jetblasted
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:21:59 AM
I was sleeping soundly when the wife woke me up & said something bad just happened outside. I got up to find two clean-cut teens on the porch telling me they ran off the road & struck my wife's car. Totally crushed the rear end. He said he was looking in the back seat when it happened & he never even hit the brakes. Her 98 Accord appears to be totaled. Yay.
robertsccr5
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:27:14 AM
Bummer. Time to light up a stick with some coffee to salvage the morning.
jetblasted
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:29:58 AM
Doing that now. In between the wife's tears & explaining to all the neighbors what happened.
Burner02
Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:33:39 AM
Glad it was only the car.
Abrignac
Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:53:34 PM
Tell your wife to put on a neck brace. She can say she got whiplash from being scared but the sound of the crash.
Gene363
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:09:23 PM
Glad it was empty and parked when it was hit. I hope they have good insurance.
ZRX1200
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:24:53 PM
Pancakes and bacon.
jetblasted
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:47:32 PM
They were on their way to Sunday School. He was shaken, scared, and very apologetic, wearing a bow-tie. The girl stood silently clutching her Bible for the whole hour. Grandma showed up & said he was fully insured. He flattened the trash can near the street.
grmcooper
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:48:46 PM
All that matters is everyone is ok.
bassman45
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:51:10 PM
Be thankful that they stopped,scumbags here in Illinois hit and run constantly!
ZRX1200
Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:52:45 PM
Amen Cooper.
8trackdisco
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:18:05 PM

Glad it was empty and parked when it was hit. I hope they have good insurance.

Gene363 wrote:

Based on my latest first hand experience, Mrs. Jet will likely found to be 25% her fault.

The reasoning will be if he car wasn't parked there, it wouldn't have been hit.

Gene363
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:29:36 PM

Based on my latest first hand experience, Mrs. Jet will likely found to be 25% Herf fault.

The reasoning will be if he car wasn't parked there, it wouldn't have been hit.

8trackdisco wrote:

Sounds like you were dealing with an Allstate agent.

After fault is settled the hard part is arguing the value of the wrecked vehicle.

grmcooper
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:32:53 PM
It's always a pain to be accused of herf fault.
jetblasted
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2:45:54 PM
Re: # 13 ...

That's what me & the mrs. are just talking about.

Plowboy221
Sunday, April 12, 2015 4:11:57 PM
Rule #1 never trust a man in a bow tie.

Glad everyone is ok though.

jackconrad
Sunday, April 12, 2015 4:57:50 PM
At least they didn't leave any Blood stains , but check and make sure they did not cause property damage like skid marks oil stains etc.. you have to fix them and should be paid for them..
teedubbya
Sunday, April 12, 2015 5:03:12 PM
Insurance covers skid marks?
jetblasted
Sunday, April 12, 2015 8:48:11 PM
So, I took off this afternoon to where we're moving to sell a newish non-working riding mower & the wife calls to tell me the Grandma stopped by to offer her the car that hit us, not to report it to the insurance company.

Red Flag

But, I got to thinking about it & the car had no visible damage & I could have a mechanic friend look at it & I'll think about it. Odd behavior for the Grandma driving a band new full size Chevy SUV. By now, I'm really agrivated.

On the way home this wife calls excited to say her mom is giving us her bought last year new & used three times lawn tractor. She just bought another tractor this year with the smoother tramission. Great. Sold a broken one & got a gifted new one from her parents.

I pull into the drive & then reports that Grandma called back to just buy us a new used car & I said I'm done with them & the shady stress of this all. I got less than 6hrs sleep, and woke up to a car crash one foot off the steps. I gave the church-going family the benefit of the doubt. With all stress of the day, my brain is fried.

I was the talk of the neighborhood today with all the cops & gawkers doing a slow-roll past the house. All due to a distracted driver.

jetblasted
Sunday, April 12, 2015 8:53:31 PM
When the cops, kids & Grandma left after the accident, I pointed to the smashed stone, gravel & brick side walked & said, don't worry, I'll clean this up ...

Fuggers