yeah, i called the insurance company. to hell with the rates, i don't have
time to deal with finding the parts for her.
things are getting better. i'll have my truck back in order by spring
break!
oh, and i STILL won't lower my truck ;)
Gabriel Couriel
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of greg conner
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:23 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: RE: RE: Ouch, that hurts. Man down!!!
cant beleive one minor accident is going to raise your rates 1000 a year.
Youd probably be looking at more like 100 a year as long as this is your
first one and you dont have a bunch of tickets.
As far as your bumper hitting overtop of hers.....Havent I been telling you
to lower that damn truck? ;)
Greg Conner
1996 RC
3.9 hybrid
>From: "Gabriel Couriel" <gcouriel@bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: DML: RE: RE: Ouch, that hurts. Man down!!!
>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:54:28 -0500
>
>
>nope... i hadn't posted it. i was getting of the Florida Turnpike, and
>when
>i reached the end of the offramp, the lady in front of me stopped, so i
>stopped. she then accellerated to merge in, so i looked to merge in
>(almost
>behind me, about 150 degrees) and when i saw a gap, i accellerated... right
>into the back of her car. she had accellerated and stopped. i didn't see
>her stop, since i was looking directly away (like i said, about 150 degrees
>away from my view).
>
>the big problem is that the top of the Gen III bumper is higher than a
>Caravan's rear bumper. my thick steel bumper hit her sheetmetal gate. to
>add insult to injury, her bumper pushed in the plastic valence on my truck,
>broke it, and caused the metal screws that hold it on to gouge into and cut
>her rear bumper. i also lost a fog lamp.
>
>the body shop told me it was cheaper to get a salvage tailgate and bumper
>than to fix hers (even though the collision was at 5mph, TOPS!). oh, and
>because of the height of the bumper, i hit her at the very base of the
>floor
>board, so that needs to be straightened out too! maybe i should use some
>of
>my legal training to sue DC for a bad design of it's bumpers. it's amazing
>how they can build their own cars that won't prevent hits from each other.
>bumpers are built to take hits of up to 5-10 mph without any damage... but
>it doesn't work where the bumpers aren't there to prevent the damage.
>
>oh, and i didn't claim the accident to insurance, because that would have
>raised my insurance by at least $1000 per year for the next 3-4 years...
>more than fixing the car and my truck now.
>
>oh, and the $2k is for repair of her car and my truck.
>
>Gabriel Couriel
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of BARRY
>OLIVER
>Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:37 AM
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: DML: RE: Ouch, that hurts. Man down!!!
>
>
>
>Oooh, did I miss a good post? What happened??
>
> >>> gcouriel@bellsouth.net 03/10/04 08:52AM >>>
>
>whatever it is, it's gonna be less than what i have to spend after my
>activities this weekend.
>
>anybody got $2,000 laying around?
>
>Gabriel Couriel
>
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