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csmakio

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Mar 1, 2005
Chicago, Illinois
I dont know if this is the right forum or not so sorry if Im wrong.

Our cars are TANKS i tell you, TANKS....well not really of course, but Ive been rear ended twice within the last week and pretty dam hard at that and there has been no damage whatsoever. I got rear ended last week pretty hard at a red light and the person ran but there was zero damage and just leaving school today some kid rear ended me again and really hard I was sure there was damage but walking out and taking a look there was NONE!!! LOL!

Tanks I tell you, tanks..... :thumb:
 
Yea, mine does the same thing. I was at a red light with my foot off the brake because of the 5-speed and a girl in a Mustang GT hit me about 15mph. I went out and looked and nothing. I wish something would have broke, but the one I want something to break it doesn't.
 
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yes our cars are tanks. :thumb:

that is amazing, i want one
 
I creamed a mailbox and a bank when my front passenger tire blew going into a 90 degree left hand turn. Theres a spot where the post hit and part of the bodykit on the passenger side came off. The bumper folded back into its original shape with a scratch or two.
 
LeJeune123 said:
Yea, mine does the same thing. I was at a red light with my foot off the brake because of the 5-speed and a girl in a Mustang GT hit me about 15mph. I went out and looked and nothing. I wish something would have broke, but the one I want something to break it doesn't.
hey i just have a quick question. whats the link to those headlights that you got on ur car with the blue ring around them?
 
i took it up the ass end at about 20mph from a 350Z last november. no visible damage to my car (though it yeilded a $1200 insurance check). the Z had over $10k in damage. apparently the stock rubber on those things is absolutely WORTHLESS below 40*F. it was a cold day, she just didn't have enough grip to stop (and i was a little over-zealous in making sure i stopped before the line...).
 
That's funny, my Mom backed into me at about 5 mph, and my fender is toast.
At least she bought me a new one!
 
I was rear-ended at a red light, and my bumper was totally fine, car behind me needed a bumper. All I got was some scratches in my paint, but they are almost invisible. The insurance money went into the turbo fund.
 
Mack said:
That's funny, my Mom backed into me at about 5 mph, and my fender is toast.
At least she bought me a new one!

The fender is like the weakest part. hah. I got hit there too and the woman took the whole fender out at about 20 mph. It did hold up pretty well though, it was just a huge dent.
 
the quarter panels (fenders) get clobbered in wrecks, first the previous owner kicked it when he was drunk..NICE dent there. Then the hitch on a truck going 5MPH did $500 in damage..the 20MPH or so wreck in the back end chipped the paint a little bit, but it destoryed the guys front end.
 
pr0 said:
The fender is like the weakest part. hah. I got hit there too and the woman took the whole fender out at about 20 mph. It did hold up pretty well though, it was just a huge dent.
My mom took care of it... working for State Farm has it's advantages. One of their clients got her the part at their cost...72.00.
Already primered and the back is painted.
 
I hope most of you realize that there is usually some type of structure BEHIND the bumper covers! Just because there is no visual damage to the bumper "cover" doesn't mean there is no structural damage to the vehicle. The bumper cover will "pop" back into it's normal condition, but the meterial behind it can be all screwed up. Most cars have energy absorbers (similar to a shock absorber, or energy absorbing material like styrofoam) that deform under impact and need to be repaired/replaced after an accident. If not, the next impact will not be absorbed by the "bumper" but will be transfered to the passenger-comp/driver.


BTW

"The insurance money went into the turbo fund"

"no visible damage to my car (though it yeilded a $1200 insurance check)"

Does the term "insurance fraud" ring a bell? Jeeeese, and you wonder why insurance cost so F'ing much!!! :(
 
Yeah, I dont know about them being tanks.... I got rear ended by a lady in a landrover going no more than 5mph at a stop sign. Her brushguard took out both my rear lights, put a perfect square dent in the lip of the trunk, and put a huge crack down my rear bumper. It did nothing to her car (or its pointless brushguard), but I did get $2000 from insurance so I got to fix all of that stuff and my broken antenna.
:dsm:
 
turbotoad said:
BTW

"The insurance money went into the turbo fund"

"no visible damage to my car (though it yeilded a $1200 insurance check)"

Does the term "insurance fraud" ring a bell? Jeeeese, and you wonder why insurance cost so F'ing much!!! :(
Insurance check are to be used at the wants of the owner. They can pay to fix the car, or cash it and go get/do what ever they want.
The insurance has to pay for the damage done, they cannot force the person to get it fixed.
 
