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Originally Posted by dknv
Swear to God! You KNOW he had to have felt it even if he didn't hear it (if he had his music turned up too loud or something).
Scott, glad to hear you're ok, and that it wasn't worse (but, it's still bad enough). One thing I had read about with another person's accident from a long time ago, when they steered away to avoid a collision -- they ended up not getting hit, but still damaging their own car by going in a ditch -- and the other driver never got caught, never ended up being liable, and the innocent victim who steered away was dinged for their evasive actions. So, in a way, I'm glad you don't have to go through that because there is damage.
Yeah, I'd definately have the suspension checked out.
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You're very right Debbie. If I had been able to totally avoided the incident, then there would have been a fight if there ended up being suspension issues. After all, if there's no contact, is there an accident?
But that's not the case... my mirror was taken off, so it's repair time.
I just got the estimate after lunch over at Shaber Ave Auto Body for the mirror plus an alignment: $579.27. But we didn't get under the car and inspect the RF suspension. However, looking at the (lack) of damage to the wheel, I'm pretty sure I lucked out and nothing was broken in the suspension. The car seems to drive well, with just some slight vibration in the steering. There's certainly some curbing on the wheel, but the tire took the brunt of the hit, and I was probably only going 10 or 15 mph at that point, so it's not like I went flying into the curb.
What I'm going to do is write up a little contract and fax it to the company that owns the truck that hit me. It will outline that I'm going to get the mirror repaired, the car aligned, and fix any other resulting damage that is discovered during the alignment. They will be responsible for the cost in full for all repairs. If they're not interested in agreeing with my request, I'll just file the claim with my insurance and they can deal with it on the back-end via AllState's evil collections minions.
Here's the damaged mirror:
I tried to get the scratches on the door:
Here's the curbed wheel:
And here's my estimate:
