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kristin · 10-13-2011, 11:23 AM

My car was rear-ended, looked similar in damage to your lady's car. I drove it home the night it was hit and it wasn't until the next morning I realized there was some pretty good damage underneath. I took that in (it's a VW Jetta Diesel btw) and they fixed it, about $6k worth. When I picked it up I put it in reverse and I knew right then it wasn't right. I still drove it home thinking I just had to get use to it again or whatever. They had it a good six weeks.

So I'm driving and it's just not right, I take it back after the weekend on a Monday. Come to find out that the engine brackets broke and I'd need a new engine. Impact must have made them break? It wasn't looking like insurance was gonna be able to do much on it with getting another $8k put into it and I would have ended up with a lemon. It was suggested by the insurance company to resell the vehicle back to VW without the engine, take that credit and buy a new car. Oye.

I get a call about a week later from the insurance adjustor and he tells me he was able to move mountains for me and then tells me he got it so that they were just gonna total the car and I would end up getting $6k back. I said sure, took the money, paid off my Murano and never bought another car. We were trying to sell it and had listed it about a month prior to the accident with no bites.

Oh I should mention the whole time this was happening, the son of the lady that hit me was never giving his mom the messages so she never knew the insurance people were on her to get the deductible money at least. Once I texted her son one last time with "you have until 4p today to make things right or I will be filing civil suits against you and your mom for $10k each" I got a call immediately from the mother wanting to work things out. And I was serious, the complaints were all done up and ready to be filed. They would have had seven days to respond to each complaint or I'm automatically awarded the money ... all for a simple $35 filing fee. I learned that taking someone to civil court is quite easy. Getting the settlement I know would be another story.

While a pain in the ass while I was going through it, it actually all worked out for me better. Odd, that is the third car accident that has not been my fault that has helped me more in the end.

10-13-2011, 11:23 AM
kristin GOO! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Back Home : ) Posts: 9,768	My car was rear-ended, looked similar in damage to your lady's car. I drove it home the night it was hit and it wasn't until the next morning I realized there was some pretty good damage underneath. I took that in (it's a VW Jetta Diesel btw) and they fixed it, about $6k worth. When I picked it up I put it in reverse and I knew right then it wasn't right. I still drove it home thinking I just had to get use to it again or whatever. They had it a good six weeks. So I'm driving and it's just not right, I take it back after the weekend on a Monday. Come to find out that the engine brackets broke and I'd need a new engine. Impact must have made them break? It wasn't looking like insurance was gonna be able to do much on it with getting another $8k put into it and I would have ended up with a lemon. It was suggested by the insurance company to resell the vehicle back to VW without the engine, take that credit and buy a new car. Oye. I get a call about a week later from the insurance adjustor and he tells me he was able to move mountains for me and then tells me he got it so that they were just gonna total the car and I would end up getting $6k back. I said sure, took the money, paid off my Murano and never bought another car. We were trying to sell it and had listed it about a month prior to the accident with no bites. Oh I should mention the whole time this was happening, the son of the lady that hit me was never giving his mom the messages so she never knew the insurance people were on her to get the deductible money at least. Once I texted her son one last time with "you have until 4p today to make things right or I will be filing civil suits against you and your mom for $10k each" I got a call immediately from the mother wanting to work things out. And I was serious, the complaints were all done up and ready to be filed. They would have had seven days to respond to each complaint or I'm automatically awarded the money ... all for a simple $35 filing fee. I learned that taking someone to civil court is quite easy. Getting the settlement I know would be another story. While a pain in the ass while I was going through it, it actually all worked out for me better. Odd, that is the third car accident that has not been my fault that has helped me more in the end. __________________ Vacares rules. "Usually only fat guys have the kind of knowledge and ability that Kristin has." Last edited by kristin; 10-13-2011 at 11:25 AM..