Fatalfury

This is around 12:30am on the BQE Westbound right after the Hamilton Avenue exit. A car braked in front of me, so I braked hard too, and then the guy behind me smashes into me and the impact caused me to release my brake and smashed into the guy in front of me. Then the guy behind me got hit too, I don't know how since upon the impact my glasses fell off . Right now I am waiting for the police report and I will try to claim insurance from the guy who ran into me. The guy who I hit left the scene I think. It all just happened so quick.

bheng

damn bro. that blows.
well at least your still safe.
but yeah accidents happen so fast. good luck with everything. and keep us posted on how things go. is the car totalled?

Fatalfury

The engine and tran should still be working so I think it is mostly and some electric or so I hope. front bumper is damage and front lip is definitely gone.. the driver side headlight is pushed in (still working the last time I checked), the fog lights are killed, driver side fender damaged, grille and hood is a bit pushed in. rear bumper is damaged and the passenger side tail light is damaged as well as the bottom end of the bumper is kind of crunched in. I think that is about how detail I can get

bheng

ouch.

well at least your still in good health. no injuries im assuming?

Fatalfury

asides from minor whiplash effect, no injuries at all.

Fatalfury

my airbag didnt go off though :\ i should get that checked

supacrazykev

Early October, some guy in an Oddessy rear-ended my CLK. The damage cost is 6k for his insurance. Have to get a whole new AMG back bumper and undent the right side and paint job. Accidents sucks! It's been almost a month, and I don't have my car back.

mikelmco

Don't fotget the lower value of car now. Get that claim in also.

amdeutsch

If during your attempt to stop you didn't hit the car in front of, i.e. came to a complete stop, the guy that hit you in the a$$ is responsible for damages to all cars involved.

coin

+1

It's sad to hear this kind of story but I'm glad that no one is hurt.

Hope everything works out with the insurance.

chrislis

i dont know the law where you are.

but in both FL and CT, if you cant prevent hitting the car in front of you, you're responsible for it. driver who hits you is only responsible for he and you. you're by law supposed to be able to control your car enough to prevent hitting the car in front of you by creating enough space between yourselves for your brakes to stop you from hitting.

mpudding13

Good luck bro. I rear ended someone last month, almost same damage in the front, except the fog lights no damage. Insurance comp has to pay 15K to fix it, now is already the 5th week, I still haven't got my car back.

eddieo45

When I rear-ended someone w/ my 02 C230 last month, body shop guessed about $5K in damage and ins co called it totaled, gave me $12K+! (So I bought the CLK)

Fatalfury

well, nobody admitted fault last night and the car in front that i went into took off since after I got my head back up i saw a car speeding away mind you my glasses also fell off at the time :\ . All I know was that as I was braking i allowed myself enough space before someone plowed me in the back and pushed me forward into the guy who left.

Either way I guess that does not effect me at all. But then there were two other cars behind me in the end so i guess that is all that matters.

And damn 15k? that is alot. How badly was it damaged in the front? Pics? It was pouring that night so I only got a picture from my car in the inside so far.

mpudding13

Not much Damage. Didn't take any photo. The bodyshop told me that the bumper need to be replace, both headlight the grille and both fender.

I think it was because I went back to MB's bodyshop, if I went to a private bodyshop it will be cheaper.

Fatalfury

Yeah I know the headlights can be expensive. Like 2k each I think. I think both of mine were ok they were just pushed in. Well at least one side was ok for sure because it was still there in its original spot. Which mb shop did you take it to? my car was towed because my fender was slightly crunched in and my 18s couldn't clear to turn so the people who towed me would be doing the work for me as well as take care of things from the insurance of the guy who hit me. I think fog light kits are cheap, so I guess as long as my headlights are working it should be alot less or hopefully alot less. At 15k you could've gotten like total loss lol!

amdeutsch

WRONG

If you reread the OP's post you will see that he claimed to have stopped without hitting the car in front. Only after he got hit in his rear did he wind up hitting the car in front. If your insurance company plays the game as you described above then you better find a new one.

eddieo45

here's my c230 damage. body man just rattled off the top of his head "bumper, a thousand; hood, a thousand; radiator, a thousand; headlights, a thousand each...." I won't try to justify his numbers, but his point was that before you even start looking around for things like engine damage, frame damage, etc., you've likely got a minimum of $5000 worth of damage. The insurance company has an equation that puts the repair cost with the salvage value to determine whether it's a total loss, and the high price of MB parts works "against" us in both areas. I put "against" in quotes, because I was adamant that I wanted my C-Class fixed.....until I saw the settlement offer! Then I went CLK shopping!

mpudding13

Well, I took it to the MB shop in Vancouver. I agree, for 15K it could be total already. But, I guess it was thee price difff betwwn US and CAN, I can buy another one for $17K in US, but in CAN it will cost 25K+ . So, I guess that's the reason why it wasn't total .

Fatalfury

whoa that looked really bad.

anyways the attached was taken from inside my car as you see my hood damage does not look as intense and my radiator and headlights are all working still after the incident so i think its just cosmo (keep fingers crossed) for me the major expensive stuff is probably the hood-fender-and 1 of the taillights.

Either way a little update about what is happening right now is that I might have to take it to court since Allstate Liabilities said their guy was not at fault

coin

That's not good to hear. Did you try asking your insurance agent to call Allstate on your behalf?

Fatalfury

in my homestate (IL) we are only required to be on liabilities... so it is not my agents job to go get the other persons liabilities especially for a case that happened in NY ..or maybe I just have lousy people :\

chrislis

Same exact thing happened to me. Dead stopped and got plowed into from behind. My car with full lock on brakes and skid marks on ground hit the car in front of me. Didn't even get insurance involved because I handed the guy $500 on the spot to take care of his bumper and called it even. But did get a ticket for wreckless driving due to "unable to control vehicle and not allowing enough space." It sucks to say, but even if you can't help it, those who hit from behind are always going to get pinned regardless if it was intentional or not. He's lucky dude in front of him left.

Bad_debt

An Authentic AMG front bumper of the 500's is almost $2,000. I had mine replaced (OEM). It has the AMG logo on the bottom of it and says Afferbach ,Germany my other OEM didnt have this.