The last bumper bracket was put in today on my Audi that got rear-ended in December and guess what happened a half hour later

"PlaysWellWithNOthers" (henning2710) 01/21/2020 at 22:17 • Filed to: None

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Yup, that’s right. I got rear-ended. Son of a monkey’s uncle!

pip bip - choose Corrour > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/21/2020 at 22:32

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Any bumper damage?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/21/2020 at 22:38

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Seems that bumper can hang on but the hatch will get tossed. I would guess a full sized pickup based on the height of the dent.

Nom De Plume > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/21/2020 at 22:44

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Sorry to hear of your poor luck. That’s gotta hurt.

PlaysWellWithNOthers > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/21/2020 at 22:47

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It got hit and definitely has paint damage. Who knows what lurks underneath? The lower valance is also out of whack. At last my car is drive-able and the shop can get it in next W ednesday.

atfsgeoff > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/21/2020 at 22:59

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I’m guessing the snow and ice did you no favors there

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/21/2020 at 23:28

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When you buy a part to fix something but the world curses you with even more damage  to that specific something

NKato > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/21/2020 at 23:37

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I hope you told the other driver that you just had the car fixed, and that they should’ve allowed for more stopping distance in those conditions.

Or were they purposely trying to lose money? 

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/22/2020 at 00:16

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boop

facw > NKato 01/22/2020 at 01:15

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Michigan is a no fault state, so the other driver don’t be on the hook for the hatch (there’s some mini-tort thing that might make them pay something). They will of course have to deal with the damage to their truck (if they want it fixed).

PlaysWellWithNOthers > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/22/2020 at 08:27

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You are correct, Sir. It was a Ram 1500.

PlaysWellWithNOthers > Nom De Plume 01/22/2020 at 08:29

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Thanks, I appreciate your sympathy. At least no one got hurt, the car still drives and the claims process with my insurance is actually pretty pleasant.

PlaysWellWithNOthers > Nom De Plume 01/22/2020 at 08:30

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Thanks. At least it’s just material damage. The shop is right next to where it happene d so I stopped right in and got it on the schedule.

PlaysWellWithNOthers > atfsgeoff 01/22/2020 at 08:31

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The road was actually cleared, maybe mildly damp. He just wasn’t payi ng attention, I assume.

PlaysWellWithNOthers > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 01/22/2020 at 08:32

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Yeah, that really sucks. I was so happy to have it back all nice pretty.

PlaysWellWithNOthers > NKato 01/22/2020 at 08:34

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Apparently he didn’t realize you are supposed to stop where the stop line is. I did point that out and his tone immediately changed from “ WTF?” to “I am so sorry, are you OK?”

Milky > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/22/2020 at 09:08

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Ooo f, sorry. Driving here can suck.

I had a similar situation.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/hey-remember-when-i-fixed-my-car-guess-what-same-spo-1838829249

facw > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/22/2020 at 09:26

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Back to my comment in the Mustang thread about better driver training and testing then... At least he learned something I guess.

Thisismydisplayname > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/22/2020 at 14:51

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That’s why you never get those kinds of repairs done in the winter.  Especially in MI.  Years ago my wife’s car got rear ended and she was going to get it all fixed up, but we were heading into winter, so I had her hold off till spring.  But it wasn’t to bad a hit, cosmetically at least.  The bumper bar needed to be replaced, but yeah, not before the snow flies.  

PlaysWellWithNOthers > Thisismydisplayname 01/23/2020 at 08:16

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Af ter the first accident the car wasn’t driv able, so we really had no ch oice, but maybe this time we should wait.

PlaysWellWithNOthers > Milky 01/23/2020 at 08:16

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Oh yeah, I remember reading that and thinking how that sucks so much. I’m sorry that happened to you.

PlaysWellWithNOthers > facw 01/23/2020 at 08:18

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I hope he learned something. I’m amazed at how many people do not know or completely ignore the most basic traffic laws on a daily basis.

Milky > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/23/2020 at 09:39

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I mean, sorry it happened to you, hopefully its an easy fix.

Thisismydisplayname > PlaysWellWithNOthers 01/23/2020 at 12:13

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Gotcha, yeah if it’s not drivable, that’s a whole other thing.  But for this last one, no real rush.  Did you file a mini tort for either incident?  You can recoup a few bucks and it’s just a bit of paperwork.

PlaysWellWithNOthers > Thisismydisplayname 01/23/2020 at 22:16

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I looked into it. I have broad collision , so my insurance waives the deductible if the other party is at fault. S ince you can only claim vehicle da mage in a mini-tort in Michigan and my insurance more than covered it , I have nothing to claim , unfortunately. This time it will be the same with the deductible.

Thank s for the tip, though.