hey guys... some bad news
on thursday my stang was sideswiped by a guy in an '82 chevy 5 ton
I was on my way to pick up a christmas gift from the guitar store for my friend.. how ironic. the passenger side quarter panel, door, mirror, turn signal, headlight, and fender are done.. and there is a small tear (but a tear none the less) on the hood, and a scrape on the front bumper. Words cannot describe how angry I am.. I love that ****ing car. The good news is the damage appears to be strictly cosmetic, so it should be repairable and not be written of (thank all that is sacred for this..) but it still looks so damn bad. I was able to drive the car home and he's parked in the garage right now, but I still cant bare to see the car this way. Ill try to get some pictures here to show you guys the devistation.. but for now I just want to attempt to enjoy my christmas with the family and deal with this afterwards.
Im also going to get shafted by insurance (Ill have 50% fault at the least) just because I was pulling onto the street from a stop sign. The intersection is a horrible one, there is an offramp from the highway (which also comes around a blind corner), and then a section of no-mans-land road that has no lane designation. All the traffic coming off the highway files through this ambiguous zone into the left lane, so I checked and proceeded with my turn. Thats when the truck whipped around the corner, sped straight through the ambiguous zone still at freeway speed, drove between BOTH lanes, and the steps on the side of his truck clipped me in my lane.. damaging the side of the car and finishing off by ripping off my fender
Note, I had already completed my turn and was fully in the right ****ing lane. I was so awe strucken by the damage that I did not even look for witnesses.. I was about to hit the pavement when I got out of the car and saw what had happened to my baby. 
Now I have to deal with the insurance company as the young guy in the red mustang.. lets hope that my maturity and persuasive expression of language will help me cut the stereotype a bit.. but im not holding my breath. 
The other party actually made contradictory statements already (at one point they said that I pulled into their lane 
and then later in their testamony they said that if I was in their lane they would have killed me) so hopefully that gives me a few points. Regardless, I will have to pay my $500 deductible.. which I was just getting ready to put towards a nice h/c/i purchase from VibrantRedGT 
The whole thing really scares me and my family because if the truck was any farther over into my lane, his tires could have contacted my drivers side.. possibly fatally injuring myself and the car. I guess things could have been much worse, and I am extremely thankful for this..
On another note, I wish you all a very happy and safe holiday with your loved ones. Cherish them and be thankful for their company, I know I will.
on thursday my stang was sideswiped by a guy in an '82 chevy 5 ton
I was on my way to pick up a christmas gift from the guitar store for my friend.. how ironic. the passenger side quarter panel, door, mirror, turn signal, headlight, and fender are done.. and there is a small tear (but a tear none the less) on the hood, and a scrape on the front bumper. Words cannot describe how angry I am.. I love that ****ing car. The good news is the damage appears to be strictly cosmetic, so it should be repairable and not be written of (thank all that is sacred for this..) but it still looks so damn bad. I was able to drive the car home and he's parked in the garage right now, but I still cant bare to see the car this way. Ill try to get some pictures here to show you guys the devistation.. but for now I just want to attempt to enjoy my christmas with the family and deal with this afterwards. Im also going to get shafted by insurance (Ill have 50% fault at the least) just because I was pulling onto the street from a stop sign. The intersection is a horrible one, there is an offramp from the highway (which also comes around a blind corner), and then a section of no-mans-land road that has no lane designation. All the traffic coming off the highway files through this ambiguous zone into the left lane, so I checked and proceeded with my turn. Thats when the truck whipped around the corner, sped straight through the ambiguous zone still at freeway speed, drove between BOTH lanes, and the steps on the side of his truck clipped me in my lane.. damaging the side of the car and finishing off by ripping off my fender
Note, I had already completed my turn and was fully in the right ****ing lane. I was so awe strucken by the damage that I did not even look for witnesses.. I was about to hit the pavement when I got out of the car and saw what had happened to my baby. Now I have to deal with the insurance company as the young guy in the red mustang.. lets hope that my maturity and persuasive expression of language will help me cut the stereotype a bit.. but im not holding my breath. and then later in their testamony they said that if I was in their lane they would have killed me) so hopefully that gives me a few points. Regardless, I will have to pay my $500 deductible.. which I was just getting ready to put towards a nice h/c/i purchase from VibrantRedGT The whole thing really scares me and my family because if the truck was any farther over into my lane, his tires could have contacted my drivers side.. possibly fatally injuring myself and the car. I guess things could have been much worse, and I am extremely thankful for this..
On another note, I wish you all a very happy and safe holiday with your loved ones. Cherish them and be thankful for their company, I know I will.
