Estimate price? (car accident)

[Bijou-MP5]

Hi, I don't know if this section is proper section to write this issue but I will try this anyway.
I got into car accident today, and all my right side of car have been damaged. I was wondering if how much it will cost to fix these damages.
because other driver wants to negotiate with me without filing these accident to insurance company.
I going to get estimate tomorrow but I just want to have idea where the range is...
right front passenger door, back passenger door and rear right , skirt, and bumper was damaged.
help is appreciated.

 

[big_ben]

If it was the other driver's fault, don't do that. Report it to their insurance company.

 

[Bijou-MP5]

If it was the other driver's fault, don't do that. Report it to their insurance company.

Thanks for the reply, big_ben, you are always great helper
after I get estimate price on my car, I told him I would give them a call, if they can pay me for all the damages it's ok with me but if they can't I'm going to call their insurance company.
btw, Do i have to give out my insurance information to them? my insurance told me not to give them information.

 

[WaatDaHell]

It's gonna be quite a bit, I'd think. I had an accident exactly one month after I bought it on July 1, 2002. At the time, all parts had to be imported from Japan so maybe this accounts for the estimate. I had damage to the front bumper, damage inside the engine bay in the left front area, both headlights and foglights, and a new left front wheel. It came out to be $6,500, all covered by insurance. Also, the tow truck driver broke the transmission shifter box when he tried to shift it outta park, because the wheels wouldn't spin. That was also included.

All in all, your two doors and bumper damage might be pricey. Depending if he hit you kinda straight on or side-swiped you, the damage might be expensive. You'll have to notify insurance, that's for sure.

 

[protege52nr]

you should always exchange insurance information with the other person, if he can work out a deal, then dont report through insurance if it means that much to him, however this does sound a little more serious than a minor rear ending, its gonna cost a lot, and I dont think you would be satisfied with fixing dents and s***, you probably want to get all new stuff, my rear bumper cost like 400-500 CDN just to get a new one and paint it, the labor made up more than half of the cost

 

[Bijou-MP5]

thank you for the all the infos.
hmm.. replacing is that expensive?
I once went to dealer to get estimate on my front bumper, they asked me 700 usd total incluing part, paint and labor.
so I was thinking it would be the close to other parts too...
honestly I was thinking around $2000~ $3000 for the damage repair. since this is just damages on body parts.
maybe i was wrong...

 

[pr5owner]

i got into a god damn accedent today too, fuk. and ity wasn't my car it was my companies car (Kramer Mazda) i went to a place called A-1 autobody Calgary and they estimated 2300 damage.. s***... i officially declare this month as GAY. Brand new 2003 Protege Sedan ES GT has a smashed up passenger side

 

[Bijou-MP5]

i got into a god damn accedent today too, fuk. and ity wasn't my car it was my companies car (Kramer Mazda) i went to a place called A-1 autobody Calgary and they estimated 2300 damage.. s***... i officially declare this month as GAY. Brand new 2003 Protege Sedan ES GT has a smashed up passenger side

hmm.. another bad news...sorry to hear that.
2300 CAD right? is it just passenger side of door was damaged or whole passenger side including front and back?

 

[big_ben]

Here is the deal. There is ALWAYS extra stuff that body shops find wrong after they start to fix the car. They will tell you an estimate, then a few days later, they took something off and found more extensive damage underneith. If this guy is willing to sign some type of contract saying he will pay any secondary findings, that's fine. But unless he agrees, you could get screwed.

 

[mypfizzle]

hm

if your rear quarter panel or hatch were damaged report it to the insurance company. also get oyur alignment check.
John

 

[LinuxRacr]

Bijou, do as Ben suggests. It will be best to report it due to the fact that you could get majorly screwed over.

 

[Raganoo]

I got t-boned during the summer, they had to replace the front door re-skin part of the rear, replace the mirror, replace the fron fender and re-paint the bumper. Came to about 3000 canadian. 0 from me though

 

[zamfield]

I agree with the general concensus.
Report it to the insurance company - Firstly because what are you going to be driving while he car is in the shop?
You will get a rental through the insurance, or is this guy going to pay for a car for you to drive for a week or two also?

You can pretty much guarantee that he will try and back out on the final amount once the ball gets rolling on the repairs - the amonts can go up considerably - depending on what else is found inside, behind the damage you can see.

