Got hit today by a negligent driver.

Jimbo370 · 08-04-2015, 11:07 AM

Glad your okay. I got t-boned in a ranger and gave it the gas so the durango didn't hit my driver door. It spun me around and totalled truck. Girl was on phone before it was illegal. I hurt for a week. Ibuprophen may be your best friend for inflammation and cool showers. Praying for you

birdman71 · 08-04-2015, 11:45 AM

Sorry to hear about the car accident and I'm glad that everyone walked away okay. Sad to say with pain from a car accident, very little of it starts on the first day unless you are really injured. At that point you go to the ER. My dad is a Chiropractor and one of the things he does do as extra work is Personal Injury Cases for attorney's he networks with etc. (mainly car accidents). 9 times out of 10 you feel some pain/soreness the first day due to adrenaline and shock. Once you sleep off the adrenaline and shock you feel every bit of it. Just make sure to not get discouraged if the pain gets worse before it gets better. Most of the time that is how the treatment process goes.

As for doing things at home to help the soreness, some light stretching of the inflamed area probably would be beneficial. Make sure to not stretch on cold muscles, never works well. I would suggest using a heating pack/pad for about 15 minutes before stretching

As for the car, well hope that everything works out well and it either gets repaired or written off as a totaled car. Atleast your lip and B pillars were untouched

My $.02 is that if the car is totaled take what you got off the car and put it on a new one haha (hopefully you have some sort of GAP insurance, chances are the Actual Cash Value of the car will not be the entire loan amount left, just depends on how much you have left to pay off)

onzedge · 08-04-2015, 06:48 PM

I do not mean to bum you out, but this is a shot of my 40th after I was hit by a person also "not paying attention".

It was totaled. The original estimate was $29,000.00.

sofaonasock · 08-05-2015, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onzedge

I do not mean to bum you out, but this is a shot of my 40th after I was hit by a person also "not paying attention".

It was totaled. The original estimate was $29,000.00.

What was the labor rate?

What was part of the damage?

onzedge · 08-05-2015, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sofaonasock

What was the labor rate?

What was part of the damage?

A top-of-the-line shop quoted this. They are guys who do outstanding body work. I do not know what the labor rate was but just the parts list included:

both front airbags
Seatbelts
Windshield
both fenders
hood
left strut
engine wire harness
front fascia
left headlight
subframe

km1346 · 08-05-2015, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onzedge

I do not mean to bum you out, but this is a shot of my 40th after I was hit by a person also "not paying attention".

It was totaled. The original estimate was $29,000.00.

That's crazy! I gave it to a pretty good shop to repair as well. Hoping for a write off, but none of my airbags came out since it was a full side impact. I will find out later this week what the damages are. If they do total it. I plan on taking all my aftermarket parts and putting it on another Z. Hope they give me a good valuation for my car if it is totaled.

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b15 · 08-04-2015, 06:49 PM

Wow! $29k? Crazy

onzedge · 08-04-2015, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by b15

Wow! $29k? Crazy

It was a sad day.

cooltoy · 08-04-2015, 07:07 PM

If they wright it off, try to take all the aftermarket pieces of. At least you can sell them or put it on you new car.

Zerocool · 08-04-2015, 07:29 PM

Damn that sucks. I know how you feel. I was hit a month ago.

onzedge · 08-04-2015, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Zerocool

Damn that sucks. I know how you feel. I was hit a month ago.

Z-Girl 12 · 08-04-2015, 07:55 PM

Sorry to hear, glad your ok though. Hope they total that I would want it after that.

birdman71 · 08-05-2015, 11:43 AM

I still have always been amazed at the Z's saftey and impact resistance.

km1346 · 08-05-2015, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by birdman71

I still have always been amazed at the Z's saftey and impact resistance.

True. She was still running after the initial hit, I was able to drive the car into an empty lot and get it out of traffic, with coolant leaking.. Proud of her.

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km1346 · 08-07-2015, 09:39 AM

Quick update..

The other party's insurance company has accepted all responsibility for this accident. The shop quoted the repairs at 10.4k (All paid for by the other driver's insurance company) which does not make the car totaled because the car is worth around 24k.

The shop assured me that there is no major damages. A lot of the suspension parts were bent because they are made out of aluminum and he assured me that they will ONLY use new parts for the suspension and new parts for other areas of the damages. He also told me not to worry and that he will make sure it'll look like new when he returns the car back to me and to expect nothing less. (good guy)

I will also be filing a diminished value claim (with an individual appraiser who handles these types of claims) after the repairs are done, the shop said that I can expect to get back around 2-3.5k for my cars diminished value.

At that point I have the decision to either trade in the car and get a new Z or keep the car because I already got the difference in diminished value.

What do you guys suggest I do?
Thanks for all the help and support.

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08-04-2015, 11:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jimbo370 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 466 Drives: 09 black 370z MT Rep Power: 12	Glad your okay. I got t-boned in a ranger and gave it the gas so the durango didn't hit my driver door. It spun me around and totalled truck. Girl was on phone before it was illegal. I hurt for a week. Ibuprophen may be your best friend for inflammation and cool showers. Praying for you km1346 likes this.

