Crash....

[rowdygls]

Some moron decided this morning to not pay attention and rear ended me. It was on the way to work so I don't have pics and if I did I wouldn't be able to upload them. My bumper is cracked pretty good and I will need a new trunk thanks to the brush guard he had. This is my minimum estimate at this point. I will get pics hopefully loaded up tonight after work.

[jackal2000]

sorry to hear man.

[Trickyslick]

Dam and you have one nice Ho too.

[Old's Wife]

Some moron decided this morning to not pay attention and rear ended me. It was on the way to work so I don't have pics and if I did I wouldn't be able to upload them. My bumper is cracked pretty good and I will need a new trunk thanks to the brush guard he had. This is my minimum estimate at this point. I will get pics hopefully loaded up tonight after work.

That sucks Randy.... I am sooo sorry

[CactusWill]

That sucks man. Well it sounds like he at least did the right thing and stopped afterwards. My neighbor got rear ended in her saturn not too long ago by some dude in a truck and he took off like a bat out of hell.

[rowdygls]

That sucks Randy.... I am sooo sorry

The good news is it was a low speed crash so the paint job on the quarter panels is fine...the bumper didn't buckle those and the rims are fine as well ;)

[Nate's Alero]

thank god the rear 1/4 are ok, no bondy useage here

[Gr1m]

thank god the rear 1/4 are ok, no bondy useage here

he was referring to the ghosted symbols in his 1/4 not the body work to fix them

[Oldsman]

damnit that really sucks. hopefully it gets all fix and like new

[Redog]

Well Randy glad everybody is OK.

My wife would cry if those 1/4's were damaged

[rowdygls]

Just got a quote from the dealership....$4300.

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/rowdygls/th_backaccident.jpg http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/rowdygls/th_sideaaccident.jpg http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/rowdygls/th_sidebaccident.jpg

[cherrington17]

sucks to hear... hope it gets fixed properly.

[rowdygls]

sucks to hear... hope it gets fixed properly.

Me too...if they are even going to fix it. Value of my car is only 4K stock...this might get interesting

[jackal2000]

how is that $4300 worth of damage?!

[[ion] C2]

You let dealerships work on your car?

Edit: Like jackal says. Dealers don't know what things are worth. They probably estimated that rear bumper to be a $1000 part haha.

[rowdygls]

Dealership quote. New pieces plus the paint time and prep for a custom color. I don't know how or why its high..but thats ok as long as I keep the car.

No, the dealership has only done one repair ever on the car...I have my own shop that does the work.

EDIT....Actually...they quoted the rear bumper at 300 including freight. The trunk and the stupid piece that holds the plate comes to almost $1000. There is also another $300 part that is inside the trunk that is tacked on as well.

[worknprog.99]

i say junk yard the trunk and just have it painted... if possible? that would knock off alot of money

[[ion] C2]

yeah, my parts yard trunk was $75

[bdyman]

randy i`ll get to your situation in a minute.....................guys do you think insurance companies and us the tech work for free???, $4,300 is about right, body labor is up to 65, frame labor is up to 95, paint labor is up to 65, mechanical is up to 85, plus the cost of part plus the cost of labor to install said parts, not to mention what if the rear body panle is damaged??? huh?? that frame labor right there

and the shop has to get paid, we techs have to get paid, plus tax in his area, plus hazordous material, plus wet sand buff, plus covver car, the l ist goes on, god you people would think after all these yrs of me posting the correct info you dumb fucks would get the hint by now

ok randy onto you it truley sucks balls, iam glad your ok and your family is ok as well, it is your choice where you want to take the car, mt advice to you is not to let a dealership fix this car, why not have the shop that painted your car do the work, the only reason i say this is becasue dealerships dont and will not give you the quality you want its wham bam thank you maam, get this pos out of my stall kinda mentality

at the ma and pop shops like i work for, we sit down take our time, no one bothers us, when nthe car is done its done, and you will never see the shop again, see my point??

or you could bring the car to me and i`ll make sure its fixed better then facotry, what kind of insurance are we dealing with here??

[rowdygls]

ok randy onto you it truley sucks balls, iam glad your ok and your family is ok as well, it is your choice where you want to take the car, mt advice to you is not to let a dealership fix this car, why not have the shop that painted your car do the work, the only reason i say this is becasue dealerships dont and will not give you the quality you want its wham bam thank you maam, get this pos out of my stall kinda mentality

at the ma and pop shops like i work for, we sit down take our time, no one bothers us, when nthe car is done its done, and you will never see the shop again, see my point??

or you could bring the car to me and i`ll make sure its fixed better then facotry, what kind of insurance are we dealing with here??

State Farm. I plan on taking it back to the shop that painted it originaly.

[bdyman]

wise choice my friend, just be careful state farm totals out at 70%, so if there is more damage when the car is torn apart, it could total, then the whole buying back process begins

[JLw7123]

what a fuckin moron that hit ur car u should make his insurance pay for the damage that's what I did when someone backed into me. did he have insurance?

[AleroB888]

Sorry to hear that, man, it's certainly one of the nicest on the site.

When my '65 442 was rear-ended, the frame was bent, so they totalled it. The other driver's insurance agency (State Farm) sent an estimator out to my house to look at it, he made several phone calls (all over the country) to parts suppliers, then decided it could not be repaired. Then he turned the case over to their replacement dept. A lady called back a few days later and quoted what her research had determined it would take to replace my particular vehicle. They got 3 quotes, and took the middle one, based on the original appearance of my car. I was asked if $6,500.00 would be acceptable, and I said yes. I could not have sold it for that much.

I also asked if I could buy back the wrecked car. She said it would be sold to salvage for about $1700, but could not give further details.

[Alerosaint]

sorry about your hoe rowdy but im glad you guys are ok....good luck getting her right

[mach3]

Sorry to hear about your ride. The good thing is that you're ok and the car is fixable. As for the dealership quote it's reasonable. I got rear end in my brand new 08 Escape back in March and that cost almost $5000 to fix the bumper and hatch door.

[clutch1]

My blood ran cold when I saw the title!

That sucks hardcore that the car got knocked up.. but thank goodness it wasn't worse/ no injuries.

There's been some wicked damage on Aleros that got rear ended that I've seen on here.. at least this is hopefully fixable, even if it is a bit pricey.

Hope it turns out good as new man.

[NickAlero2000]

At least it wasn't a head on collision.
The back can be replaced, that hood though. . .is unique.

[bdyman]

At least it wasn't a head on collision.
The back can be replaced, that hood though. . .is unique.


and the rest of the car cant be fixed?? post correct info when you have it please, thank you, light collision the hood cann be fixed it is just fiberglass ya know

[rowdygls]

Good news...the car will not be totaled. The adjuster gave my bodyshop 2800 to work with but left it open for blending and tinting. I got lucky, the adjuster use to own his own bodyshop so he knows what goes into cars and was more flexible with the quote and future work.

[Oldsnut]

Congrats Randy

[AleroChick785]

sorry bout the ride but looks like things goin to be better. i must say i love the tail lights