Rear ended by a pickup
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I was checking out your avatar yesterday and was thinking the rear of your looked so awesome with the red reflector going across. Old school meets new.
Sometimes I feel people pull up closer to me at red lights, just to make a point. Whatever that "point" might be...
Sometimes I feel people pull up closer to me at red lights, just to make a point. Whatever that "point" might be...
Looking at your pics again Sandwedge, I think the right q-panel will be easliy pushed out by a good shop. I've seen guys do masterful artist work getting dents out. Amazing. Biggest area will be the painting as discussed.
Also, would love a side pic of your wheels sometime too. They must be nice.
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Bad news sandwedge, sorry to hear about it man.
Check with Porsche dealer on outcome of repairs to see if this car would be CPO if you decide to sell or trade. If not, I would try to persue the ins co for difference.
Check with Porsche dealer on outcome of repairs to see if this car would be CPO if you decide to sell or trade. If not, I would try to persue the ins co for difference.
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Unfortunately there are two sides to the bell curve.
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With the advent of the ever present Carfax reports, no Dealers in my area will give you a decent price for your car since they will wholesale it. An appraiser can let you know how much you car has depreciated in value, but I'm guessing a minimum of 10%. You shouldn't have any problem collecting that from a reputable Insurance company.
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I get the same thing. We also have alot of drivers that seem just kind of, uhhh, 'spaced out' here. So I've started the habit of hitting my brakes lights multiple times, essentially flashing the guy, when I see traffic approaching to my rear. I've no study to prove whether or not it helps or not but so for so good.
Looking at your pics again Sandwedge, I think the right q-panel will be easliy pushed out by a good shop. I've seen guys do masterful artist work getting dents out. Amazing. Biggest area will be the painting as discussed.
Also, would love a side pic of your wheels sometime too. They must be nice.
Looking at your pics again Sandwedge, I think the right q-panel will be easliy pushed out by a good shop. I've seen guys do masterful artist work getting dents out. Amazing. Biggest area will be the painting as discussed.
Also, would love a side pic of your wheels sometime too. They must be nice.
That is just a classic case of trying to place the blame on someone else, see its your fault he hit you cause your car is too low to be seen. Now if you had a big ole impressive truck like his this would not have happened.
Unfortunately there are two sides to the bell curve.
Unfortunately there are two sides to the bell curve.
With the advent of the ever present Carfax reports, no Dealers in my area will give you a decent price for your car since they will wholesale it. An appraiser can let you know how much you car has depreciated in value, but I'm guessing a minimum of 10%. You shouldn't have any problem collecting that from a reputable Insurance company.
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OP, sorry this happened to you. It's one off my own feared nightmares. Seen it all too often whether it be a truck, car, SUV, minivan, and even hybrids. Our p-cars seem to draw them in like moths to a light. Inevitability they tailgate or inch forward at a stop as a means to intimidate or get some personal satisfaction in doing so... unfortunately these knuckle heads are too addle minded to consider the fact that their vehicles are not designed to stop better than our p-cars = accident if we had to make an emergency stop.
While commuting during morning rush hour several months ago I had a suburban SUV tailgating me. I could see that the other driver was on his cell phone, drinking coffee, and aggressively accelerating and stopping at the last second - poor driving in general. Sure enough traffic came to a sudden stop in front of me... saw in my rear view mirror that he was distracted again and too close to stop in time. I made a intuitive judgement call and pulled into the center turn lane... the idiot zoomed passed me, brakes squealing, coffee flying, rubber laying down a dark path towards the car in front of me and where I would have been... he came within inches of hitting the car in front of me. If I had been there instead of moving over one lane at the last moment... well I saved the idiot from himself and avoided some painful repairs and potential injuries to myself that day. The car's agility definitely paid for itself. Wish I could say that was the one and only instance I've narrowed escaped but such is not the case in our addle minded ridden motoring world. Best wishes to you and the upcoming repairs to your beautiful car. Keep us posted.
