[Blake]

^^ did drunk girl go to jail?

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by Blake

^^ did drunk girl go to jail?

I found the cars like that in the AM so she had already been home for a few hours at least. I don't think they arrested her and took her to jail, but she was charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

Funny thing is I would park in end spots (you can see my car in the corner of the pic) and my GF would put her Corolla on my other side as a buffer to stop my car from getting hit. Guess it worked like a charm!

[M3Bahn]

Originally Posted by Seminole

You're SOL unless you decide to go all out at this point, I.E. sue the person in small claims.

Literally the same thing happened to me. My girlfirend and I left my apartment one night to go out and we noticed a white Mazda 3 parked close to her Corolla. I made a comment about how shitty they parked and for some reason remembered that it had a Ford license plate frame. Fast forward 4 hours and we come back and there is a huge mark down the side of her car with white paint transfer, the Mazda is nowhere to be seen. This was a complex with probably 300-400 units, so we weren't sure if the owner lived there. Called the police out to get a report about it and he basically just made a note saying how I saw a white Mazda with a Ford frame and said to give him a call if the car came back. We decided to drive around the lot and see if we could find the car, and as we were driving around we saw the car enter the complex. We quickly flagged the officer before he left and told him the car just came back. The officer and I walked up to the Mazda and he made a comment about the Ford frame on it saying that was pretty observant on my part. As we walked to the front corner of the car we saw there was damage on the car consistent with it hitting a car while backing up. The officer took out a tape measure and the damage was at exactly the same height on both cars. The girl had left a piece of mail on her driver seat, so the officer knew which apartment she was in and went over and arrested her for hit and run.

Despite ALL that her insurance Geico never paid out. They basically said the same thing as AAA is in your case, "Nobody saw it so we aren't paying". The bitch from Geico even went so far as to insinuate that we could have hit her client and if we were unhappy to "go ahead and sue us".

Karma got Geico back later when another one of their clients hit my girlfriends car in the same parking lot (picture below). Lucky for us, the idiot was so drunk she didn't know that she had hit our car and left her's parked and went to bed. The officer that responded to that said in 15 years of being an officer he's never seen anything like it. Believe it or not, Geico tried to fight us on this claim too, saying "Despite the police report, our client denies hitting your car so we won't pay." I asked them for an e-mail where I could send the pictures I took. The agent called me back once she got them and started to laugh saying there's no way they can fight it and I could expect my check in the mail.

Wild Story.

[Blake]

Originally Posted by Seminole

I found the cars like that in the AM so she had already been home for a few hours at least. I don't think they arrested her and took her to jail, but she was charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

Funny thing is I would park in end spots (you can see my car in the corner of the pic) and my GF would put her Corolla on my other side as a buffer to stop my car from getting hit. Guess it worked like a charm!

yea i've seen some crazy shit in big apartment complexes. i'm not on facebook anymore for pics, but my cousin got her car fucked up in a big complex parking garage. i think it was a jeep suv that literally just took off the back end of her lexus. he was obviously drunk, because no sane or sober person would just come into another car at a 45 degree angle, parked, turned car off, and went to bed. they found the jeep in the morning still parked on my cousin's car.

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by Blake

yea i've seen some crazy shit in big apartment complexes. i'm not on facebook anymore for pics, but my cousin got her car fucked up in a big complex parking garage. i think it was a jeep suv that literally just took off the back end of her lexus. he was obviously drunk, because no sane or sober person would just come into another car at a 45 degree angle, parked, turned car off, and went to bed. they found the jeep in the morning still parked on my cousin's car.

This picture was from the same complex. Girl must have confused the brake and gas and hopped over the curb:





Another time there was a truck waiting to get into the gate, but when it wouldn't open he reversed right into the girl behind him. His hitch made a hole in her front bumper and was lodged into it. After talking about the damage and how to get the two cars apart with the girl he basically said "fuck it, I'm paying for this anyways" got back into his truck and gave it some gas, ripping off her front bumper in in the process.

[sterz85]

Originally Posted by Seminole

This picture was from the same complex. Girl must have confused the brake and gas and hopped over the curb:





Another time there was a truck waiting to get into the gate, but when it wouldn't open he reversed right into the girl behind him. His hitch made a hole in her front bumper and was lodged into it. After talking about the damage and how to get the two cars apart with the girl he basically said "fuck it, I'm paying for this anyways" got back into his truck and gave it some gas, ripping off her front bumper in in the process.

dude wtf, what state do you live in?

do you guys not have a driving test?

[Freakazoid]

lesson learned, when something like this happens and you're 100% sure of the car who do it. Then in effect, you have indeed been witness to it happening....

[Memphis1]

Moral of the story... Buy a house with garage

[Inspired]

Originally Posted by yakev724

Imo, no need to go to court.

Speak to the officer and have him agree to make a written/recorded statement (if not a full report) with any insurance company, restating what happened when he was there.

Open a claim with your insurance. You should only have to pay deductible in cases where you are 10-20%+ at fault. This should (obviously) be closed with full liability of the other guy, and if your insurance is decent, neither your rate, or wallet, will be affected.

Once your insurance company is involved, you can provide any and all evidence you have, and let the insurance companies battle it out. If a settlement is reached (though from what you've said, don't really see how this would happen) where you are partially liable, don't settle and instead threaten with court.

DON'T REPAIR THE DOOR until the other insurance company agrees to cover whatever % you settle on. Instead, get an ass-high quote and show it to the adjuster that shows up to assess the damage. That way the damage as assessed by your company will be as high as possible (= more money for you).

Only after you have a check in the mail should you proceed to repair the damage (for however much you'd like to spend; if you play it right, you should make quite a bit of profit, but keep in mind your car's history will be affected by the claim).'

**Since you haven't contacted your insurance yet, you should weigh the costs of [80-90% of highest repair quote - actual cost to repair the damage] vs. [reduction of car's value with history of incident]. Might be able to get a new door in good shape and in the right color for $200. Exactly what happened to a family member recently. $3k quote and $400 for 2 doors ready to bolt-up.

EDIT: Just spoke to someone with a bit more experience and they essentially repeated Seminole's (vv) reply. My advice really only affects an accident where both drivers are there, and a formal report is taken after. In this case, you're probably better off going straight to small claims if you want to pursue it. Let us know how bad and where the damage is. Maybe we'll find a new door for you for cheap and you can get out of this easy(ier)

This sounds great. I will try to have the officer write a letter and I will pick it up from his precinct if he agrees to write me one.

I already opened a claim with my insurance but he is waiting on me to see if I want to move ahead and pay the deductible and start the process of getting the money back from AAA. But AAA is being a PITA to deal with ATM..

My main concern right now is to just settle this out of my insurance company because if I had to pay out of pocket I would just use touch up paint to the areas that is down to the metal. Just wanted my car in prestine condition since I am planning to get a new car soon.