Thanks for ripping off my friend who paid to have your old piece of junk Grand Am 97 or 99 repaired. $1050.00 dollars in damge for a rusty old front bumper. Car value only $ 1200-1500. , but could you be fair ? Hope you smash into a Ferrari , then he takes your cash. Oh I forgot he’ll get his car fixed, stupid !!!!
—Luvs the way she serves.
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2009.
umm…if you ran into the guy or did damage to his car, your responsibility. I’m sure you could have taken it upon yourself to find out how much it would cost though.
That’s why I love/hate no-fault insurance. Your insurance pays for damage to your car and theirs to their car, no matter who is at fault. I think it makes for more defensive drivers, as they know that even if they’re in ‘the right’ they’re better off avoiding a fender bender. It does however favor those driving POS cars who don’t care if they damage your car or their own…
Who hit who. if your friend hit. They should learn to drive better. if it was the others fault. then the same can be said to them. If people obeyed the traffic laws there would be no accidents ( or a helluva lot less of them ). Suck it up and such.
Well, if your friend hit the other party he/she is responsible for paying for repairs whatever they may be. Accidents happen, and the person “at fault” is responsible for paying for repairs. Just be glad the other party isn’t coming after your friend for personal injury damages. Even “fender benders” can result in personal injury cases….even if they don’t happen right away. The other party has a period of time to claim personal injury…so…maybe your friend got off lucky with the 1050 bucks?
If the repair is equal to the value of the car isn’t it a ‘write-off’ and the person at fault’s insurance pays? Whats up with this?
Maybe they opted to not go through insurance so that their premium wouldn’t go up.
Even so, you wreck someone’s car, you pay for it. That’s how it works.
yeah, op, fuck your friend. I had some bitch rear end me the day after I just spend 800 bucks having my cars engine fixed. She was all ‘I’ll pay for everything” in between tears but the thing is, she didn’t have to pay for fuck all, her insurance company did, and they weren’t as guilt-ridden. I got ‘fair market value’ for the car, which meant fuck all and none of the money I had spent on repairs over the year. So ya, fuck your friend, tell them to learn how to fucking drive or take the bus.
Did she fix the piece of shit ? NO , why cause the bumper was falling off with the rust it has everywhere. Did she take it to GM dealer to repair , where guy had account ? NO, why cause she is a taker. God forbid anybody she gets into a relationship with. Their fucked.
How can you tell his front bumper was rusty? Those cars have a bumper cover. Perhaps the car is worth it to the owner, ever think of that?
If you do not want your car written-off you can plead your case . This is only if the repair bill is pretty close to the ACV (Actual Cost value). My ’98 Corolla recently got a love tap and someone didn’t leave me a love note. The damage was around $2500 the ACV is $1800. The car was not written-off. Just had to explain to the Insurance company that I could not replace the car for the ACV. Also,that the engine and transmission are fine and the gas mileage is great. (42 – 48MPG)
Do you know what pisses me off a bit? When figuring out Miles per Gallon it is a standard practice to the US mile (not sure if there is any other mile) and the Imperial (UK) Gallon. If you are going to figure out MPG why not use the US mile and the US Gallon, not their mile and our gallon. There is a 0.761 liter difference, which drastically changes the calculation.