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Well, before we get into the pictures, let me explain what happened. Got off work Friday night about 7pm. Jumped on the interstate heading northbound on I-235. Well, at about the same time a 17 year old kid with 6 other passengers in a Chevy Trailblazer missed his exit on I-80 going eastbound. Well, he had the smart idea of making a u-turn on I-235 and just jumping across and heading back westbound to get back to his exit. Well, that would have worked had I not gotten in his way. I saw him put his turn signal on and I was over in the right lane, so I figured I was safe. Not so much. Next thing I know he's darting across 2 lanes of traffic and I'm laying on my brakes. His back end caught just shy of my back drivers door and the damage carried all the way up to the front fender. Nobody was injured which kind of surprised me seeing as how I was doing about 65 to 70 and he had to be doing somewhere between 50 and 60. I'm thinking that someone was looking out for me.
The officer estimated my car at abou $4000 damage and his at about $3000. I've taken it to two body shops who won't give me estimates because they said that Progressive(the kids insurance) won't accept any outside estimates. Supposedly they do their own. But both body shops were able to tell me that the cost to fix it was going to be probably just above what the officer had stated. So we're talking low to mid $4000 damage. My car book value is only worth $4900, so that leads me to believe that their probably going to total it. If they do, I will be pulling everything I've done to the car out and some of it will be put up for sale on here. Like my blue LED window and lock buttons. Anyhow, enough with the boring part, I'll get onto the pictures. Theres quite a few, so be patient as it make take some time to upload.
http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151584/fullsize/DSC00836.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151585/fullsize/DSC00837.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151585/fullsize/DSC00837.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151586/fullsize/DSC00838.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151586/fullsize/DSC00838.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151587/fullsize/DSC00839.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151587/fullsize/DSC00839.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151588/fullsize/DSC00840.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151588/fullsize/DSC00840.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151589/fullsize/DSC00841.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151589/fullsize/DSC00841.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151590/fullsize/DSC00842.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151590/fullsize/DSC00842.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151591/fullsize/DSC00843.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151591/fullsize/DSC00843.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151595/fullsize/DSC00846.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151595/fullsize/DSC00846.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151597/fullsize/DSC00848.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151597/fullsize/DSC00848.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151598/fullsize/DSC00849.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151598/fullsize/DSC00849.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
Heres a drawing of what happened for those who got lost in my explanation.
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151599/fullsize/accident.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151599/fullsize/accident.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
The officer estimated my car at abou $4000 damage and his at about $3000. I've taken it to two body shops who won't give me estimates because they said that Progressive(the kids insurance) won't accept any outside estimates. Supposedly they do their own. But both body shops were able to tell me that the cost to fix it was going to be probably just above what the officer had stated. So we're talking low to mid $4000 damage. My car book value is only worth $4900, so that leads me to believe that their probably going to total it. If they do, I will be pulling everything I've done to the car out and some of it will be put up for sale on here. Like my blue LED window and lock buttons. Anyhow, enough with the boring part, I'll get onto the pictures. Theres quite a few, so be patient as it make take some time to upload.
http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151584/fullsize/DSC00836.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151585/fullsize/DSC00837.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151585/fullsize/DSC00837.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151586/fullsize/DSC00838.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151586/fullsize/DSC00838.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151587/fullsize/DSC00839.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151587/fullsize/DSC00839.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151588/fullsize/DSC00840.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151588/fullsize/DSC00840.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151589/fullsize/DSC00841.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151589/fullsize/DSC00841.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151590/fullsize/DSC00842.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151590/fullsize/DSC00842.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151591/fullsize/DSC00843.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151591/fullsize/DSC00843.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151595/fullsize/DSC00846.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151595/fullsize/DSC00846.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151597/fullsize/DSC00848.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151597/fullsize/DSC00848.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151598/fullsize/DSC00849.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151598/fullsize/DSC00849.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]
Heres a drawing of what happened for those who got lost in my explanation.
[url=http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151599/fullsize/accident.JPG][img]http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/151599/fullsize/accident.JPG' alt='' width='565' height='424' class='attach' />[/url]