Highly Agree .

 

I think that there is something wrong with the whole picture...I mean he was quick to call his cop buddy to take over rather than any other cop. were they drunk or something? Seems kinda strange how they cleared the scene so quick and not even with a traffic cop.

 

Furthermore, some of the story doesnt seem right. I mean, i wish you the best, but a couple things a) by now, dont you know your car well enough to not have to look down at the window button? b) this guy wasnt in front of you? but suddenly within a split second he was? I think you were looking down longer than you think. It just doesnt make sense that this guy came out of nowhere.

 

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Damn sleet I am sorry to hear about this bro. I hope everything works out for you in the end!!
Good luck!
Chris

 

I would get the estimate repair cost from Mitsubishi then go to any good body/repair shop & let them deal with the insurance because most of the repair shops will handle this case very good..they can get extra money from the insurance for you as long as you will give them a little & buy all the replacecment parts from the board, ebay or somewhere instead of buying parts directly thru Mitsubishi, this way you will save a lot of it, & even you pay the shop to put them on & fix the body, you might still be able to have a 1 or 2 thousands in your pocket....since no matter what, your insurance will go up anyway!! So get as much money as you can & upgrade every parts you think that need to be replaced.

 

Get a copy of the police report.
Get your story straight, write it down and memorize it. (Both you and your girlfriend)
Make sure you know exactly what street you were on and what direction you were going.
I would also take pictures of the area where it happened, preferably at the same time of night to show the conditions (sprinklers)

This just sounds weird. Why were they stopped? Were they parked in front of a house? Were there any street lights on this road? Did you or your girlfriend notice if his tail/head lights were on? What do you think the aproximate value of his car was?

Technically it’s your fault, but I would still tell my insurance agent it could have been a set up. They aren't going to investigate it unless you bring it to there attention.

Next time give someone a call, preferably someone with a cool head. People can get so excited at an accident and the facts start to get fuzzy. It always helps to have someone with a cool head around to take down info, and notice little things that you miss.

Plus if there are no injuries and no fluids on the road a police officer will just take info for a basic accident report and clear the scene.

Hope I helped a little

Ben

 

I see we have a joker on our hands

Ay, I know where it is but I just looked down for a split second. He was infront of me but further ahead, I looked at the sprinkler, down, up and boom. Perhaps I was looking longer than I think but even still, he was at a dead-stop for no reason.

Yeah, I already got an estimate from my local mitsu and I posted that up on page 3. They came to about $3.200, my girlfriends dad owns a mitsu and a body shop so he said he can get it done for under $2,000. Either way I think I am going to upgrade the FMIC, the hood seems fine, the radiator might need replacement and my girlfriends dad said that he actual might be able to save the bumper so who knows. Most aftermarket bumpers look nice but some are too low and i'd bottom out too much. Just more things to worry about, plus I like the look of the stock bumper.