Nothing else i can do. I think she was on the phone.

 

My truck is still in the shop from the guy running a red light. It does suck. They should let you do whatever you want. You will just have to pay the difference. That is how I am getting a cowl hood and Denali head lights. I have State Farm and so does the guy that hit me. They have been pretty good about it all. That is why I keep State Farm. They have taken care of me.

I hope it all works out ok for you.

 

Anyone know how much it costs to paint a 2nd gen?

 

That will all depend on what shop you go to and the quality of the paint job. If you are having the whole thing painted, make sure they fix any dings or small dents while they are at it. You would be amazed at how well they show up with a shiny new paint job.

You can go to Maaco for $299 (terrible quality) and I bet the figure can run up to $5k pretty easily. A former co-worker had their 2nd gen painted about 2 yrs ago (EC LB) and it cost about $3k if I recall correctly. You might also be able to save some money by looking at just bolting on another bed if the damage to yours is going to cost a lot to fix.

 

If you do the prep-work yourself you can save a ton of money. I did all the prep on my gf's bumper cover and fender when she needed it replaced (got parts from a junkyard, but they were the wrong color). I sanded them, masked them off, primed them, sanded again, cleaned them, and rubbed them down with alcohol (gets rid of static charge) and then had Maaco paint them since I don't have a booth, or a decent gun, or the knowledge of hardeners and whatnot. They turned out nicer than the factory panels after some wetsanding... Good prep jobs are the key to a nice paint job.

 

Well im starting to get a little worried I talked to the claims dept and they asked do you want your insurance to pay this or theres and I was blown away. I asked the lady if she was kidding I said I was obviously not at fault I was about to drive off. I even honked my horn. I mean come on. I called Sonic and none of the car hops saw it happen. Shan was in the truck. Can they take her word as a witness? The lady called someone when she got out and told the person on the phone she backed into someone.

The claims agent said she would call the other driver and get there account of the story.

Can someone move this to the Bad Lands? If this keeps going like im afraid its going to then it will need to be there.

 

My boys truck is in the shop today, getting a new fender, door, hood, bumber and grill. He was in the city and a guy pulled out too far on a side street, cars where blocking his view and nailed devin in the left front bumber. He ended up paying the deductable of 300.00 the whole thing cost ICBC 2500.00... doesnt even look bad but it was.
Anyhow I hope she will pay your deductable and nothing comes out of you pocket.
Im glad you laughed, that makes light of the situation.

I was in tim hortens once and seen this car sitting behind this motor home backing up, she just sat there and honked her horn, she had lots of time to get out of the way, but been fresh off the boat with no brain, she never clued in to move...... the camper backed right into her, he moved ahead, got out and yelled at her,,,,,,,,,,she ended up with a huge dent in her fender, and she drove away.They never exchanged any info at all, he had no damage to his bumber and drove away too, but this time he got the ol lady out to help him back up........some people..
It was all i could do too keep my mouth shut

 

my deductable is 1000.00

 

Wow $1000?!?!?! If it is her fault, her insurance policy should cover it, even if you both go through the same insurance. They can easily tell by the location of the damage and the scene of the accident whose fault it was. Go back and take pictures of the Sonic parking lot and mark where she was parked and where you were in the lane. There's no way they can deny that it was her fault then...

I've found that when both people involved have the same insurance company, it is even more of a pain than if they were with two different ones... Either way the same company is going to have to pay and they don't want to...

 

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We just went through a similar thing. My wife got side swiped by some turd. At first he tried to say she was at fault but the cop told him to STFU after he got on scene. (My wife was traveling north on a road and he was at a stopped on a frontage road waiting to turn left. He never even looked at her, just pulled straight out and smacked her.)

We both had SF. SF called the other driver and got him to admit to fault. It took about 3-4 business days for all of this to get worked out. If he wouldn't have admitted it then they were most likely going to go off of the police report. SF wound up paying our deduct and rental car through his policy.

Tell the truth. stick to your guns and be patient. It'll work out. I can't say for sure if your GF will be usable as a witness. It might depend on state law. But my wife and another dude were both backing out of their parking places at the grocery story a few years ago and backed into each other. He had 2 other ppl with him and they counted as witnesses.