Just to be safe, I would report it to his insurance, you don't neccessarily have to make a claim - it's ultimatley up to you. But it will be expensive!
I estimate about $2000 - $3000 if it's repaired (USD) but again, that depends on if the hinges are out, is the bumper ripped, un repairable? Etc... Etc... These things would have to replaced, and could add another $1000 easily to the final cost.

 

[trobbins]

You should always report it to the insurance company, otherwise you will have no recourse in case something goes wrong.

I new someone who got rearended and took cash from the guy only to realize that there was more damage then he thought. And he was screwed.

You have nothing to lose by going to your insurance company and everthing to gain.

And for the guy that hit you, unless you know him, too bad, so sad.

 

[Sir Nuke]

Thanks for the reply, big_ben, you are always great helper
after I get estimate price on my car, I told him I would give them a call, if they can pay me for all the damages it's ok with me but if they can't I'm going to call their insurance company.
btw, Do i have to give out my insurance information to them? my insurance told me not to give them information.

no you don't HAVE TO give them anything....and if you didn't file an accident report.....and if they had YOUR information....nothing would stop them from contacting YOUR insurance company and saying it was YOUR fault and submitting a claim against YOU. I have see this happen personally to my daughter...who was trying to be nice...just like you are....and she got screwed over because of it.

 

[DBR]

i agree with everyone above.

as well, you might want to call the police about reporting the accident, to get your version of the facts on record right away.

i ran over a truck tread on the highway once. didn't think it did any damage. when i washed the car on the weekend, i noticed it cracked the front bumper. i went to the police about a week after the accident and they refused to help out cause i left it too long.

 

[Bijou-MP5]

Update news.

ok, here's the update news of me so far.
I called his insurance company (GEICO) to get my car fixed.
since, they said he and I have different statements, They will need a copy of original police reports.
My question is that if original police reports have something written more on our copy of reports? because my reports doesn't really say who's fault it is.

To SirNuke: I didn't give them my insurance information, because i thought it was his fault. I was making right turn, he hit my car right rear back fenders and slide to front passenger door. but their question is how come he didn't hit back of my car and instead hit right rear fenders....to front door.

can somebody think of reasonable description of situtation?

anyway, to get a copy of original police reports, police reports inquiry section told me it will probably take 7 to 10 days to get it.
and GEICO want me to go to specific body shop to determine the damages and take pictures.

I went to my local mazda body shop and quoted me $4100 total.

BTw, it's really good to know, ppl here in forum are so helpful and nice. what a relief ~

now...I'm waiting for any kinds of advices or help.

 

[Bumble G]

Re: Update news.

I was making right turn, he hit my car right rear back fenders and slide to front passenger door. but their question is how come he didn't hit back of my car and instead hit right rear fenders....to front door.

can somebody think of reasonable description of situtation?

What was the other driver doing? going strait or turning???

K two possibilities I could think of. without knowing what the other driver was doing. and not blaming anyone.

1. You turned in front of a car that was real close, or going real fast. the other driver tried to swerver out of the way and hit the rear side of your car.

2. The other driver was turning left at the same time you were turning right. he came into your lane and hit you.

 

[Bijou-MP5]

Re: Re: Update news.

What was the other driver doing? going strait or turning???

K two possibilities I could think of. without knowing what the other driver was doing. and not blaming anyone.

1. You turned in front of a car that was real close, or going real fast. the other driver tried to swerver out of the way and hit the rear side of your car.

2. The other driver was turning left at the same time you were turning right. he came into your lane and hit you.

Sorry about my lack of details.
I was driving south bounds and try to make right turn at green signal, same time other guy behind of my car and honestly I don't know where he came from, but he was trying to go straight to south. ( we both were driving same road, but I was making right turn, he was going straight)

but the lane was wide lane, but considered as one lane however, there are cars stay far left to make left turn and rest of spaces are either going straight or make right turn.

I hope, this details can visualize better.

 

[WaatDaHell]

Well, almost 100% of the time, if the person hits you in the rear when you are doing something that is not illegal, the other person is at fault. Take me for example, I avoided another car and hit this guy in the rear. That other car took off so I was at fault because I hit the rear of this guy. Got a speeding ticket on top of that too!!! WTF!!!