bad accident
4th Gear Member
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,064
From: Ft.Myers, Florida
RE: bad accident
Lol ouch screw that $hit! They better total it if the damage is that severe!!!!! Good god i wouldnt be able to imagine driving my car after they "repaired" that. Lol not only that but .... could you imagine how long that has to take to fix?!
ORIGINAL: StowesStang
You certainly lucked out!!! The guy that hit me was going approx 35-40mph and never hit the brakes; pushed about 10ft (guess there). Total damagesended up over $9K with both frame rails bent. I dont know what the technical term is, maybe frame supports; when the car went up on the rack both sides were crinkled beyond the crinkle points (the areas that are designed to crinkle in a rear collison). Even the Ford body shop said it was not a job they particularly wanted to do.
So I have to say, you really got lucky at 60mph, even with skid marks! [
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ORIGINAL: ohsixgt1217
I got in the same type of accident (hence the new bumper). First, are you positive the frame is bent? These cars are unibody , they dont have frames.
Also what did the insurance company say? all it cost for me was a new bumper and exhaust and out the door i went, everything was fine.
Only difference with my accident was it was a Mazda 3 that hit me, and they were doing around 60 with a 4-5 foot skid mark.
I got in the same type of accident (hence the new bumper). First, are you positive the frame is bent? These cars are unibody , they dont have frames.
Also what did the insurance company say? all it cost for me was a new bumper and exhaust and out the door i went, everything was fine.
Only difference with my accident was it was a Mazda 3 that hit me, and they were doing around 60 with a 4-5 foot skid mark.
So I have to say, you really got lucky at 60mph, even with skid marks! [
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RE: bad accident
Dude im so sorry to hear about that some things just happen we have no control over it what so ever. i know its a nightmare but something good will come of it,
StoweStang- Im glad you said that because ive been sitting here for about two months thinking i was going crazy. Im like i know StowesStang had a blue stang with the same rims i know it . I thought i was losing it, I always saw your blue one on here then bam it was red. I thought you photo shopped it or something lol
StoweStang- Im glad you said that because ive been sitting here for about two months thinking i was going crazy. Im like i know StowesStang had a blue stang with the same rims i know it . I thought i was losing it, I always saw your blue one on here then bam it was red. I thought you photo shopped it or something lol
Thread Starter
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 685
From: Chicago (South Loop)
RE: bad accident
well i'm pretty sure the frame was bent, i looked under the car, and the metal "frame" looking thing is bent to hell. so i have to have frame damage...i mean all cars must have frames, right? what the hell is unibody?
i swear, i think i have frame damage...if someone could explain the diff between cars with frames and ours, i could figure out exactly what is bent.
i swear, i think i have frame damage...if someone could explain the diff between cars with frames and ours, i could figure out exactly what is bent.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 350
From: Raleigh, NC
RE: bad accident
Actually....read what MalibuJerry said...that's GREAT advice. If you were NOT at fault, and the other person's insurance believes that they might have a personal injury claim on top of the collision claim, they're going to bend over backwards to make you happy!!!! I wouldn't worry one more second about the car!
These cars don't really have a frame, they are a basically a bunch of pieces of metal, bent, molded, glued, and welded together to make up a body that's strong enough as a unit to bolt suspension pieces on. Look under your car, then look under a truck....trucks have a frame! If the structure pieces under the car are bent up, then you're probably correct that the frame-structure is bent. The problem is that they can cut these cars in half, and weld a half from another car to it to make up one good one.....HER insurance probably isn't going to worry about that with you!
These cars don't really have a frame, they are a basically a bunch of pieces of metal, bent, molded, glued, and welded together to make up a body that's strong enough as a unit to bolt suspension pieces on. Look under your car, then look under a truck....trucks have a frame! If the structure pieces under the car are bent up, then you're probably correct that the frame-structure is bent. The problem is that they can cut these cars in half, and weld a half from another car to it to make up one good one.....HER insurance probably isn't going to worry about that with you!
1st Gear Member
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 66
From: Metro Atlanta, GA
RE: bad accident
Just to give you another data point,my insurance compamytotaled my car for this:
More pictures here: http://www.pbase.com/frodaddi/poorstanger
Of course that's not to say that a different insurance company or different adjuster wouldn't handle the claim differently, but that's what they did for me.
Kevin.
More pictures here: http://www.pbase.com/frodaddi/poorstanger
Of course that's not to say that a different insurance company or different adjuster wouldn't handle the claim differently, but that's what they did for me.
Kevin.
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Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 66
From: Metro Atlanta, GA
RE: bad accident
ORIGINAL: Leoleo
Kevin, man that is sad. Sorry to see that. Sucks. Did you get a new Stang?
Kevin, man that is sad. Sorry to see that. Sucks. Did you get a new Stang?
Thread Starter
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 685
From: Chicago (South Loop)
RE: bad accident
well i'm getting it looked at this weekend...hopefully they'll total it. one thing i have that you didn't is frame damage...but then again i didn't have all that side damage, all body damage is to the rear. and this being a unibody car, if the frame is damage, is it even fixable? anyone know?