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A good day that turned bad!!!!!!

kjkcsvt

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Mpls, MN
Well today started just like normal and I was kind of excited for the day off. I was searching craigslist and found an hardly used Mac Tools utility cart (mb80uc) for $25 and I jumped on it. When I went to pick it up I was amazed how clean it was and also more amazed by the fact that the guy only wanted $25 for it since it retails for $140. I jumped on it.

So then tonight at around 7pm, I'm sitting at my folks house on the computer, and hear a boom outside. I am currently not staying at home and I am house sitting for my parents.

I open the front door and see that my car has moved ~20 ft and I see another car that is all smashed up. So the guy who hit my parked car, must have came flying around the corner and hit some slush and boom, wrecked my car.

His car was a 2006 Chrysler sebring, his whole front end was damaged and he blew both air bags. My car, looked ok from my door but upon closer inspection, it is in a mess. Both of my headlamps are broken, both of my fogs are broken, lower grille mesh toast, bumper toast, and possible front driver 1/4 panel damage. Upon starting my car I notice coolant leaking and immediately shut it down. I also can't post pics since I don't have the cord for my camera.

We did the fun exchange insurance info, etc, blah, blah, blah..

How does a good day turn so bad?????

Luckily no one was hurt.

Hopefully his ins company doesn't want to total my car, I personally don't want my insurance involved if it doesn't need to be.

So i guess everyone knows what parts I will be looking for and please respond or PM me if you have them for sale. And I'll keep you all posted.

I don't want this SVT to go to sticky heaven and I really don't want to part it out since it was almost complete. (please don't pm me asking for parts from my car untill I say that I am parting it out, if I have to)

:mad::help::shrug::mad::help::shrug::blackeye:

Thanks,

Kevin
 
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Iused pass side headlight I can donate to the cause.. :shrug:
sorry to hear bout your loss, that sucks, especially when it has to do with a chrysler :blackeye:..
 
you have a pm from our previous convo already.

I'll keep that PM in mind.

I also forgot to mention that I got a new job today( I lost mine two weeks ago) and start friday, if I can get there. It's wierd how a day can go so great and your flying high and then whack, reality sets in.
 
sorry to hear about this man. thats life for you. anytime i'm having an overly good day, i know something horrible is about to happen. its a shame this had to happen
 
If you need a fender I have both off my 2000 black parts car, and Both headlights that ill be willing to give you, just cover shipping. One looks great, the other is hazed over, should refinish okay. let me know
 
I got a bumper cover that you can have if you pick up or cover shipping from zip code 40143. Its collecting dust in my garage. Its not an svt bumper but its new(primed). Sorry bout your day.
 
Sorry to hear about the wreck. I had a guy smoke one of my bikes the same way. I was at a relative's house visiting, and had the bike parked in front of his car on the street. Some kids screwing around in daddy's new Mustang took out my bike, and the front end of my uncle's new Lincoln LS.

The b#$% of it was I was 250 miles from home, and both vehicles would have been fine if it would happen the next day. He had just had the driveway resurfaced.

The insurance company covered both vehicles, but I had to have my wife drive down and pick me up. His insurance company wouldn't cover that, or the one-way rental car.
 
I'll keep that PM in mind.

I also forgot to mention that I got a new job today( I lost mine two weeks ago) and start friday, if I can get there. It's wierd how a day can go so great and your flying high and then whack, reality sets in.

You have no idea..........:rolleyes:

But something went "whack" in my life today.....literally. I had my face up under the dash/steering colum on the tour, and I wondered what that little black button next to the fuse box did. Lets just say I didn't see it coming, and now I have a really bad headache.

But your day sounds a lot worse then mine. Congradualtions on the tool box and the job, hope your life gets better. Atleast tomorrow is Friday, then its the weekend!
 
although very unfortunate, its nice that you guys actually saw the guy who did the damage to your car!

i wasnt so lucky. i was at work about to leave, so i parked on the street in front of a house i had to go in and inspect before i left for the day. I wasnt even in the house 10 minutes and i came back outside to find that someone fishtailed and caved in my drivers side front and back door!!!! so i looked around (new construction neigborhood) to see if any trucks were around, . I even pulled up to some guys with trucks bumpers that lined up exactly with the marks on my car, but no one admitted. so gay. insurance companies do not like hit and runs either, but thankfully i escaped them from raising my rates.
 
OK all, here is where I'm at now. Met Life wants to total my car. I haven't yet got my insurance company involved but feel that I might have to and have the family lawyer jump in if necessary.

The front end is done and there is some frame damage.

What the car needs is a hood, left and right front 1/4 panels, both headlights, both fogs, both grills, bumper, radiator, bumper supports, frame straightening, and paint

The insurance company initially offered me only $3900. I paid $3200 for my car initially and and have recently put a 3l in it which I've only put 4500 miles on (put 8k on the car since purchase). My car currently has 139k on the clock and is damn clean inside and out in every aspect due to all the time and labor I have put into it.

If I want to buy my car back they will give me $3600 and the car. I was hoping more around the $4500 + the car.

What should I do and what more can I do to prove the value of my car. From what I've seen these cars w/ new 3l sell for 5-6k. What can I do to prove this?

Any help and sugestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm currently looking for comparables to prove to the met life total loss dept.

I know I'm not done w/ an CSVT yet I have big plans for one and this one was almost done, who knows what lies ahead.

Worst of all they gave me a dodge caravan minivan for a rental, with bad brakes and horrible gas mileage. Anybody wanna go 4 wheelin in this thing?

Thanks,

Kevin
 
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