[944S Boyeee]

What a Christmas gift I got last night - my 88' 944S is basically a write off I think.

Was out shopping - waiting to take a left turn across two lanes of traffic.

Oncoming giant SUV gives me the headlight flash to go.

I pull out and start taking a left.

Guy coming behind the SUV pulls around the stopped SUV and plows into my passenger door at full speed (no skid marks from him braking). My girlfriend is only alive today because we were in a Porsche - if we were in my Suzuki Sidekick, he would have drove right through us.

She basically has bodylash - she can't move at all. She is still pulling glass out of her hair. My right hip is so sore and my left wrist is not able to move.

My sister is taking pics right now and I will post them as soon as I get them.

It doesn't look good - the door is basically gone - jaws of life were used to open it to get the girlfriend out. My rocker panel is pushed in so it hits the floor. The back wheel-well took a hit and the back rim has chunks out of it. The front fender is pushed in so far that my front tire is almost totally exposed. It looks like basically the whole passenger side of the car is pushed in like a foot.

I don't know if anyone can judge if it's a write-off without pics - but after you see the pics, let me know.

I haven't talked with an adjuster yet (not till Monday now) - but the cop at the scene said he figured the insurance would go in my favor, yet the insurance agent said anyone cutting across traffic is at fault. My only thing is that I was fully past the SUV when I got hit. It wasn't like my nose was sticking out or something - he hit me fully on the side - right on the door handle - so he had to have seen me. I figure he was playing with the stereo or something and just didn't see me, cause he didn't put on his brakes at all.

The impact was wicked - the girlfriend was drinking coffee and it ended up all over me and I was covered in glass also. The inside door panel is pushed in to the point where it hits the glove compartment and I can't open the glove compartment. I noticed my stereo is now 1 inch lower than before. You have to see the pics to get a better idea - but just picture what a car would look like if it was hit at a fast speed flush on the door.

Merry Christmas to all and I'll talk soon after I get back from X-mas vacation.

P.S. - for anyone who has been through this, how does it work? Will they write-off the car, then give me money or am I screwed out of a car here. What is the deal with buying it back? Thanks all.

I'm so sad.

Jeff (944S Boyeee)