Crash bang

[scottdp]

New car's busted up. I can't seem to buy anything new without hurting it in some way, but this is worst than most. At least this wasn't my fault

Comments

[cowboyzydeco]

Damn. Just... Damn. That really sucks. I can tell you from shared experience that nothing twists your gut in quite the same way as having your brand new car bunged up a month after you buy it. I'm sorry that happened to you, and glad you're at least okay physically.

As for the guy being decent enough to stop, well, I think he pretty much lost all claim to decency by lying through his teeth and changing his story when the cops arrived.

[scottdp]

I wouldn't say all claims. People with none simply run. Still, I'm not saying there's a lot there...

[cowboyzydeco]

Fair enough. He did at least stop to make sure he didn't kill you. That's something, anyway.

[cowboyzydeco]

OUCH. Is your collision insurance covering at least some of that?

[scottdp]

All. I'm going to attempt to get them to get it from the other guy's insurance, but given the circumstances, I'm not hopeful of that.

[cowboyzydeco]

Good. I'll bet it won't take much persuading to get them to go after the other guy's insurance. Unless it's pretty cut-and-dried (ie one driver was asleep at the wheel... ahem, yeah), there's always a finger-pointing match between the two insurance companies. Hopefully you'll still only have to do one phone deposition, though. (Those things always make me nervous, but you have a few more layers of editing between thought and speech than I do, so hopefully not as bad for you.) With any luck, your repairs will be complete and you'll be on your way well before they settle who pays who, in any case.