Pinky's Accident
02-Aug-2005, 11:05 AM
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Pinky's Accident
So I was driving into port dalhousie last night (Brett saw me) and there is an old man in his big boat of a car infront of me. He sees a free parking space and starts to back up. There is a car behind me so I start screaming and honking "don't back up! oh gawd don't back up!" but he does and doesn't stop and rams right into me. Then he has the nerve to get out and say "It looks fine to me" and I get out and my whole bumper is cracked. He's like "that was like that before!" so I start yelling and was like "wait let me get this straight ... you say my car enough to see that my bumper was 'like that before' but you backed right into it?! Get in your car while I call the cops". Cops come, hear his side of the story... tell him he's in idiot and give me an accident report. I'm going after this idiot for a whole new bumper and everything. What a jerk.
02-Aug-2005, 11:35 AM
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I'm going after this idiot for a whole new bumper and everything. What a jerk.
02-Aug-2005, 11:38 AM
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Originally posted by Sabre
You have a CUSTOM paint job... The WHOLE car needs to be repainted. If I were you, I'd start looking at new colours of paint. Nothing wrong with pink, but you might like a different shade. Change it up. For a little extra, you can two tone it or and some metal flakes, etc... This sucks, no doubt, but you can get a whole new look on somebody else's nickel.
You have a CUSTOM paint job... The WHOLE car needs to be repainted. If I were you, I'd start looking at new colours of paint. Nothing wrong with pink, but you might like a different shade. Change it up. For a little extra, you can two tone it or and some metal flakes, etc... This sucks, no doubt, but you can get a whole new look on somebody else's nickel.
02-Aug-2005, 11:45 AM
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Originally posted by sirhondalot
its cause of ppl like u that insurance rates go up... pink handled the situation appropriately ....
its cause of ppl like u that insurance rates go up... pink handled the situation appropriately ....
02-Aug-2005, 11:51 AM
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****ty, sorry to hear.
old people are ignorant for some reason, not all but most.
could have been worse though, could have don damage to your headlights, hood, rad support, and or more
time for new stlye? urethane too...
old people are ignorant for some reason, not all but most.
could have been worse though, could have don damage to your headlights, hood, rad support, and or more
time for new stlye? urethane too...
02-Aug-2005, 12:04 PM
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Originally posted by Sabre
You have a CUSTOM paint job... The WHOLE car needs to be repainted. If I were you, I'd start looking at new colours of paint. Nothing wrong with pink, but you might like a different shade. Change it up. For a little extra, you can two tone it or and some metal flakes, etc... This sucks, no doubt, but you can get a whole new look on somebody else's nickel.
You have a CUSTOM paint job... The WHOLE car needs to be repainted. If I were you, I'd start looking at new colours of paint. Nothing wrong with pink, but you might like a different shade. Change it up. For a little extra, you can two tone it or and some metal flakes, etc... This sucks, no doubt, but you can get a whole new look on somebody else's nickel.
02-Aug-2005, 12:07 PM
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ewwwww... sorry to see that.
some ppl are fuct, says your car was like that already!
that's pretty lame .. dumbass old ppl!
some dood tried tha same thing with me once ...
was driving my winter beater thru the car wash and this dumb *** put his ebrake on or something .. tranny locked in place or something ... but nonetheless here i come thru the car wash and he is not moving ..
well i rear end him (not much of impact) and think ohh **** i am gonna get rear ended here too ... car wash attendant comes runnin out gets his car in gear and outta the way.
My lil EF plate was mangled and had a lil scuff outta the paint, pretty minor really.
we excahnge some words outside the wash and he says your car was like that come on ... u tryin to pull a fast one here?
i look at his brand new camry and say ohh ok well i guess your car was like that then ... there was a big hole in the back bumper!
i started laughin and said i guess one of us is callin the cops here?
he says nah he was a retard and didn't want to get the coppers invloved.
some ppl's ignorance... sorry bout your whip ...
what's the plan ?
a new look for the front end... different style of bumper perhaps?
some ppl are fuct, says your car was like that already!
that's pretty lame .. dumbass old ppl!
some dood tried tha same thing with me once ...
was driving my winter beater thru the car wash and this dumb *** put his ebrake on or something .. tranny locked in place or something ... but nonetheless here i come thru the car wash and he is not moving ..
well i rear end him (not much of impact) and think ohh **** i am gonna get rear ended here too ... car wash attendant comes runnin out gets his car in gear and outta the way.
My lil EF plate was mangled and had a lil scuff outta the paint, pretty minor really.
we excahnge some words outside the wash and he says your car was like that come on ... u tryin to pull a fast one here?
i look at his brand new camry and say ohh ok well i guess your car was like that then ... there was a big hole in the back bumper!
i started laughin and said i guess one of us is callin the cops here?
he says nah he was a retard and didn't want to get the coppers invloved.
some ppl's ignorance... sorry bout your whip ...
what's the plan ?
a new look for the front end... different style of bumper perhaps?
02-Aug-2005, 12:11 PM
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This reminds me last year, an old dude back into my old front bumper while I was outside, telling him how far to go and when to stop.
Well he did, his car stopped when he felt the bump. Gave me a friendly wave as a "Thank You" note and drove off.
What can I say...
Well he did, his car stopped when he felt the bump. Gave me a friendly wave as a "Thank You" note and drove off.
What can I say...
02-Aug-2005, 12:32 PM
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Originally posted by SteveZ
theres no way you can get a whole new paint job since the only damaged part is the bumper. custom or not, the painter would have given the paint mix that made that color so it should be an easy fix.
theres no way you can get a whole new paint job since the only damaged part is the bumper. custom or not, the painter would have given the paint mix that made that color so it should be an easy fix.
I tried my best to find the closest color possible but its still very noticeable that i have 2 different colors on my car. It is very possible that kathryn will have the same problem so she really should get a new paintjob. As should i.
and kathryn, sorry to hear about ur badluck, some people are so stupid, i had the same thing happen in my old hatch, i was trying to get into this parking place in TO and the guy was directing me over this bump i didnt quite think i could make. This is what he was saying: "your good.. your good..." CRACK! "ughh, backup" mine was worse tho because i cracked one of my fibreglass fenders as well as my bumper
02-Aug-2005, 01:05 PM
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Originally posted by SteveZ
theres no way you can get a whole new paint job since the only damaged part is the bumper. custom or not, the painter would have given the paint mix that made that color so it should be an easy fix.
theres no way you can get a whole new paint job since the only damaged part is the bumper. custom or not, the painter would have given the paint mix that made that color so it should be an easy fix.
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02-Aug-2005, 05:55 PM
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its not the guys fault that it is a custom colour, therefore neither him or the insurance company should be responsible for anything other than a new bumper cover/painting of the bumper cover.
If the custom colour is reported to the insurance company, and the insurance rate is adjusted to cover the custom body colour, then I would have no problem with painting the whole car.
Why should we all suffer with higher insurance rates because some choose to have a different colour?
If the custom colour is reported to the insurance company, and the insurance rate is adjusted to cover the custom body colour, then I would have no problem with painting the whole car.
Why should we all suffer with higher insurance rates because some choose to have a different colour?
