just my luck - accident

So after I finally get my car out of the shop after having installed a new turbo, FMIC, bigger injectors, fuel pump, afc, wideband, 97 bumper and headlights, and new tensioners for my belt; and after finally tuning it, my ass gets into a car accident.

Some stupid yellow cab tries to go from the left lane and into the right while not friggin looking and hits me into a parked car.

Good news is, the damage was mostly to my front right fender and tire. Looks like I will proly need control arms, stabilizer bar, maybe a tie rod, hub assembly, rim, tire, strut, strut mount, fender.

Bad thing is I don't have collision and lawyer says it will proly be a 70/30 of responsibility in my favor.

I'll post pics.

Sigh

Damnit, thats bullshit.
 
I would go ceerrraaazzzy on his ass.
 
Pics pics!!!!
 
Good luck

if he cut you off and he hit you why isnt he paying for all of it?

^^ Point exactly.
 
I think that falls under failure to maintain control of your vehicle.

get yourself a new lawyer

Unfortunatly a lawyer might just be more than the repair costs itself.

Dude good lawyers r expensive, mine was 2500 bucks for one hearing. And it was well worth it tho, but yeah I can see yo get screwed just cuz,lol

I'm sorry to hear about that brother... good luck with getting it repaired though. These guys are 100% right though. It doesn't matter if you have collision insurance or not. That only covers your car if it was your fault. That guy/his insurance should be paying for your car

Fight these insurance companies. They will try and rationalize it to make it be like 80% his fault just so they get out with alittle less. Then youll have to pay for 20% of the cost to fix your car. All they want is a quick settlement. Just fight against them because if all you were doing is driving straight there is no way it should be your fault.
 
Did you have a cop go to the scene and was the cab driver issued a citation?

Yea, it's exactly what engineer said. Insurance companies will try and settle quickly so they agree to share blame. That's why worst case scenario is 70/30. That's not so bad, but I would like maybe the most 90/10. See the thing is, usually your insurance will handle it and you won't hear anything about it afterwards. Thing is, they will raise your premium like 10% eventually because of it, and you may not notice because they sometimes take their time to do it.

The good news is, I can't really see how they can apply any blame to me becoz like it was said, I was driving straight and I have right of way. Even the damage on all the cars is consistent with that. So unless this cabbie comes up with a bs witness I can't see how they can blame me for anything.

Yes, I have a police report.

The lawyer I have is actually working with my friend on a case and is giving me free advice. he said WORST case is 70/30 so that sounds like good news to me.

Now the issue is how long will this crap take to get done.

The other thing is, I know they won't pay for my TEIN super streets. Those things are like 250 a pop. I'm hoping the strut is not damaged, but if it is, I am not sure how I can find just one replacement strut. I might have to cough up like 500 to get the front pair.

Can I just buy one strut?


some accident pics

You can see the steering is straight here

Here you can see the tire is not straight - d'oh!

A view from behind the tire

I have to leave it at the shop to get a decent estimate. So that's why I can't get better pics right now.

Damn, if he hit you into another car wouldn't it his fault any way for any damage to be started with? Good luck with everything, I say push for what you can get. But hope it all goes well!

Yes Nakura it is all his fault. My lawyer told me that the parked car's insurance will most likely go after the cabbie since he started everything. Thing is insurance is odd, like in this case they will probably offer like the 70/30 split and hope I will take it in order to fix my car quickly. They'll assume I dont have the cash to fix it myself and will want to settle, but **** them. Lol