Nearly made it a year.
 

http://i.imgur.com/xEjK1s4.jpg

2016 with currently 4,000 miles.

Neighbor decided to start pulling up to the curb in front of his house early.
Then had the nerve to insinuate I was to blame for being parked 15 inches from curb.
He just HAD to bring out a measuring tape to show me as if it mattered.

He thought the legal limit was 12 inches but it's actually 18.

The next day it turned from 15 inches to 23 inches. ha

Some people. /eyeroll

Accidents always suck! Hopefully you will be back better than ever!

2017 is an option!

How?

Edit: never mind, I missed the description

Had this exact same damage done to mine, except I was parked.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps31e7d0f4.jpg

Cost was about $3k with new OEM parts, new clear bra.

This won't be a popular response, and it does suck to get damage; I wouldn't wish it on anyone, BUT (you knew that was coming right?) you aren't exactly making a good argument when you say, "Ha ha, I was three inches away from being illegal so joke's on him!"

Make no mistake, it shouldn't matter if you are parked sideways across two lanes of traffic, he shouldn't have run into you. Likewise, even if you were too far out he's still at fault since he was moving and you were parked. But if you were parked a little better you might not have had to even deal with it.

I hope it can be fixed cleanly for you.

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Ha. Nearly identical!
Yeah mine was parked in front of my house.

They quoted about $3,000 for me as well with all OEM parts.

Can you tell any paint difference?

I mean I was parked legally and not even pushing it so not sure I agree with your sentiment. My tires were partially in the little 'shoulder' in front of the curb and off of the road asphalt.

But yeah I don't think it would have mattered if I was parked directly in the middle of the street. I was just honestly surprised when he - a 50+ year old working man - started trying to deflect instead of just take responsibility.

He turned my tires (my steering wheel did a near 360) so I'm just hoping no complications from that. :<

Maybe I misunderstood, you said you were 15" from the curb but the limit is 18"? That's what I meant.

It's 18" from the curb in Texas too which seems super far away. I was always taught you shouldn't be more than a foot away. I know in our neighborhood, the street is wide enough for someone to be parked, and two cars to pass opposite one another alongside the parked car, but when people park that far out it's a serious PITA. I know I'd personally worry about damage to my mirrors more than anything else parked that far away from the curb.

But man, that really sucks no matter what.

Blaming the victim? Seriously.

Wow... Does it really matter where he was parked? His neighbor hit a stationary object. I'm pretty sure unless his car magically materialized in the street it's not Devante's fault AT ALL.

Way to read the whole post (of course I expected that).

Pretty sure I read the whole post, even read it more than once. It still comes across like your insinuating his more than legal parking job caused the problem.

Yeah, OP if you would have parked in the garage none of this would have happened. For shame! :slap:

Well, that's a shame, Devante ........ :(

If you were parked along the curb in a street, in order for the other car to hit the right front of your car, it would have had to have been moving on the "wrong" (ref flow of traffic) side of the street ... right .. ??

Or, did the neighbor's car back into your car .. ??


humfrz

From the description the neighbour was coming up beside the car and turned in too soon. That is why the bumper is pulled forward not pushed back.

https://media.giphy.com/media/zgwbvDq9rDfa/giphy.gif

Oh, thanks, Tcoat for "drawing me a picture".........;)

In that case, the neighbor just screwed up big time. Maybe he/she was "impaired" ??.........:mad0259:


humfrz

Sigh...Asian driver huh?

In Vancouver? Not likely.

Wow. It just kept going on and on... Unbelievable.

No. I pretty clearly stated it shouldn't have happened. His idiot neighbor hit a non-moving obstacle.

That doesn't change the fact that he was parked over a foot away from the curb. Just because something is "legal" doesn't mean it's a good idea; it's legal for me to sit in the house and drink two bottles of whiskey every night, that doesn't mean I should (I try to keep it to one :D). Likewise on a narrow street, regardless of being allowed to be up to 18" away from the curb, maybe it's a better idea to park closer to the curb - especially in something as low as our car.

