me a couple of weeks ago). The most important part is no one was hurt though.

**Kurt_s** · 09-19-2011, 08:39 PM

Bummer... Sorry to hear about the mishap. Good luck with whatever path you choose.

**Donnym** · 09-19-2011, 09:12 PM

Really sorry to hear that Shane. I'm sure you're really bummed out. I'm not sure what's more frustrating, when it's your fault or someone else's. About a month after DetailFest I ran into the back of someone and messed up the front of my car. I remember your car from DetailFest and it's in fantastic shape, personally I hope you get it fixed.

**Setec Astronomy** · 09-19-2011, 09:25 PM

Yeah, sorry man...hope they can get all the parts.

Originally Posted by alko

Damn man I'm sorry to hear this. Everyone is so distracted these days and not paying attention. I find myself always watching other drivers, even in the rear view mirrow, when I'm driving. I hate it. My next vehicle will be a helicopter.

It's really bad...it's not just the cell phones, iPads, laptops, it's all the darn nav systems, satellite radio, etc. that are actually built into the cars. Touch screens, iDrive...you gotta take your eyes off the road for everything...I'm surprised there aren't more accidents than there are.