Happened to me today as I was leaving the bank - lady didn't bother to look (I had the right of way) and T-Boned me. My heart broke.

 

Sorry to see and it makes you sick. At least no one was hurt, but it will be hard to get over it.

 

Good news/Bad news.....

Good: Very repairable

Bad: It still sucks.

 

Wicked sucks.
I hope you weren't hurt!

 

That sucks, as long as you weren't hurt, the car is repairable.

 

Good news: Not hurt
Sorry that stinks!!!

 

Wasn't hurt at all - as you can see, the rim took the brunt of the impact - leaving a metal shard from her bumper stuck in the sidewall of my tire. Getting it all fixed on Monday - but still.....my baby....

 

Just like being a parent, you try to protect your kids as much as possible but they still fall down & get hurt. The trick is to teach them to keep getting up every time they fall!

Now take all of that insurance money for pain & suffering and get a blower on that car!

 

You may want to have the rear end of the car checked out as it took a large impact. Have the axle checked out and get all your mounts and measurements checked etc.

 

That's what I would be worried about. The body damage and wheel doesn't seem that bad, but I would fear that your rear end is now misaligned, busted, ect.

 

Frame check. Axle check. *Insist* on new axle bearings at the very least, inside and out, on that hit, do not accept 'no' for an answer.

If the frame is right, then the axle and other parts will line up.

Depending on the wear of the tires, if they are going to have to replace one (and looks like they will), then insist on two so that there's not some mismatch that might cause a drivability issue.

Past that... That'll buff right out.

/oblig.



OW!... ok, ok, sheesh... I mean, it's standard and



Ok, ok, fine, I'm leaving...

 

That would cause me to be a particularly unpleasant person to be around. Both of my Stangs are crash virgins and I never want that to change.

Seriously, I'm upset for you... I hope the repairs turn out great. Be sure to post up some pics. after the work is done.

 

sorry to see this. Didn't you just get your car recently?

 

Excellent idea! I'm sure I can manage to get two new tires (my old ones are starting to slick, too much fun on the throttle).

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All in all the car still drives fine (on the spare tire), so I doubt anything is seriously wrong. With the few grand I should be getting for diminished value compensation, I may just go ahead and go FI on the car. I never planned on getting rid of it anyways.

 

Sucks that this happened. Hope everything goes well with the repairs.

 

That's probably not going to fly. On the affected tire they might pay 100% for new, but don't be surprised if they take betterment, i.e. a pro-rated allowance. They do not owe for a second tire unless it was damaged in the loss.

 

sorry to hear about this. before you claim for dimished value have your mustang appraised by carmax. this would give you a good idea of how much impact you have got.