02C32

Good God. What was his hurry to get out of the parking lot? I have had good luck with State Farm in Denver so you might be alright. Tough break man. Extra tough. Good job not coming out of the car and poking him in the nose.

Esh

Buddy of mine's wife got her CRV nailed by a drunk driver a few nights ago while parked along the street. Still not sure why the CRV was parked on the street, but it put the entire car up into the front yard. The speed limit is 25, but I doubt the car was going 25. To top things off, the driver didn't have insurance and got out of the car running barefoot.



It could be worse, right?

Here's the car that did the damage.

acb

Sorry to see that man, as the eternal optimist I would say better that you were on 4 wheels and not 2

+1 on the E63 front end

gonzjed

The air compressor for the suspension and seats is located in the front left. Hoepfully you get a decent loaner for the time being.

skratch77

sux seeing an e55 like that,dosnt look that bad and your luck it didnt get hit on the wheel.

on a side note,dont be suprised that this guy blames you,from the pics it looks like he had the right of way and you pulled out in front of him.

Blacksport350

See the PM I just sent you and call me....I'm around all day.

Busta Riles

U should lay off the crack....$2-$5K? Seriously?

That damage would be $2-$5k on a Civic.

E_Five_Five

ask the appraiser for a loss of value appraisal too and file a civil suit...if he doesn't leave the country

tgoss

I can honestly say that state farm sucks. About 2 years ago my condo was broken into and it took the 3 months to cut me a check for the lost/damaged property. I'd rather see the dentist or the gyno with my girlfriend then talk with sf. I'm with American family now. I guess it's finding the lesser of all evils when it comes to insurance.

Let me know if you need anything man.

And +1 on the 63 front end btw

izzyz28

A simple front bumper replacement is $3,500. His damage is likely to cost 3X that. That headlight alone is $1640, the hood is a grand, plus all of the suspenstion, air compressors, and plastic bits.

skratch77

on a honda maybe

the labor and painting alone is like 3k

930chas

Uggh, man that really sucks. Best of luck getting everything resolved and fixed.

mailman2000

yep more than $5000.00 cost me that much last week on 2006 cdi and it wasnt as hard a hit.

Point2Point

Ouch. I hope insurance and repairs happen as smoothly as possible.

slownrusty

Wow...the damage to your car is severe, glad you are OK. I hope the car is fixed perfectly and soon.

*** people...ugh...
Yasin

gambari

That's not too bad, 5280 Busa. The car can be fixed to the point where you would not even remember this unfortunate event. A while back, an OAK Airport truck backed right into me after the driver and I exchanged greetings before he jumped in the truck. I was speechless too.

Anyway, it looks like they will have to replace the driver side headlights; make sure they replace the passenger side too (legally necessary), otherwise one will look better than the other and that's not the same as restoring your car to the condition it was in prior to the accident.You get to keep the old one as spare. Maybe 8-13K?

Hang in there and don't get too depressed over this...

itsmeek

LMAO, you must work for a body shop. Maybe 8k max.

dacls63amg

Ah man its impossible to keep anything nice these days!

aleksandar1099

Wow! Sorry to see that!!

+1 on the loss of value appraisal!

SterlingE55

That's awful man, I'm sorry to hear that. Least he had insurance. Hope she gets fixed soon.

E55_GT3wheels

damn bro. that sucks! on the bright side, she will be back to near new in no time.

do tell us the repair costs when u know since there seems to be debate about that. I am curious now...

bbearden

You must be smoking the same crack that daminchi is. I don't work for a body shop, I just know what it takes to fix these cars and not do a half-*** job in doing so. Reconditioning body panels and using thin gauge aftermarket body panels is out of the question in my book. My estimate was conservative but I doubt you'll fix it for under $10K.

mailman2000

yep I would say atleast $10,000 just paid $5,000 for a bumper and hood repair and headlight

02C32

Everyone has smoked their crack pipes and placed their bets. Busa will you reveal the numbers please?

Highend

uhhhh this pisses me off looking at that! Not only does it suck because of the obvious, but #2 all the trouble and headache it causes, #3 the depreciation of the car now because its now flagged on car fax and #4 he needed a translator

Best of luck with this, I've been their and know the headache man.