I'll repeat just to be safe, he's not at fault. It may not have made any difference at all in the end either, but in the words of the NTSB his decision to park in that manner would be considered a "contributing factor".

Yeah Tcoat's image is pretty much it. Except that my neighbor parks a good 50 feet away. Don't know why he decided to make it so close so far away from his spot ha.

I mean if it was that Porsche kid, it could have been worse.

At least this neighbor of yours hung around and try to blame your FRS for being in the way.

One time my friend's teenage neighbor was driving to school with her Merc and managed to smash into the tree in front of his house. The driver just got out of the car and proceed to walk the rest of the way to school and abandoned the car. When the cops caught up with the kid at school, she thought she could just dump it there and garbage pickup would deal with it, and that her parents would just buy her a new one to replace the next day.

In Toronto you would have to deal with these kids driving supercars in everyday traffic, just don't park near them.

...affluenza...?

I dont think many people would look at 15 inches away from a curb and think "oh shit... that is way more than the foot away i was taught" seriously, its three effing inches and it was a parked car. Ass clown shouldn't have hit it.

Hey, @Dake, I know that was over 20 years ago ..... but, just don't be peeking in my window no more ...... :mad0259:


humfrz

Where do we draw the line here, though? Am I liable because I bought a car that is the same color as the road if someone can't see me? Local authorities have drawn the line at 18 inches. That's the line. It's like bitching about a speeding ticket for five over sixty. They've drawn the line at sixty. And 18 inches. (I also thought it was 12 inches though)

Too bad it happened I say. Neighbor sounds silly. :(

When I totaled my first red FRS somebody ran a stop sign and smashed into me. I was knocked out, got whiplash, concussion etc their vehicle rolled over top of mine - both vehicles were write offs. They tried to make the argument that I was speeding and the accident was my fault - despite the fact they completely blew a stop sign.

The conclusion of it was, whether I was speeding or not was irrelevant. They ran a stop sign into my vehicle. The insurance company paid me out plus some for injuries (never got the full pay out till a year later had to go through a lawyer for the injuries) but the police and insurance company immediately sided with me for who was at fault and never questioned my speed because to them it would have made no difference - you don't blow a stop sign.

It's similar in this case, it doesn't matter where your car was parked - if they have a problem with it they can call bylaw and try to get it towed- but even if you parked and blocked the guys driveway and he decided to hit you he should still be at fault for hitting your vehicle.

So him getting out and measuring some BS and going on about laws doesn't matter, none of it does, if he had a problem with your vehicles location he should have contacted bylaw, the police or went and talked to you. Part of driving is being aware of your surroundings, whether that's a 3 year old toddler walking down the sidewalk into your driveway where they should not be, or a car parked where it should not be. He should not have hit your vehicle period. If I were you I would have told him right off instantly.

That neighbor reminds me of an employee at my old work.

There was a parking spot with a very large cement planter about 6 inches from the line of a parking space.

I am talking like 300 pounds, 3 foot high with a 5 foot plant growing out of the thing.

One morning she comes blazing into the parking lot, and goes straight into the spot... except this time about 6 inches over the line (No car was parked on the other side).

She side swiped the planter, when she backed out it pulled the planter closer.

She tried blaming the employer for moving the planter and her evidence was pictures of the ground were you can see the color difference of where the planter use to be. We also happened to have a security camera to witness the whole event.

The employer basically told her... You hit a stationary object, your fault, call your insurance company, tell them you ran into something and need repairs done. Thanks for playing...

What? No one in 3 pages has said "That'll buff right out".

Too soon?

Seriously though, I have had my fair share of fender benders and they all suck regardless of the circumstances.

Part out? Last fall my FRS was rear ended while parked legally. The only way they might have missed was if I'd parked in my yard. Pushed my car 6ft and the F250 parked in front of it 2ft

Absolutely no difference in paint whatsoever. In sunlight, florescent, etc. It was a perfect match for me.

Mine has orange peel