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Old 08-22-2014, 12:18 PM   #1
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How does the damage look?

So, today I was driving on the highway when the car in front of me slammed on his brakes- he was trying to avoid the car in front of him, and fortunately for him, he did avoid hitting her. But, unfortunately for me, I was unable to avoid hitting him. I tried to brake, and steer my car out of the way, but I still hit his truck. Luckily there is no damage to his truck, and he was really nice about it- but my car had to be towed away, as it wasn't drivable. What do you guys think? Based not he photos, you think it will be totaled? The airbags did not deploy.
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Old 08-22-2014, 12:20 PM   #2
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all cosmetic, no way it's totaled. not even close. and stop tailgating
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Old 08-22-2014, 12:23 PM   #3
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It does not look like a total, though it will come down to the condition of your frame, I'm sure. They never seem to ride the same after something like this. Either way, a costly fix. Hopefully it will not cost too much - as you rear ended and are "at fault" per the insurance POV, so you will want the blow on them financially to be as little as possible, I'd think.

Sorry about the damage to your poor car. Good luck.
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Old 08-22-2014, 12:27 PM   #4
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You should not get totaled out. My whole bumper came off and they didnt total it out
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Old 08-22-2014, 12:27 PM   #5
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all cosmetic, no way it's totaled. not even close. and stop tailgating
Once you open the engine bay you can tell the damage is a little more than what you may think. I wasn't tailgating....the only reason why I was able to stop myself from hitting him even worse was because I was a fairly safe distance away.

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It does not look like a total, though it will come down to the condition of your frame, I'm sure. They never seem to ride the same after something like this. Either way, a costly fix. Hopefully it will not cost too much - as you rear ended and are "at fault" per the insurance POV, so you will want the blow on them financially to be as little as possible, I'd think.

Sorry about the damage to your poor car. Good luck.
Thank you, I appreciate it. I am thinking that it isn't totaled- the only thing that makes me nervous is that my sister recently got in an accident, I was 99% sure her car was fine, and it ended up being totaled. So that is what worries me with this.
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Old 08-22-2014, 12:53 PM   #6
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First, I am glad you are ok, but if this is true......

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....the only reason why I was able to stop myself from hitting him even worse was because I was a fairly safe distance away.
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you may want to reevaluate your definition of a safe distance! I would hate like hell to see an unsafe distance!
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Old 08-22-2014, 01:00 PM   #7
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First, I am glad you are ok, but if this is true......



you may want to reevaluate your definition of a safe distance! I would hate like hell to see an unsafe distance!
This,

and no way, they'll fix it up. There's almost always more than cosmetic damage, but that's not bad at all. My guess would be 10k max to repair like new.
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Old 08-22-2014, 01:02 PM   #8
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First, I am glad you are ok, but if this is true......



you may want to reevaluate your definition of a safe distance! I would hate like hell to see an unsafe distance!
I was just about to write the same thing.
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Old 08-22-2014, 01:04 PM   #9
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I wouldn't say totalled. Gonna be a bit pricey, but far from totalled.
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Old 08-22-2014, 01:54 PM   #10
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you may want to reevaluate your definition of a safe distance! I would hate like hell to see an unsafe distance!
1000 times this.

I've been re-ended in my camaro 2 times because of retards that have no idea what a safe distance is.

OP - Mark a place on the road as the car infront of you passes it (like a street sign, etc), if you can't count to 3 one thousand before you pass that same point, you are not driving at a safe follow distance.
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Once you open the engine bay you can tell the damage is a little more than what you may think. I wasn't tailgating....the only reason why I was able to stop myself from hitting him even worse was because I was a fairly safe distance away.



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a safe distance, by definition, is one that allows you enough space to stop your vehicle safely. it's beyond me how you can consider a distance that was close enough to prevent you from hitting the car in front of you safe.
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Old 08-22-2014, 03:00 PM   #12
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a safe distance, by definition, is one that allows you enough space to stop your vehicle safely. it's beyond me how you can consider a distance that was close enough to prevent you from hitting the car in front of you safe.
How the F do you know? Were you there? She said she was a fairly safe distance away, leave it at that. The ****in judgemental people on this board are really annoying sometimes.
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Old 08-22-2014, 03:16 PM   #13
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How the F do you know? Were you there? She said she was a fairly safe distance away, leave it at that. The ****in judgemental people on this board are really annoying sometimes.
I agree here. I can tell you from experience that a safe distance can disappear in the blink of an eye. You can't always predict what the other driving in front will do.. and even when you leave a large 3-5 car length space that tends to disappear on multilane roads rather quickly as it never fails that someone else will change lanes to fill that space.

We don't know the chain of events that occurred in those moments so its unfair to assume that the driver was tailgating. Perhaps she was looking in her blind spot or rearview mirror for a split second to return her eyes to the truck locking up its brakes, that slight time coupled with the reaction time may have cost her the 3-5 feet of stopping space she needed to avoid impact.
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Old 08-22-2014, 03:23 PM   #14
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How the F do you know? Were you there? She said she was a fairly safe distance away, leave it at that. The ****in judgemental people on this board are really annoying sometimes.
Uh yeah, you do need to keep a safe distance, in a perfect world. The roads here are so over crowded, if you give a 3-5 second gap someone will dive in, if you don't, no worries, they'll do it anyway. One reason why an SS will get you in trouble around here. Not sayin' you can't keep a safe distance, just not an easy task all the time. Which brings up problem 2, if you do stop, the one behind probably won't.
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