While commuting during morning rush hour several months ago I had a suburban SUV tailgating me. I could see that the other driver was on his cell phone, drinking coffee, and aggressively accelerating and stopping at the last second - poor driving in general. Sure enough traffic came to a sudden stop in front of me... saw in my rear view mirror that he was distracted again and too close to stop in time. I made a intuitive judgement call and pulled into the center turn lane... the idiot zoomed passed me, brakes squealing, coffee flying, rubber laying down a dark path towards the car in front of me and where I would have been... he came within inches of hitting the car in front of me. If I had been there instead of moving over one lane at the last moment... well I saved the idiot from himself and avoided some painful repairs and potential injuries to myself that day. The car's agility definitely paid for itself. Wish I could say that was the one and only instance I've narrowed escaped but such is not the case in our addle minded ridden motoring world. Best wishes to you and the upcoming repairs to your beautiful car. Keep us posted.
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Good luck with the repairs - be sure to meet the shop owner, and the head painter when you go and review sprayouts.
As for the theory on watching the rearview at stops - I do it 99% of the time. Always amazes me how out of touch drivers are. I've even explored putting in a horn mechanism with hardware in the engine bay or rear bumper assembly (not visible, of course) so I could push a button nearby the dash somewhere and blow someone's hair back if I thought they were not paying attention and about to hit me. Have not found enough room yet, but there are some nice horn assemblies out there that would sounds like a Freighliner bearing down on some moron lost on a cell call and about to hit the back end.
As for the theory on watching the rearview at stops - I do it 99% of the time. Always amazes me how out of touch drivers are. I've even explored putting in a horn mechanism with hardware in the engine bay or rear bumper assembly (not visible, of course) so I could push a button nearby the dash somewhere and blow someone's hair back if I thought they were not paying attention and about to hit me. Have not found enough room yet, but there are some nice horn assemblies out there that would sounds like a Freighliner bearing down on some moron lost on a cell call and about to hit the back end.
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Oh no!!! Sorry man, that must have SUCKED big time! I HATE that we got sooo many trucks/SUVs on the road (while 90% of them do NOT use them for utility), they are actually menace on regular sedans and sports cars being so much higher! Insurance companies should seriously charge high trucks more as they just cause so much more damage in accidents than regular height cars!
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I sent you a PM as the same exact thing happened to me right before Christmas. Where you take the car makes all the difference....ALL THE DIFFERENCE!
You can't assume that the dealer is an unbiased referral source either!
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You can't assume that the dealer is an unbiased referral source either!
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While my car was being repaired there were two other Porsches, a MB, and a Ferrari in the repair shop. The shop was so exclusive that they wouldn't repair cars that were insured by certain Insurance companies, Progressive comes to mind. In other words if the Insurace carrier insisted on using other than OEM parts, he wouldn' t repair the car.
Bottom line my car was repaired so perfectly that the appraiser was unable to find the repaired area.
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I couldn' t agree more. My car was damaged by an unattentive driver; she was talking away on her cell phone and completely oblivious to anything around her. Fortunately, I was able to find a shop that specialized in the repair of high end cars.
While my car was being repaired there were two other Porsches, a MB, and a Ferrari in the repair shop. The shop was so exclusive that they wouldn't repair cars that were insured by certain Insurance companies, Progressive comes to mind. In other words if the Insurace carrier insisted on using other than OEM parts, he wouldn' t repair the car.
Bottom line my car was repaired so perfectly that the appraiser was unable to find the repaired area.
While my car was being repaired there were two other Porsches, a MB, and a Ferrari in the repair shop. The shop was so exclusive that they wouldn't repair cars that were insured by certain Insurance companies, Progressive comes to mind. In other words if the Insurace carrier insisted on using other than OEM parts, he wouldn' t repair the car.
Bottom line my car was repaired so perfectly that the appraiser was unable to find the repaired area.
They fix Lambos, MBs, Ferraris, etc and they do meticulous, perfect work.....beyond even understanding. And, just as importantly they treat me and my car like it was theirs and I'm part of the family......I am oh so lucky I found them!!!!
I'm forever indebted to that guy and it just goes to show what can happen when people care enough to take a few minutes to help one another.
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I can almost feel Sandwedge's pain. Never going to be original!
So sorry... wish you the best on your claim and repair!
BTW, how's the other guy? Hope he's still alive or not in the hospital!
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