What should I do? (car damaged by uninsured motorist)
250,000-mile Club President
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,770
From: Bizerkeley
Car Info: MBP 02 WRX wagon
Originally Posted by AWD 20T
You're a dumb **** for not reporting it... Talk to the police...
If you do- be prepared to pay a fine for not reporting the accident.
Thread Starter
Registered User
iTrader: (7)
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 552
From: San Jose, CA
Car Info: 02 wrx
well he agreed to pay for everything, besides the exhaust. He said there is no way an exhaust system can cost $750 even though i gave him a copy of my invoice. For those of you wondering what exhaust it is its the hks ti one. Next time i'll call the cops for sure, i just felt sorry for him at that moment plus i was in a hurry. well we all learn from our mistake.
Registered User
iTrader: (3)
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,952
From: Pleasanton, CA
Car Info: a prius, a miata, & 2 m3's
I would still push him to cover at least 1/2 if not 3/4 of the exhaust. Tell him to replace what you had... even if the replacement isn't new he should at least pay for you to buy whatever got damaged in the accident.
Damn, that sucks... I say count your blessing...
1) You don't have injury (med bill).
2) Total amount is relatively small.
3) He actually paid portion of it and will pay the rest just not exhaust.
4) In most cases uninsured motorist won't even pay and you'll end up eating the deductible.
As for your exhaust, after you showed him/his friend the damage, what did they say? Do they even agree that the parts have been damaged? If yes, just ask them to replace the parts back to pre-accident condition. And tell them go look for the prices on those parts themselves. Then see what they have to say after that.
Good luck!
1) You don't have injury (med bill).
2) Total amount is relatively small.
3) He actually paid portion of it and will pay the rest just not exhaust.
4) In most cases uninsured motorist won't even pay and you'll end up eating the deductible.
As for your exhaust, after you showed him/his friend the damage, what did they say? Do they even agree that the parts have been damaged? If yes, just ask them to replace the parts back to pre-accident condition. And tell them go look for the prices on those parts themselves. Then see what they have to say after that.
Good luck!
Tell him you are going to turn it into the d.m.v. , which you should do anyways because the damage is over $750. If he had no insurance at the time of accident his drivers lic. will be suspended. He will then need an Sr-22 to get his lic. back, and will need to keep the Sr-22 for 3 years.
VIP Member
iTrader: (3)
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,041
From: http://freshlove.grandmighty.com
Car Info: looking for a gc
Originally Posted by rau
****? thats it? break a "few" kneecaps, at least...
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 162
From: Clowns to the left of me...Jokers to the right.
Car Info: 2003 White WRX Wagon
Then I'd pay him a visit w/a baseball bat break some knee caps and then **** on him. And since I'm already there w/a bat...I'd give his car a few decorations.
You're both already breaking the law by not reporting it. Just report it now, and talk to your insurance company about it. You'll be lucky if he even admits to it at this point, yeah that's right: you are no longer at the scene and the dude could just say he doesn't know wtf you're talking about.
****?!? His little sister is probably not a bad person.
Sounds like you're not gonna get another dime from this guy. Chalk it up as a hard lesson learned. I wouldn't let him get away with it though. Turning him in would be the nice thing, but you've already been too nice to this turd. Sounds like the guy knows you too well to openly bust his ***, so...
"I'm a call a couple a 'hard, pipe-hittin' ni..."
****?!!! wtf...
Sounds like you're not gonna get another dime from this guy. Chalk it up as a hard lesson learned. I wouldn't let him get away with it though. Turning him in would be the nice thing, but you've already been too nice to this turd. Sounds like the guy knows you too well to openly bust his ***, so...
"I'm a call a couple a 'hard, pipe-hittin' ni..."
****?!!! wtf...


