Jealous ones still envy . . .
 

Man i just stepped outside and to my dismay some hood rat rammed a shopping cart into my Left taillight and totally smashed it and dinged the hatch and chipped a little paint. . . Man i am so pissed. . . Gonna go to dealer tommorrow and get replacement and some touch up paint. . . Dont think warranty will cover this; anyone know how much it will set me back. . . Man this is not fair i wish i could have caught that fool:mad: Next mod is definitely an alarm and a 45. It still would have happened i know; but at least i could have been alerted and had a running start on that asshole.

Damn, Sucks to be you. Thats why I park far and away from other people. Dents and dings are my pet peeve. Not sure how much the tail light costs but I know it'll set you back quite a few.

Man it was in front of my house thats what really sucks lol. At least all the bulbs still work. . . Still doesnt make me feel better. I WANT SOME REVENGE

I know what you mean about wanting to get revenge. It's like when someone stole my wifes car two weeks after spending $2500 on some rims for the car ('94 Civic EX). Then it happened again a couple of years later ('95 MIata). Now, no rims for the cars. Revenge would be sweet. O'well. Anyway maybe use a video camera aimed at your car to try and find that jack*ss.

Man, that totally sucks. Especially if you are making payments for the car. If that happened to me, I would be crying and soo pissed. Well.. I don't know about crying, but I would be REALLLY REALLY pissed.

200.00!!!!
 

Just went to the dealer and asked if i could get replacement taillight. It was $200.00 ($194.14):( .. . . Looks real easy to install and even comes with the bulbs in already. Take care of those taillights. . . And if someone even looks at my P5 funny i am bashin that hood rats brains in.

Update: I also went down to the grocery store (Raleys) and talked to the manager he was real cool about it. Now comes the fun part; tryin to get money out of their insurance company. Hey someone is going to pay for this besides me. . .:the finge

Yuck.

Best of luck with the insurance company...

Re: 200.00!!!!
 

Ouch! Sorry to hear about that. Hey orangealpha, might want to "take advantage" of this accident to get yourself some Altezza tail lights (if they're available) :) . They're probably like $200+ USD a pair.

Hope this works!!
 

Here is a pic: shopping carts + p5 =[IMG]http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...&id=4262519058[/IMG]

one last try
 

Dang man, looks like someone took a shotgun to your taillight...Did you see the person do it? They would be paying for it 100%.

I NEVER park my car within 20 spaces of anyone else ;)

Ouch indeed. That is nasty. Oh and I linked the pic for ya.


http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...&id=4262519058

Yep, im afraid someone may get jealous and key my car. That happen to one of my friends. Park it as far away as possible... Hey! its good exercise :bt:

man... that sure must have been one good hit if it was a shopping cart... did someone see it happen? I would have guessed a foot was involved (kinda like what happened to my car door in college... never park in the lot near the party houses :squint: ).

I dont see pics
 

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:eek: That looks like it was hit by a SUV or a PU. The damage is too much for a shopping cart, specially the dent in the lift gate. OUCH!!!:squint:

Insurance is gonna hook me up (kinda)
 

I talked to the insurance company for the grocery store and they said they would pay whatever is lower my collision deductible($500) or the estimate. My estimate came to about $800.00 and they used an MP3 for the parts and labor (it was the closest their database came). I put my taillight on so that knocks off 150-200 the guy who did the estimate said their was a "scuff" on my bumper but i dont see jack:dunno: on my bumper. Ill just tell the body shop not to worry bout the bumper so that will knock off from 200-300. So i should be alright:cool:

And it was a cart that hit it; if you look closely enuff in pic u can see the carts reflection. And as far as parking far away that is just a rule of thumb i always follow especially with a new car. But this happened in front of my house. And the reason it looks so bad is i think someone had a running start with that cart :mad:. Needless to say my baby is spending a lot more time in the garage and alarm is at the top of my list for christmas;) Oh and thanks for the concern:bounce:

This totally sucks, love the quote.

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...&id=4262519058

Edited by moderator: URL fixed.

I don't see the picture. My general rule of thumb; park away from the front door; park on high ground (carts cannot roll up hill); park near newer cars. This should drastically reduce dings and scatches. But then again, maybe life isn't sweet after all. :(