truelove

ooh man, that makes it even worse in a way since her damages were almost worth the price of the vehicle itself.

Kar don

wasn't this an april fools gag?

Lynn

There was an April Fool's gag, but this is the real thing.

truelove

which makes this all the more a kick in the ***.

taylor192

I had a similar accident, turned left when I should've had an advance green (blinking green light for those in areas that don't have advance greens, meaning you have the right of way to turn left) but due to the time at night I never got the advance green, and $11K CND and 5 weeks later my car was fixed.

My accident also got me a by-law ticker for "failure to avoid a collision", NOT a traffice ticket, yet my insurance still assigned me 100% blame.

I am hoping not to get raped by the insurance company, but see it coming, I don't know your driving history, but I had 7 years driving clean, no tickets no accidents, so if my insurance company rapes me I already have a backup plan. With my good record I plan on finding a company that will give a break to those with good driving records and only a single blemish... they do exist you just have to search for them. Also if you have a group policy or home/auto it gives you leverage, threaten to pull the whole plan.

Its just an accident, these things happen, I just read a book and you have to "externalize" this. Its really not your fault, its the stupid women for making you change directions at the last minute, or the cabbie for being in a rush and not taking the time to make sure you were actually turning. Instead of saying "this always happens to me" say "I'm not listening to the stupid women the next time".

tifosiv122

Did they give you a quote on the price of the headlight?

Erik

PoonerElRay

Truelove:

Like I said man! You should not have jinxed yourself with that April Fool's joke. You are cursed buddy!

truelove

but i was knocking on wood all day that day!!!

i just got the estimate. $5532.75. keep in mind this is a very very good auto body so they know what they're doing. they're going to pretty much replace all the parts rather than try to repair anything since it's a brand new car. the headlight alone was $1000!! and no, i don't need a deal on a headlight. the insurance is gonna pay for it anyway so what's 1 grand. the dude said my car should be good as new in about 2 weeks, which is pretty good i think.

i'm just gonna be careful from now on and i won't listen to any backseat drivers anymore. hopefully, i won't see another accident for at least a few years. maybe my bad luck is hitting me all at once and it'll be smooth sailing from here on out. i can hope so anyway right?

Vince

speaking of Lada's, on my way back from england a couple weeks ago i was wathcing the inflight tv. They had some car show on, and on one of the segments they took an old lada to lotus to have them rebuild the car to make it track ready for some very lucky guy. They put over 100,000 pounds worth of mods in to that car.

eyuan23

Ya I remember that awhile back. You really had me fooled too. I was totally feeling bad for you. But damn. That is some crazy timing . The damage doesn't seem to be all that severe and as long as your engine is fine then you shouldn't feel too bad. I'm still having transmission problems and it's a pain in the ***.

I think I said a few "forbidden" phrases in the past:

"I haven't gotten a ticket in awhile."
"I have never gotten into an accident in all the years I've been driving."

Out of habit I probably knocked on wood but it's still all superstition. I do try to watch myself and not say those things. Out of pure probability I'm due for some sort of bad luck anyday now.

I guess prevention of accidents all come down to your driving habits. For me, I always assume the worst case scenario. That the guy in the lane next to me will all of a sudden veer off course and plow into me....so I tend to avoid being directly next to someone when possible. Crossing intersections I assume someone will run a red light and T-bone into me...so I usually let off the accelerator and place my foot over the brake as I am crossing.

You can't prevent all accidents. Some are completely out of your control. But following simple prevention techniques will definitely make for safer driving.

RedC230K

Tuelove,
Keep your chin up. I respond to many auto accidents each week where people have much larger consequences. (putting it politely)
Metal and plastic can be repaired flawlessy. Insurance premiums are a pain in the *** at worst.

Flesh and bones are much harder to fix. I'm just glad none of you were hurt.

FrankW

I never got jinxed and got a ticket or anything like that, but I'm probably cursed with SCRATCHES and stone chips more than anyone else. My hood is messed up.