hit and run.. :(

[PaulMP3]

Yesterday im walking away from my filth covered car, when i notice a scratch on the rear bumper, the car has been diry as hel with all the snow we have been getting, so im not sure when it happened. I left the car in my parking lot while i was gone friday night -monday morning.

here are the results.

[cbcbd]

Holy crap, that sucks, Paul. Those fuckers, scraped right down to the body too

[jersey_emt]

:( :( :( Assholes

[PaulMP3]

now here is the catch/issue. Look what i see on some stupid bitches Jeep.

I already accused her, but im not 100% sure it was her, and she says she didnt do it, but people driver her car often. It isnt enough paint on hers to make it obivous, but the blue is pretty close. I told her im gonna make her pull up right next to my car, and see if the hieghts match. Im also gonna make a police report tomorrow, and show the cop her car as well. Is there any way i can pinned this on her, if she doesnt admit to it??

[wannabe]

the blue hurts her case...

[jersey_emt]

Wow nice detective work Paul! Let's hope the heights match :)

[mauricec00]

if you do think it was her. and you have no dout about it take a golf club and beat the shit out of her car to teach her a lesson that same thing happen to me and i seen him do it to and he said he did not do it when his paint was on my car.

[wannabe]

yeah, then all you have to do is say "it wasnt me", but you also have an enemy for life...

[mauricec00]

it is what is she is saying it was not me.

[TX Speed Demon]

Same thing happened to me last sunday AT CHURCH!!! Their lincence plate holder screw punctured my rear bumper. Who the hell hits a car in a church parking lot and doesn't leave a note. Damn fake Catholics.

[TX Speed Demon]

You should tell her you know it was her car, and no matter who was driving she is legally responsible. You now have pictures of both cars, you have paint samples matching her car that were taken off yours and paint samples matching your car taken off hers. Her options are to either handle it through your insurance where she will have to pay the deductible, or handle it through the police where she will be charged with a hit and run, have to pay her deductible to cover your damages, and have her insurance rates go up.

[traitorhound]

sucks to see that bro. . but at least its only the bumper and not any body parts of the car.. .the bumper can come off and can be replaced easy. . . not the quarter panel though

[wannabe]

make sure that you get a pic of the car where you can see both the damage and a license plate...that we she cant say "thats not my car" and repair the damage

[Rdshark1]

Wow. This seems to be happening a lot. I got less scratches from my hit-n-run in the parking garage and more DENTED and WRINKLED hatch :mad:

I know have ~$1k damage that I cannot afford to pay for and since I recently had my car broken into I cannot afford to do another claim either.

Some people just need a baseball bat to the kneecaps...if you know what I mean.

[MP3Architect]

get a cop and get a paint sample off her car before she scrapes off the blue paint. And its not really a hit and run (thats if it was a person), but it is leaving the scene of a crime with failing to leave information which is an offence.

[brealmp3]

I'd call grissom over at CSI, and have him bring the team out!

But that sucks, I've had that happen to me before :(
Good Luck with the cops or golf club which ever you choose!

[J dragon]

some touch up paint will fix that right up man

[iLisa]

that sucks!! Keep us posted as to what happens next...

[Gbourdon]

Dude. My bumper looks just like that. Someone did the same thing to me a couple nights ago. Paint is all stress cracked and what not. RIght in the middle of the bumper. happened at a restaurant.

[cbcbd]

now here is the catch/issue. Look what i see on some stupid bitches Jeep.

I already accused her, but im not 100% sure it was her, and she says she didnt do it, but people driver her car often. It isnt enough paint on hers to make it obivous, but the blue is pretty close. I told her im gonna make her pull up right next to my car, and see if the hieghts match. Im also gonna make a police report tomorrow, and show the cop her car as well. Is there any way i can pinned this on her, if she doesnt admit to it??
Good deal! Book her, Danny... I mean, Pauly.

I like TX Speed Demon's idea. You could tell her that it matched and there's no way around it, she might just break.

[wannabe]

my sister actually did that to me...in the driveway....my car was behind hers and she backed right into it....she jumped out, looked at the damage, and drove off...bitch. good thing i happened to be looking out the window at the time...

[TX Speed Demon]

get a cop and get a paint sample off her car before she scrapes off the blue paint. And its not really a hit and run (thats if it was a person), but it is leaving the scene of a crime with failing to leave information which is an offence.

Actually it is a hit and run, at least according to my state farm insurance agent who supposedly called the police department in an effort to convince the woman who sideswiped my wife's pathfinder in our old apartment parking lot.

[PaulMP3]

thanks for feelin for me, I finally got some nice days to wash my car, and it still looks great, aside from my new bumper damage.

I had the girl whos jeep it was drive right up behind me, and her bumper would have hit the front of my bumper, not the top like it did. Although if she jumped on it, i guess her car could have lungged up, but i cant proove much. She said she "definitly" didnt do it, so i guess there isnt much i can do. I have the police report, i just need to get some estimates when i get home for the summer, before i call my insurance.

my poor car :( looks like i gotta pay for this one.

[traitorhound]

well at lease its a just a bumper scrape. . any competant shop can fix that for around 150-200 i would suppose.. . ..hell get a bumper for 100 bux from a wrecker and get it repainted for anotehr 100 and stick your mp3 lip on it

[J dragon]

touch up paint can't fix that?...what good is it for then..

[Auzzie_Mp3]

Same thing happened to me last sunday AT CHURCH!!! Their lincence plate holder screw punctured my rear bumper. Who the hell hits a car in a church parking lot and doesn't leave a note. Damn fake Catholics.

that sucks but that has to be the funniest things ive ever heard...sorry though

[PaulMP3]

touch up paint can't fix that?...what good is it for then..

have you ever used touch up paint? it is a joke. I think it makes scratches look worse then before.

[TXMazdaSpeeder]

sucks, could be worse lol.

[Minus]

i would probably just be pissed that she is lieing to my face and then go get it fixed for a few bucks because its not going to be that much.

[flyinMP3]

i was rear ended a yr ago...$300. someone put out in front of me while i was going 35...$5,500. and now the dog runnin out in front of me...$5,000. none of which were my fault..ive got it all fixed though, including a carbon fiber hood out of one of the deals..
i feel ya man..haha

[bazooka joe]

sorry man...your word against hers..!

[Alpinejwl]

don't call your insurance...your premium will probably go up higher than the cost of you replacing your 5 with a full set of aftermarket body kit

[archangel571]

ah geez, i totally feel ur frustration and pain here. pity my car got hit and ran in a damn school campus parking deck, so now i got not a damn clue who in the world hit my p5.

here is the damage to the front bumper:
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~rmao/MP5/DSC00243.JPG
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~rmao/MP5/DSC00244.JPG

here is my own fix to avoid killing my insurance premium n five years with them with no accidents nor tickets in anyway:
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~rmao/MP5/DSC_0018.JPG
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~rmao/MP5/DSC_0024.JPG
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~rmao/MP5/DSC_0034.JPG
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~rmao/MP5/DSC_0035.JPG

the entire bumper removal and reassemebly plus dent fix, paint removal, sanding, priming, and color coat took me an entire day with some breaks in between. if u get touch up paints, there is that leveler (basicly a solvent) you can use so that the touch up paint doesn't look as if it's sticking out the older paints. then you can use some rubbing compound and a good coat of wax and you might just get an okay finish.

best of luck getting you bumper to a close to original shape.

[AznXstazy]

ouch that one hurt... sorry to hear. looks like someone ran it over though.