Not Another How Bad Post!
 

It's just a car.. It's just a car..


Woke up this morning planning to wash my car and found this.
Got police report and insurance claim underway. Of course no note. How bad?

Totaled.






JK. Looks like a fender bender to me, should be pretty simple to fix.

I don't know. That thing got thumped pretty good to knock the rear wheel into the concrete curb like that and mess up the rim of the wheel that bad. Better have the rear suspension checked for bent links.

Must have been hit pretty hard to push the car onto the curve.

I live in GA too and this terrifies me :(

Sonofabitch! In a parking lot? That hard? Holy crap what was the other guy doing?
New bumper cover, rim and possibly exhaust (looks bent). Like has been said check for suspension damage. Look around for something low with corresponding damage since that was nothing huge that hit it (taillight untouched?)

Hmm similarly, my wife was on a business trip in lovely Rome, GA in my old 08 Accord. She parked towards the back of her hotel trying to avoid parking near the other hotel patrons. She receives a call at 12:30AM from the police that a 17 year old backed into the parked car. At least the other driver had the decency to report it, hope you get some justice :|

I'm disgusted with these pics. How the fook does this happen while parked.people really make me sick sometimes.

Shitty people with shitty cars is the best answer.

drugs are bad mmmkay

Being a moron.

Morons, everywhere.

Now, that's a shame ......:cry:

In addition to what has been mentioned, I'd have the shop take a close look at the rear wheel bearing/hub.


humfrz

It happens.
My 93 camry was parked in a quiet back street and was totalled by an out of control 4wd.
The 4wd was also totalled and the guy lives in our street.
The tow truck arrived in less than 20 minutes and insurance took 3 weeks to pay.
But your car is red and they must have had a little too much to drink.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm going to make a check list of things to ask for. Should I be concerned about the front alignment at all seeing as the rear was sliden a bit?

Ugh....now it's making me think not to park my car on the street when I'm at home. Hopefully it's fixable or they can total it out. Then buy yourself a new one. Sorry to see you car like that.

Wouldn't worry about the front unless it smacked off the curb as well. The bumper cover did what it is designed to do and took the brunt of the force and disintegrated in the process.

I found the camera footage:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abWYFF3ZALM"]I found the camera footage.[/ame]

PERFECT!
We are going to get along just fine I would say.

Perfect, this will help!

wow, i'm guessing it must of been a truck that hit you with a pretty good rate of speed (backing up flooring it maybe) to be able to push your car that far and cause that kind of damage.

should be fixable but maybe start roaming the parking lot looking for a guilty truck with some red paint on the bumper.

The tow truck man noticed maroon paint on the black part of the bumper that I didn't register as different from the red on my car. So that helps.

Sadly the OP takes extra care and even parks in the corner spot. Sometimes you just can't avoid morons no matter how hard you try.

My guess would be drunk neighbor or drunk guest of one. Can't tell the color of the hitter from the picture, but pretty sure that there is a clue on the bumper. Start looking around.

That sucks! Sorry! Like someone said, probably hit to low for a truck, lowered? Going fast in reverse... wish you catch the a-hole!

I was nowhere near it. I can account for my whereabouts for the entire past 2 days.

damage estimate came out to 2500.

Not bad for the damage really.

Psshhhh just a car.....i'd be pissed..

Who estimated? I'm guessing just the insurance adjuster, who didn't look at anything else other than the bumper, right? Make sure wherever you get it repaired at does a complete inspection of everything from the rear axle back.

That said, do a quick walk-around of the parking lot, see if there is any matching damage on any cars, particularly maroon or dark red cars. and Keep an eye out for any visitors with similar colors.

And threads like this make me so happy that I have a garage...

I took it to the dealer because I trust that they would inspect a little deeper, or at least be willing to help me if a problem occurs in the next 5000miles that appears to be directly related. Ill be sure to ask the service manager about inspections on the other parts.
I still need to finish exploring my place but I think it was a visitor.

Ya that seems absurdly low as my trunk got hit and that was $4600....

To be fair, alot of the initial insurance estimate is just a visual inspection. Its when you get to the body shop/mechanic that they dig in and check further for other damage. The final cost can run a lot more because they can find more damage once they start taking things apart (which I am guessing they haven't yet).