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My car was hit yesterday

November 16th, 2007 at 02:49 am

During work yesterday, someone called the office and asked if any of us owned the red car parked on the side street because someone had hit it. I was the lucky one. I went out and sure enough the left front corner was smashed. Apparently, a plumber was turning into the driveway and misjudged the turn, taking the corner of my car with him. The turn signal got destroyed, the front bumper is shredded and the side fender panel is scratched up.

I called the main office for the company and the business administrator came over to see the car and said they'd pay for everything, including a rental car while it was being fixed, so at least the process shouldn't cost me anything.

After work, I went to the body shop and got an estimate: $1,400. They said they'd need the car for about 3 days. I'm going to bring it in first thing Monday morning so I can have it back Wednesday before the holiday. I'm just hoping everything goes smoothly and quickly and it gets fixed up good as new (or at least as good as 10 years old) by next week at this time.

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7 Responses to “My car was hit yesterday”

  1. annab Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 04:17 am 1195186642
    1195186642

    wow, at least they were honest!

  2. luxliving Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 01:20 pm 1195219227
    1195219227

    Good that they are going to pay, and yet still a pain in the patumpkis to have to get 'er fixed!

  3. Ima saver Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 02:15 pm 1195222554
    1195222554

    Yes, it is good that they were honest!

  4. Broken Arrow Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 02:34 pm 1195223654
    1195223654

    Yes indeed. It could've been a hit & run.

    Glad nobody is injured as well.

  5. kv968 Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 12:30 am 1195518604
    1195518604

    Weird. My car got hit in a parking lot outside my apartment while I was at work on Friday. A guy backed into it and knocked out the taillight assembly and dislodged the bumper. Luckily he left a note and he said that his work would pay for it since it was a company vehicle. I haven't gotten an estimate yet but I imagine it would be in the same range as yours Steve. I'm wondering if the insurance company would be willing to pay that much to fix it since it's a 96 Corolla with 130K miles on it. Although they better be because it wasn't in any way at fault and I want it fixed right.

  6. Scanner Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 12:31 am 1195518696
    1195518696

    Glad nobody was injured?

    That's potential work lost for me, DisneySteve. Wink
    Just kidding. . .I am glad there's no whiplash.

    I did the same thing to someone at IHOP resteraunt and I was honest and left a note that I hit them. I hate those ethical struggles when you know it's easy to just mosey off.

  7. disneysteve Says:
    November 21st, 2007 at 01:50 pm 1195653039
    1195653039

    kv968 - I don't think the age of the car matters at all in a case like this. My car is a 98 Camry with 103K, so I'm in the same ballpark as you.

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