Another one bites the dust

[arch4ngel]

My baby's dead

My original intention was to wait until I installed my front euro bumper, bbs valance and suspension before posting pics of my car, but obviously that's not gonna happen :( I was literally a few days away from ordering the front bumper trim from Blunt.

I've been waiting to hear back from insurance for a few weeks now, and finally got a call today.
They told me they aren't accepting liability.
Of course I'm going to appeal, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

The asswipe who I hit was obviously at fault, and a witness even stopped to tell me he saw the guy make a right turn in front of me from my left side, but that jerkoff mysteriously disappeared off the face of the planet. And asswipe lied about what happened so it's his word against mine.

Now I'm faced with higher insurance and a car I spent the last 9 months spending all my time energy and money on is fux0red, and on top of everything I won't be getting a penny for it at this point. Additionally, I was hit on my motorcycle about 6 months ago and am still waiting for settlement, but I have to pay all my medical bills out of pocket until then :hitler:

Help me out guys!
Have any of you had to go to court to deal with something like this before?
I just want some justice, I know the car is gone and I already bought another e30 so I can at least salvage a small amount of the money spent...
TIA.

Here are some pics of the carnage:

[ThaiRacer]

lawyer up since the guys at fault, and whats up with all the e30's getting in to accidents?

[Van Westervelt]

Dang, that sucks man! I was cut off and brake checked by a b***h about 4 years ago, and my ins co Pregressive admitted fault to "protect" me from a judgment. 5 mph collision, she claimed injury, and my insurance paid out 100k. Total BS. Ins is sadly another form of organized crime in this day and age. The people who pay for it are the honest victims.

OT- are you parting that thing? If so, I want to but the cruise control unit and bowden cable to the throttle body. :) Sorry to pull a r3v move on ya.

[arch4ngel]

LOL I figured it would happen sooner or later.
I haven't figured out exactly what I'll do with it, but you can have dibs on the cruise control.
I honestly haven't tested it, the stupid PO broke the cruise lever but said it worked before that happened. I bought a cruise stalk from Unearth078 like 2 days before this happened.

I was hoping to save the car but I just can't afford to maintain 3 e30s right now. It would be a great track rat or something but the timing really sucks financially.

I would get a lawyer but I'm broke as a joke right now... I may ask the lawyer involved in my motorcycle case for his opinion, but he is an injury lawyer so might not want to get involved.

[westyat7000]

Have you spoken to your insurance agent yet? Your company may go to bat for you if they feel you were not at fault. Or, they may argue comparative negligence if they feel there was some fault with both parties.
Call your agent, thats what you pay them for.
Either way, sorry about your car.

[Alkasquawlik]

what did the guy say about the accident?
if he turned right across the front of your car, what was his excuse?

[arch4ngel]

He was an older mexican guy who barely spoke english.
He hardly said a word except when I asked for his license and insurance info.

Yes, I called my agent and adjuster but neither have called me back.
I guess I figured since the other persons insurance did the investigation they were the last word, but now that i think about it that doesn't sound right at all. I don't understand why my insurance didn't investigate.
Hopefully I'll get an answer later today.

[arch4ngel]

[quote=Van Westervelt;1695446]Dang, that sucks man! I was cut off and brake checked by a b***h about 4 years ago, and my ins co Pregressive admitted fault to "protect" me from a judgment. 5 mph collision, she claimed injury, and my insurance paid out 100k. Total BS. Ins is sadly another form of organized crime in this day and age. The people who pay for it are the honest victims.

I forgot to reply to the important part, and that is the damn truth.
It took pacific specialty until about a week ago or so to finally pay off the last of the payment due to the mc shop who fixed up my bike. Thats more than 6 months, and my own damn insurance company needed prodding from all directions to finally take care of it. Which is especially funny considering they are getting all their money back as the lady who hit me is 100% at fault!

F*ck insurance. If I didn't know the shop owner my bike would have been sitting there the whole time

[MR 325]

If you really wanted to you COULD fix that.

[WhiteStripes]

It does look fixable but if he's got some financial stress right now, then it's obviously best not to.

I agree with INS Co's being legalized organized crime. It's lose lose if you want to be able to drive a car and not get totally boned. Thankfully I've had a pretty decent time with mine.

OP, I hope everything works out with the motorcycle case at least.

[dashboardmonkey]

bummer dude
hope it all works out in your favor

[arch4ngel]

Thanks guys... on the bright side I have a new e30 which I'll be putting pics up of soon.
Needs a lot or work but so does any 20 year old car and it gets me to work for now.

My first thought was to rebuild but I needed something to get me to work.
The damage is worse than it looks, it would at the very least need a new radiator support, hood, fender, control arm, tie rod, possibly strut housing, radiator, etc etc and even if I did fix it it would be a salvage titled car.
Also the shift linkage might have gotten hosed, as I noticed it was really hard to get into gear to move it off the street.
The only reason I would keep it would be for a track car or something but I just can't afford it right now.

If anyone wants to buy the whole car for rebuilding I'll entertain offers...

[MR 325]

If anyone wants to buy the whole car for rebuilding I'll entertain offers...

Feel free to PM me about it. Pictures, details, model, etc.

[ThaiRacer]

I would get a lawyer but I'm broke as a joke right now... I may ask the lawyer involved in my motorcycle case for his opinion, but he is an injury lawyer so might not want to get involved.

Try to get the free lawyers where they get paid only if u win, still doesnt cost u money at all. They just take a percentage out of your winnings like 33% most the time. So u dont have to pay nothing.

[arch4ngel]

I'll look into that Thai racer, as soon as I hear back from my insurance co.

Sent you a PM Matt.