T-Boned

[skylar2ups]

This accident was not my fault!

Some guy in a big old truck ran a red light and found me in the intersection.

I was going somewhere between 5-10mph he was going 45-55mph.
He hit me and I spun around twice. The 3 did an awesome job I think.
The car doesn't look bad at all, the body does need alot of work the only door that opens and closes normaly is the back rear door on the drivers side.

This is for anyone looking at buying a new Mazda3 get the side airbags! I didn't need them in this crash but if there would have been someone in the car with me... well lets just say I was lucky. My face has cuts all over it from the glass I had tint on the window which helped keep most of the glass off me.

 

[MSP2024]

damn that sucks, glad your ok

 

[Akaveli]

Damn man. Glad your ok..

 

[Pondo]

Wow glad you are ok. So how much is this gonna cost you?

 

[skylar2ups]

Wow glad you are ok. So how much is this gonna cost you?

On the paper the policer officer gave me it said < $10k I only owe about $13k so it will be close to getting totaled.

 

[CTt3P5]

Whoa....sorry to hear about the car, but glad to hear you are ok and here to post about it.

 

[skylar2ups]

Whoa....sorry to hear about the car, but glad to hear you are ok and here to post about it.

Thanks. So I went talk to the body shop today and he thinks it's only going to be $5k I have no idea how it can be that low but whatever. I had to sign some paper saying they could use a used door. In order for the car to be totaled it has to cost %80 of what the market value is which is $16k (Thats what they told me) so thats about $13k in damage now I know the front wheel is messed up and I know the body is bent (Some what) but I don't know whats going on under the car I was hit by a truck so it hit higher and they don't think anything under the car is messed up.

And they said they could have it done in two weeks. (And I'll believe that when I see it.)

I Added some pic's of how my Mazda "fought" back. : ]

 

[Olestra]

If the frame is bent, which I'm guessing it is from a T-bone accident, then it should be totaled...
Someone is screwing with you, that doesn't look like 5k damage. Go to a different body shop. And since the accident is not your fault, insist on brand new mazda parts, not some used body panels...

 

[my3needsaname]

I'd only get new genuine Mazda parts, god knows where they're getting those used parts from.

Glad to see you're well and posting.

Can everybody see how that Volvo side of Ford helps now? (because without Mazda, Fords would be really crappy to drive. and without Volvo, Fords would be terribly unsafe cars...same with Mazdas)

 

[skylar2ups]

I'd only get new genuine Mazda parts, god knows where they're getting those used parts from.

Glad to see you're well and posting.

Can everybody see how that Volvo side of Ford helps now? (because without Mazda, Fords would be really crappy to drive. and without Volvo, Fords would be terribly unsafe cars...same with Mazdas)

Yes I was meaning to mention that. The wreaker said he had just come from another t-bone accident and it was an S40 and he said the cars damage almost matched. (Which if you think about it the MZ3 and the S40 are basically twins... that is the body.) He also said he went to a crash that morning with a BMW 3 series and told my dad that my Mazda looked better and the bimmer was hit at a slower speed by a smaller lighter car.

 

[skylar2ups]

If the frame is bent, which I'm guessing it is from a T-bone accident, then it should be totaled...
Someone is screwing with you, that doesn't look like 5k damage. Go to a different body shop. And since the accident is not your fault, insist on brand new mazda parts, not some used body panels...

The thing is I have USAA and the other body shop they will let us use is scary, like REALLY trashy. And as for the used door they said it would just be easy to use another 2007 right front door because the door to be ordered from the factory doesn't have any wiring or motor or glass they would have to put that together at the shop and I think I would like a used Mazda door that was put together at the factory better then one made by a body shop in Niceville, Florida.

As for the frame I guess it only gets major damage on the underside of the car and I got hit my a 1992 Ford F-150 so the damage was higher... so there is a good chance it's fine.

I'm still crossing my fingers on it being totaled.

 

[gimpo2]

uhhh don't you reserve the right to take your car to any repair shop that you choose? might be different in FL i dunno

 

[skylar2ups]

uhhh don't you reserve the right to take your car to any repair shop that you choose? might be different in FL i dunno

There are three body shops that I know of that I can take the car to, one is to busy to take my car the other one is scary and then my car is sitting at the other.

I am waiting for another Mazda3 owner that got t-boned to see this and tell me what happened to them.

 

[autoxes]

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Anyone notice the state farm insurance place in the background? Ironic.

 

[skylar2ups]

I got my car back tonight! 28 days in the shop and $8k later my car is almost good as new, there are little things that are still wrong with it, just little things that I notice... one thing is the turn signal side marker on the side I got hit isn't working, it's a brand new fender so I think they just didn't plug it in and thats getting fixed tomorrow. I'll have pictures tomorrow!

 

[MikeHTally]

If the frame is bent, which I'm guessing it is from a T-bone accident, then it should be totaled...
Someone is screwing with you, that doesn't look like 5k damage. Go to a different body shop. And since the accident is not your fault, insist on brand new mazda parts, not some used body panels...

There is no frame... these cars are uni-body, as are most these days. You're right, though. The insurance company can't put in used parts unless you OK it. You also don't have to accept non-Mazda parts.

 

[skylar2ups]

I'm in Louisiana on vacation and we took my sisters Mazda5; I left my 3 at my house and I had parked it in my driveway with the front pointing towards the road...
One of the guys that lives across the street was drunk and tried to drive somewhere, he backed his RX-8 out of his driveway and into my front bumber.
Somehow he caught the edge of my bumber and ripped it off, the whole bumber was laying on the road and his car was attached to the metal on the front of my car. Don't ask me how this happened, my boyfriend isn't even taking pictures so it must look bad. I just got my 3 back from the t-bone accident and now it's going back into the shop...
The RX-8 guy is MIA but he left his car attached to mine more then halfway into the street, his car was still on and in drive when the cops got to the accident... he pushed my car a few feet and there is burnt rubber on the road from him trying to push my car.
I'm really angry at myself because I should have put the 3 in the garage with my S40 but left it out so it would look like someone was home. If I can get Will to take pictures I'll have them up, I know a neighbor took some while the RX-8 was beating up my 3. And they are the ones that filled me in on what happened as well as the cops. I am just not having much luck with my 3 and other drivers.

 

[bgibb68]

damn that sucks.....but hey from the pics people have put up with their mazdas in wrecks, they are one hell of a car which is a good thing anymore

 

[my3needsaname]

Damn, that car just likes taking it hard.

 

[R-X-R]

mhh that isnt gud.