Guess How Much Damage?
 

So at about 3pm today I'm sitting in my buddies restaurant and we hear the screech of tires and the sound of metal bending metal and then I see my truck lurch forward. We run for the door and I get outside just in time to see a silver/grey SUV heading down the street at a very fast rate of speed, front end waving goodbye and leaking antifreeze on the ground.

My buddy gets the licence plate number. The owner of the business across the street comes over and says "They smashed into you and took off down the street". I called the cops.

So lets guess how much damage there is. My appointment with the adjuster is Aug 1st @11:10

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$1500 is my guess. Maybe more if the hitch is bent.

$2500

Hard to say with those closeups. Park the truck on a level place, measure the frame rails in back from the ground up, measure the bed at the rear to see if all that is still level with an accurate level? If the hitch has bent there is a good chance the frame could be tweeked?

I'll bid $1800 Bob.

$1801

$4000+.....bumper, bed side, prep, sanding, paint, sanding, etc.

Hope they catch the ahole!

$2200

Wait, Canadian ----- $3000

$2,700

$2,159.99

A dozen of beer man. If that happened here in New Zealand one of the local Maoris would hook it up to the tractor and pull that back out. Probably do it for free coz' it wuz his cuzin thats ran into it in the first place.

John, I'll measure tomorrow. Too dark, too rainy and too many mosquitoes' right now.

I decided to see if I could track him by the trail of antifreeze he left. He went to the end of the block and turned North. I think I spotted a trail of antifreeze turning West into a back lane. It looked like a vehicle turned at a high rate of speed, missed the turn and hit the garage door. The red car is the owners car. I went home to get my camera and when I got back the owner was home.

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I called my insurance company and the owner of the vehicle who hit me had already made a claim. I didn't get to ask what he (I'm assuming it is a he) said. (We have the same company). The police came and took a written statement. They will be taking statements from the two witnesses. I saw the idiots address on the police computer. So I know who/where they are. I wanted to take pictures of the front of their SUV but the police were there so I left them alone. :)

Good skills.

I'm in for $5,000 CDN. I'll bet there is frame damage.

Sorry about your truck. Hope it works out for the best.

$4250 hidden damage.

"How is your neck?"

$3k. They'll try to stick you with $2k of it, then then sue the other party for $100k and settle for $5k plus no admission of wrongdoing. And they'll jack your premium up another $500 or so a year.

One dollar!!!