08-04-2015, 11:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
birdman71 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,579 Drives: People Crazy! Rep Power: 41	Sorry to hear about the car accident and I'm glad that everyone walked away okay. Sad to say with pain from a car accident, very little of it starts on the first day unless you are really injured. At that point you go to the ER. My dad is a Chiropractor and one of the things he does do as extra work is Personal Injury Cases for attorney's he networks with etc. (mainly car accidents). 9 times out of 10 you feel some pain/soreness the first day due to adrenaline and shock. Once you sleep off the adrenaline and shock you feel every bit of it. Just make sure to not get discouraged if the pain gets worse before it gets better. Most of the time that is how the treatment process goes. As for doing things at home to help the soreness, some light stretching of the inflamed area probably would be beneficial. Make sure to not stretch on cold muscles, never works well. I would suggest using a heating pack/pad for about 15 minutes before stretching As for the car, well hope that everything works out well and it either gets repaired or written off as a totaled car. Atleast your lip and B pillars were untouched My $.02 is that if the car is totaled take what you got off the car and put it on a new one haha (hopefully you have some sort of GAP insurance, chances are the Actual Cash Value of the car will not be the entire loan amount left, just depends on how much you have left to pay off) carlitos_370z and km1346 like this. __________________ *Birdman's Build:* Powerhouse Amuse/ Nismo/ Eibach/ ACT/ Tommy Kaira/ Avant Garde/ Fast Intentions/ Project Kics/ Fly 1 Motorsports/ EVO-R/ Z1 Motorsports/ Weber Sports/ Zoom/ Zele Japan

08-04-2015, 06:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
onzedge A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Battle Lake MN Age: 64 Posts: 183,964 Drives: 370Z 240Z Rep Power: 2684737	I do not mean to bum you out, but this is a shot of my 40th after I was hit by a person also "not paying attention". It was totaled. The original estimate was $29,000.00. __________________ Koni\|Swift\|Michelin\|Motordyne\|Berk\|RJM Performance\|Gates\|SPL\|Motul\|Technafit\|Ate Super Blue\|Hawk Tommy Kaira\|Momo\|Optima\|Hella\|Hotchkis\|Red Line\|ZSpeed\|Stillen\|B&M\|H&R

08-04-2015, 07:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
cooltoy Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Calgary Posts: 14,006 Drives: 14 PW 370Z S/T MT Rep Power: 243724	If they wright it off, try to take all the aftermarket pieces of. At least you can sell them or put it on you new car. carlitos_370z and km1346 like this. __________________ Member of kenchan's "photoshopped mods" and "proper offsets" gang.

08-04-2015, 07:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
Zerocool Track Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: N.Y Posts: 548 Drives: '09 370z Rep Power: 16	Damn that sucks. I know how you feel. I was hit a month ago. __________________ I like pizza

08-04-2015, 06:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
b15 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,229 Drives: 4drz Rep Power: 36572	Wow! $29k? Crazy

08-04-2015, 07:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
Z-Girl 12 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 4,105 Drives: Spirited Rep Power: 11717	Sorry to hear, glad your ok though. Hope they total that I would want it after that. __________________ 2012 Z-SOLD 2014 Nismo #565 Fast Intentions CBE/HFC/Swift/SPC/RJM/H&R-15/20mm/Z1 CAI/Headers/Intake Manifold w/Uprev Tune 328.31whp/263.64tq

08-05-2015, 11:43 AM	#13 (permalink)
birdman71 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,579 Drives: People Crazy! Rep Power: 41	I still have always been amazed at the Z's saftey and impact resistance. carlitos_370z and km1346 like this. __________________ *Birdman's Build:* Powerhouse Amuse/ Nismo/ Eibach/ ACT/ Tommy Kaira/ Avant Garde/ Fast Intentions/ Project Kics/ Fly 1 Motorsports/ EVO-R/ Z1 Motorsports/ Weber Sports/ Zoom/ Zele Japan

08-07-2015, 09:39 AM	#15 (permalink)
km1346 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 370 Drives: 40th Anniversary Rep Power: 13	Got hit today by a negligent driver. Quick update.. The other party's insurance company has accepted all responsibility for this accident. The shop quoted the repairs at 10.4k (All paid for by the other driver's insurance company) which does not make the car totaled because the car is worth around 24k. The shop assured me that there is no major damages. A lot of the suspension parts were bent because they are made out of aluminum and he assured me that they will ONLY use new parts for the suspension and new parts for other areas of the damages. He also told me not to worry and that he will make sure it'll look like new when he returns the car back to me and to expect nothing less. (good guy) I will also be filing a diminished value claim (with an individual appraiser who handles these types of claims) after the repairs are done, the shop said that I can expect to get back around 2-3.5k for my cars diminished value. At that point I have the decision to either trade in the car and get a new Z or keep the car because I already got the difference in diminished value. What do you guys suggest I do? Thanks for all the help and support. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk onzedge, carlitos_370z and Got_Z like this. __________________ 2010 Nissan 370z 40th Anniversary Build #785 Mods: F.I. CF CBE 12' \| Berk HFC \| Stillen Gen 3 \| Z1 25 Row Oil Cooler \| UpRev Tuned \| CF Lip/ CF Rear Spats/ CF Diffuser/CF Side Blades

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