Bostedquest said:
Insurance check are to be used at the wants of the owner. They can pay to fix the car, or cash it and go get/do what ever they want.
The insurance has to pay for the damage done, they cannot force the person to get it fixed.


Well, maybe the term "insurance fraud" was a little too harsh. But come on, one guy said there was only some minor (hardly visible) paint scratches and the other guy says there was "NO" visible damage to their cars. Yet they're more than happy to take a $1200.00 check for essentially zero damage to their vehicles! WTF?! That $1200.00 (multiplied by thousands of people who make dubious claims) is going to come from somewhere, and it aint gonna be the insurance company coughing it up. Nope, they'll just up the rates to cover their losses and remain profitable. Then we all get to b!tch about how THEY are ripping US off.

Don't insurance companies require some sort of damage estimate/verification before they hand over a check? The last time I made a claim I had to show proof via repair estimates and pics. So how would you estimate the damage to a vehicle with "no visible damage"?! Sounds fishy to me.

I understand that once the check is issued you may do with it what you want. But how does a check get issued to a minimally/non-damaged vehicle in the first place? Somebody has to be B.S.'n somebody about the extent of the damage somehwere along the way. That's the "fraud" part I was refering to. If somebody's car is damaged I think they deserve to be compensated, but when someone has "no visible damage" and receives a $1200.00 check I have to draw the line and call it as I see it...........a scam!
 
turbotoad said:
I hope most of you realize that there is usually some type of structure BEHIND the bumper covers! Just because there is no visual damage to the bumper "cover" doesn't mean there is no structural damage to the vehicle. The bumper cover will "pop" back into it's normal condition, but the meterial behind it can be all screwed up. Most cars have energy absorbers (similar to a shock absorber, or energy absorbing material like styrofoam) that deform under impact and need to be repaired/replaced after an accident. If not, the next impact will not be absorbed by the "bumper" but will be transfered to the passenger-comp/driver.

:(

Yah thats exactly what I was thinking. You have structure behind the bumper to absorb the impact. Hydraulic pumps that absorb impact or whatever else there may be. If a pump decompresses (which it will) then it costs a good chunk of change to fix. Just because you your urethane bumper (which is made to flex) didn't crack or your paint with the flex additive (which is also made to flex) didn't spiderweb doesn't mean there isn't any damage. The outside is there for looks and aerodynamics. Now just wait till you get rear ended by someone that is going a descent speed and we'll see how fast you end up in a hospital. Not saying that that will be the case or anything......
 
turbotoad said:
Well, maybe the term "insurance fraud" was a little too harsh. But come on, one guy said there was only some minor (hardly visible) paint scratches and the other guy says there was "NO" visible damage to their cars. Yet they're more than happy to take a $1200.00 check for essentially zero damage to their vehicles! WTF?! That $1200.00 (multiplied by thousands of people who make dubious claims) is going to come from somewhere, and it aint gonna be the insurance company coughing it up. Nope, they'll just up the rates to cover their losses and remain profitable. Then we all get to b!tch about how THEY are ripping US off.

Don't insurance companies require some sort of damage estimate/verification before they hand over a check? The last time I made a claim I had to show proof via repair estimates and pics. So how would you estimate the damage to a vehicle with "no visible damage"?! Sounds fishy to me.

I understand that once the check is issued you may do with it what you want. But how does a check get issued to a minimally/non-damaged vehicle in the first place? Somebody has to be B.S.'n somebody about the extent of the damage somehwere along the way. That's the "fraud" part I was refering to. If somebody's car is damaged I think they deserve to be compensated, but when someone has "no visible damage" and receives a $1200.00 check I have to draw the line and call it as I see it...........a scam!

Ok, you do realize that the insurance company WILL inspect the car prior to issuing a check?
So if you want to bi*** to anyone about them getting a check, bi*** at the insurance company. Or bi*** at the inspector/adjuster. The owners have nothing to do with how much they get unless it is a total out situation where they can be compensated for aftermarket items.

Geeze... know what happens when checks are issued before you start calling fraud and scams...
 
Fraud?!?!? :mad:

I previous wrote that I had been rear-ended and my insurance money went into the turbo fund. I got a decent about of money because I had a few scratches in my paint that from far can't be seen, but can from up close, but it was simply the amount of money it would cost to get my bumper repainted at a professional body shop.

I am not the kind of people that make insurance more expensive for the rest of us. Its people like the jackass that hit me when I was stopped at a red light that do. I just simply decided that I rather save for a new turbo instead of fixing my paint.

How about bitching about shitty drivers??
 
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