Hey Alex,
This really sucks. I've never had experience with a collision, but one thing
I KNOW is you rinsurance shouldn't be paying to have your truck fixed! You
had ZERO fault in the accident, therefore, their insurance should pay for
your truck. And if they don't have insurance (wouldn't be surprised), sue
them, you should be able to get your money EASY with ANY lawyer in your
town! Open and shut case as they would say. I know it seems easier just to
have your insurance company pay for it, but and anyone correct me if I'm
wrong, either this will affect YOUR insurance rates, or if you have a future
accident it will compound how much they raise your cost. Make those idiots
pay! If it means selling both of their vehicles and them both taking loans,
so be it! Make em pay for their stupidity and then arrogance to run!
-Ryan
99 DA RC R/T
Soon to be bottlefed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Harris" <aharris@signcast.com>
To: "DML" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 12:53 PM
Subject: DML: My brand new Dak got crunched.
> Yup... never been in a collision before, had to happen 7 weeks after I
> bought my first new car ever.
>
> Driving down Grand, some fool in a big ol' Ferd was pushing a buddy of his
> in a junker bumper-to-bumper at about 40 mph (on a busy street on a Friday
> night). I had the good fortune to be in front of them, and when I got to
the
> light and stopped I looked in the rear view and said "oh, my, he can't
stop
> in time." I just closed my eyes and waited for the crunch.
>
> I got knocked into the car in front of me, and we pulled over and got out
of
> our cars and these fools TOOK OFF! I said "No f**king way!" and we both
> hopped back in our our cars and gave chase. Caught them two blocks up, and
I
> pulled around in front and blocked off both lanes so they couldn't get by.
> The Ferd gave his buddy a push to get him out of the way and drove around
> into oncoming traffic and tore outta there -- but not before I got his
> license number. I kept the other guy there and they slapped him in cuffs
and
> shipped him off to jail.
>
> Anyway, got the claim in and I'll be sending in the truck for fixing (can
> you say "deductible?" Argh). Not too much damage visible, the bumper got
> knocked into the tailgate a bit and there's minor denting to the gate and
> the back of the right quarter panel. The passenger door seems to be a
little
> off-kilter.
>
> I don't think it was a hard enough collision to cause any serious damage
> (hit me going maybe 25?), but obviously I want this truck to be back LIKE
> NEW!! Anyone with experience PLEASE tell me what to watch out for, what to
> make sure the shop looks for when I take it in, in terms of hidden damage,
> stuff that might get knocked out of whack but might not be noticeable
> without really checking, that sort of thing. I have no experience with
this
> sort of thing.
>
> The only good thing about the whole event (aside from these two IDIOTS
going
> to jail) was that in the car in front of me was a mom with a 3-year-old
boy,
> and it was a small car. If I hadn't been there they would have gotten
> rear-ended and it might have been worse, so maybe it was a good thing I
> played the buffer. The car that hit me sustained a lot of damage from my
> bumper plowing through his grille, lights and hood, but it was a piece of
> junk anyway.
>
> Thanks for any advice! My poor baby Dak that I adore so much.... sigh.
>
> Alex Harris
> 00 RC SLT V6 5-speed
>
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