Thursday, April 26, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Framing the situation
The word on the truck is that they're replacing the FRAME. The frame was bent and so you heard me right, they're replacing the FRAME. They're lifting the entire truck up off the old one and putting it on the newER one. Apparently there was an F-150 in a wreck that damaged the rest of the truck so badly it was totalled but didn't bend the frame. How the hell does that happen?! That makes me REALLY suspicious.
I told the shop owner to give the frame a good twice over before even thinking about putting it in my truck. Also, I am having them call me when it comes in so I can go look at it too. It kinda pisses me off they wouldn't use a new frame since my truck is fairly new (2004). The claims adjuster says it is a common practice. Even if its common, I've never heard of it before. We'll just have to wait and see I suppose.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Wreck =/
Some of you may have heard, some of you haven't. I was in a wreck today. My truck isn't driveable. I'm okay. I'm a bit sore (yes, a pain in the neck, ha ha) but otherwise alright. I'm quite sad about my truck though. I love that vehicle. Its the best one I've ever had.
I was turning left on a yellow light and I thought the other car was going to turn from the angle they were heading. They went straight,.. slammed on the brakes, and skid into me, head-on. If they hadn't slammed on the brakes we wouldn't have hit each other. They were going at least 50 MPH, perhaps 60+ since their skid marks were longer than 15 feet.
The driver of the car was slightly hurt, as the back of her head was lightly bleeding, the paramedics say because of her head slamming back into the headrest which has a metal bar in it. The passenger wasn't hurt. The police debated over who would be at fault since their skid marks were so long and from the look of things they would've missed me had they gone straight (I stopped quickly as I wasn't going that fast). But they finally decided upon me being at fault due to "not yielding the right of way" but they didn't give me a ticket, only a case number, and said the judge would decide.
Their car (an older model toyota) was totalled from the looks of it. My truck's front grille was broken, front fender pushed underneath, and pushed into the driver's side tire, and oddly enough,.. the tailgate hinge was broken due to the impact.
It really pisses me off I'll be held accountable when they were the ones speeding and had they not slammed on the brakes we wouldn't have crashed. I hate to think of what will happen to my insurance (not to mention my big deductible). Not only that but I wonder about that lady's head and if they'll cause trouble, milking it for all its worth. Yes, I am concerned for her safety, but they reacted in such a weird manner and very quickly left their car and went somewhere once the police were done with them, it makes me wonder if in this overly-letigious society if they're the sort of people that would be happy about crashing their old vehicle and the kind that would try to get more money than what they require for genuine medical recovery.
I guess I'm sore in several ways, huh? =/
I was turning left on a yellow light and I thought the other car was going to turn from the angle they were heading. They went straight,.. slammed on the brakes, and skid into me, head-on. If they hadn't slammed on the brakes we wouldn't have hit each other. They were going at least 50 MPH, perhaps 60+ since their skid marks were longer than 15 feet.
The driver of the car was slightly hurt, as the back of her head was lightly bleeding, the paramedics say because of her head slamming back into the headrest which has a metal bar in it. The passenger wasn't hurt. The police debated over who would be at fault since their skid marks were so long and from the look of things they would've missed me had they gone straight (I stopped quickly as I wasn't going that fast). But they finally decided upon me being at fault due to "not yielding the right of way" but they didn't give me a ticket, only a case number, and said the judge would decide.
Their car (an older model toyota) was totalled from the looks of it. My truck's front grille was broken, front fender pushed underneath, and pushed into the driver's side tire, and oddly enough,.. the tailgate hinge was broken due to the impact.
It really pisses me off I'll be held accountable when they were the ones speeding and had they not slammed on the brakes we wouldn't have crashed. I hate to think of what will happen to my insurance (not to mention my big deductible). Not only that but I wonder about that lady's head and if they'll cause trouble, milking it for all its worth. Yes, I am concerned for her safety, but they reacted in such a weird manner and very quickly left their car and went somewhere once the police were done with them, it makes me wonder if in this overly-letigious society if they're the sort of people that would be happy about crashing their old vehicle and the kind that would try to get more money than what they require for genuine medical recovery.
I guess I'm sore in several ways, huh? =/
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