WOLFGANGSTA
Banned
Not to get all sentimental and mushy on you guys....but, my fiance left our house the other day to visit with her parents and we had the following conversation. Keep in mind that in the 2 years that we've been together, I've never said anything like this to her. It's weird how in the past 700+ days, this was the day I have this conversation with her.
ME: Be careful
HER: I will
ME: Promise? There's lots of crazy drivers out there.
HER: I know baby, I will.
ME: You better, I don't want to get one of those terrible phone calls saying you got in a wreck.
HER: I know honey, I know.
ME: I mean it, be careful.
HER: Ok, I love you.
ME: I love you too.
So, a quick kiss and hug and she's off to see her parents.
Fast forward to an hour and a half later. The phone rings. It's her, crying and in severe pain saying "hurry, come quick, I got in a wreck". I ask her where in the he11 are you at? She tells me she's at the entrance to our neighborhood which is just 7 houses down to where the main road. I run down there as fast as I can, not believing this is happening.
As I come up on the scene there's people all around her car telling her not to move and to hold still. Tears running down her face and the back end of her car is demolished. About 75 feet behind her is a newer Chevy 2500HD pickup truck with the front end smashed up, leaking fluids.
OF all vehicles that had to hit her...it just had to be a big a$$ Heavy Duty truck! She was sitting at a standstill waiting to turn left into our neighborhood when this guy comes flying up behind her, paying no attention and smashing into her car. HE even had a lane to the right of her where he could have went around her. That's what the lane is there for! To go around people who are turning left at that intersection. He hit her square on, which tells me he didn't even start to attempt to go around her. He even told me that he's sorry and simply wasn't paying attention and didn't "see her". That tells me that the guy was probably flipping through a CD case or jacking around with his radio....then slammed into her without even having the chance to hit his brakes. He left no skidmarks at all and like I said, hit her straight on, even though there's a right lane he could have used to go around her.
Notice the big heavy "hook" that is not the outermost point of his truck. That shows just how far everything on his truck is smashed back. In one of the pics you can see something white under the hood on the passenger side. That's the trucks AIR FILTER! It was such a hard hit that it exploded apart his factory air box and the air filter popped out! The wing to the Cougar was found about 80 feet away from the accident. YOu'll also notice how badly the sides of her car are crushed and wrinkled....The dude was going about 50, foot still on the gas and BAM! IDIOT :bash:
She got loaded into an ambulance with a neck brace and back board. X-rays at the ER showed no broken bones so they released her.
She's still in a lot of pain and her neck is swollen up on one side pretty badly. Here's the pics....anyone ever been rearended? Thoughts suggestions on what I'm going to have to deal with when trying to negotiate her doctor bills and the check for the totalling of her car? (The guys insurance already said that her car is totaled and they owe us for it)
What if they give us some rediculous offer for her car value? What can I do to fight them other than show them current running ads for similar cars? What if they don't budge on their offer?
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ME: Be careful
HER: I will
ME: Promise? There's lots of crazy drivers out there.
HER: I know baby, I will.
ME: You better, I don't want to get one of those terrible phone calls saying you got in a wreck.
HER: I know honey, I know.
ME: I mean it, be careful.
HER: Ok, I love you.
ME: I love you too.
So, a quick kiss and hug and she's off to see her parents.
Fast forward to an hour and a half later. The phone rings. It's her, crying and in severe pain saying "hurry, come quick, I got in a wreck". I ask her where in the he11 are you at? She tells me she's at the entrance to our neighborhood which is just 7 houses down to where the main road. I run down there as fast as I can, not believing this is happening.
As I come up on the scene there's people all around her car telling her not to move and to hold still. Tears running down her face and the back end of her car is demolished. About 75 feet behind her is a newer Chevy 2500HD pickup truck with the front end smashed up, leaking fluids.
OF all vehicles that had to hit her...it just had to be a big a$$ Heavy Duty truck! She was sitting at a standstill waiting to turn left into our neighborhood when this guy comes flying up behind her, paying no attention and smashing into her car. HE even had a lane to the right of her where he could have went around her. That's what the lane is there for! To go around people who are turning left at that intersection. He hit her square on, which tells me he didn't even start to attempt to go around her. He even told me that he's sorry and simply wasn't paying attention and didn't "see her". That tells me that the guy was probably flipping through a CD case or jacking around with his radio....then slammed into her without even having the chance to hit his brakes. He left no skidmarks at all and like I said, hit her straight on, even though there's a right lane he could have used to go around her.
Notice the big heavy "hook" that is not the outermost point of his truck. That shows just how far everything on his truck is smashed back. In one of the pics you can see something white under the hood on the passenger side. That's the trucks AIR FILTER! It was such a hard hit that it exploded apart his factory air box and the air filter popped out! The wing to the Cougar was found about 80 feet away from the accident. YOu'll also notice how badly the sides of her car are crushed and wrinkled....The dude was going about 50, foot still on the gas and BAM! IDIOT :bash:
She got loaded into an ambulance with a neck brace and back board. X-rays at the ER showed no broken bones so they released her.
She's still in a lot of pain and her neck is swollen up on one side pretty badly. Here's the pics....anyone ever been rearended? Thoughts suggestions on what I'm going to have to deal with when trying to negotiate her doctor bills and the check for the totalling of her car? (The guys insurance already said that her car is totaled and they owe us for it)
What if they give us some rediculous offer for her car value? What can I do to fight them other than show them current running ads for similar cars? What if they don't budge on their offer?
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. . . . .it was bad site to see. Anyways his car had lower miles on it and was in great condition but of course the money that was offered to him by State Farm was somewhat low. So I went online and found a bunch of 300's that were in the same shape as his car was that were being sold for a higher price than what State Farm offered him. I printed out the copies and my brother gave them to State Farm. They ended up giving him an additional $3,000 based solely on what I found on the Internet. So I would definitely recommend looking up similar cars that are similar to hers that are being sold. . . .that is if they give you a low number.
