soooooooooooooooooooo.....
i'm at work on saturday at the restaurant. worked a long a$$ day, and a few people i work with pissed me off because they are effin' tool bags. but whatever, my shift was over and i head outside to the car. i get to my passenger door and notice a broken piece of plastic, i kick it away and think nothing of it. then i'm like.... wait.... wtf..... take a step back, and look at the car.... first the front.... ok, it's cool, than the rear. WTF!!! of course this sh!t happens just to top off the night.
the dude backed into my car and nails the quarter panel/tail light/bumper right at the edge of the quarter panel. tail light is broke, bumper is scuffed real good, and looks possibly bent, and the quarter panel is pushed in pretty good right where it meets the bumper/tail light, and the bend put a nice kink in the wheel arch. the hit actually pushed my car over a good 4-5 inches because i was parked in the space completely straight, and my wheel was straight, too. well, when i get in the car, the steering wheel is turned to the left about 1/8th of a turn! dude really rocked it! He def nailed the car at least @ 10mph to push it like that.
turns out he left a note under my wiper.
"Sorry we hit your car. Please call us. ###-###-####"
I call the cops first and get their opinion. They show up and tell me that it's not worth getting a report written up yet because it'll screw me with the whole NJ zero liability BS. He said to get an estimate and see if the guy turns out to be nice and see what happens. If he's a d!ick and give's me issues, then come in within 30 days and get a report going.
So I call up the guy and we're talking. I'm being super nice, and telling him that accidents happen, etc. He said that he looked at the damage and it doesn't look too bad. That it looks like it just needs some paint, etc. I'm like, it's definitely dented and the bumper is all scuffed, etc. I really have no idea how much it'll cost, but let me get an estimate and I'll let you know. He said, yeah, no worries. Just let me know what it is and I'll take care of it. In my head I'm thinking this dude has no idea. this is definitely going to cost $1,000+ in my opinion.
The cop tells me to get his name, license place #, and insurance company, so I ask him for that info. He starts to spell out his first name, and low and behold, HE'S MOTHERFACKIN LEBANESE!!! WTF! Haha. So that was humorous, we shoot the shit a little, but I keep it all business.
Today, I go out to the car to get something out of the trunk. It opens but makes a weird sound as if there was some tension built up. Well when I go to close to trunk..... donk.... it won't latch on. The hit definitely knocked something out of whack and I don't know what. Great. So I had to ghetto rig the trunk and tie it closed from the inside. Since I forgot to undo the trunk light and didn't feel like undoing the rope, I just disconnected the battery for now. I'll undo the bulb tomorrow when I get the estimate.
I'm going to get an estimate tomorrow and see what happens.
The upside is that the dude left me his number, which rarely happens, so I don't have to worry about my deductible. Also, this allows me to get my bumper repaired, which it needed along with my CF exhaust shroud. It also allows me to upgrade to some JDM Evo VIII MR matte black tail lights. If I get REALLY lucky and the car needs a new bumper, I MAY also be able to pick up a JDM rear bumper. If I can get the JDM tail lights, AWESOME! If I can get the JDM tail lights and shroud, double AWESOME! If I can get the JDM tail lights, shroud (JDM style shroud) AND the JDM Bumper.... FOCKIN AMAZING!!!
Hopefully this dude accepts whatever the estimate is, and that if he does accept it, that the car isn't in the shop for ever. I already have a friend that has offered me her accord coupe while my car is in the shop. Lets see what happens.
Another day in the lift of Jalal.
Pics to come tomorrow.
-Jalal
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