The F-bodies are now trying to kill Trackbird, or... "How to Remove a Nose in 1 Easy Step!" Options

[QUASAR]

Good to hear it wasn't too bad, for you at least. Poor girl probably lived in that car. Now she needs a place to stay for awhile. pics and phone # or BAN (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

4" of snow?!?!?!? bla...... north DFW got 7" yesterday. 2nd time in 5 days. now we are looking at high 60's on sunday. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Doesn't the city shutdown at 1/2"? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif)

[trackbird]

Well, I called my insurance company and we called hers together. She hasn't filed a claim yet??? That seems odd to me since that car is going to be quite close to totalled. I'm not a body shop, but I'd say $3k+ in damage (probably closer to $3,800) and it's a 99 V6 firebird with 150,000 miles on it. That's probably going to be pretty close. But she's not called them yet? They would only tell my agent that there was a policy with her name on it, but couldn't say if it was current/valid, etc. My agent is concerned since they didn't say "yup, she's covered" (like they usually do). So, I'm not convinced her insurance was current at this time. I don't yet know that it isn't, but I guess we'll find out.

The plot thickens...

Worst case, State Farm will cover it and I have a $100 deductible (that's less than the cost of the tire it will need). So, I'll be ok either way, but I hope her company handles it.

[bubba353z]

Maybe we need to rename this thread:

The uninsured are now trying to kill Trackbird........

[trackbird]

Ahh, that's the potentially uninsured. We can not confirm or deny the fact that she is insured at this time. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[bubba353z]

I was lumping in the loser that hit the Mazda.

[TwistedFocus]

Maybe we need to rename this thread:

The uninsured are now trying to kill Trackbird........

Oddly enough I had a pedestrian try that with me once.... Once. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[trackbird]

Maybe we need to rename this thread:

The uninsured are now trying to kill Trackbird........

Oddly enough I had a pedestrian try that with me once.... Once. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

The pedestrain probably had a better chance against your car than this car did against my truck. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I wish I'd had my camera to take pics. It was far more damage than I expected.

[trackbird]

Heard from her insurance company. They are going to look at the truck and take care of any damage. The rep said that the other driver said she is a bit sore (not unexpected), but doing ok.

[trackbird]

Tonight, I called the girl who hit me to check on her. She said she had a really bad headache on Friday but was feeling pretty good now, just a little sore. She thanked me for being so nice and helping her out the other day after the accident. I told her no problem, I was just wanting to make sure she was ok since she took a really hard hit. And, I got the name of the dentist she works for so I can schedule an appointment (I've had a tooth that bugs me on occasion and she told me the other day but I didn't write it down). She said she told her office that I might be in and they all want to meet me??? I'm not sure what that's all about, but I found it pretty funny. The insurance adjuster is going to drop by my office in the next couple days to take care of the tire and then I need to get it to a shop to get the axle and alignment checked out and they advised me that they will pay for any other damage.

All should be well.

[CrashTestDummy]

What's this snow stuff you speak of? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Glad to hear you're ok!

It's that white icy stuff they blow out of a machine onto your lawn so the neighborhood kids can play in the cold when it is 95 outside. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rotf.gif)

Glad to hear you're okay. Accidents are strange, light, low-speed bump that dents a fender a little can send everyone to the hospital, while a head-on at 60 mph has everyone standing around the wreckage wondering why no one was hurt.

[trackbird]

I called Team Chevrolet to get prices on the parts and found that the final talley is:

$276.85 Rear bumper (it's bent on the corner, it did make contact)
$60.27 for the left one and $62.28 for the right one - Rear bumper step pad (the plastic part on top)
$201.71 Wheel
$72.30 Center cap
$162.50 Tire (tirerack + freight and mounting and balancing)
Rubber "fender flare" above the rear tire
Alignment is being checked.

Not too bad. The bumper hit the snow hard enough to bend the end of it, but it has no scratches on it. So, I did hit the wall, but it was snow covered and I didn't see scratches so I assumed I missed it.

For grins, I priced a rear axle assembly (in case it was bent, which doesn't seem likely). I was quoted an MSRP of $4100 for a 4.10 gear 11.5" rear with a G80 locker and "my" price of $3352.88 + truck freight. Oof.

[trackbird]

Took the truck down to Bee Line performance in Columbus today to get the rear axle checked out. They are an alignment shop that has a reputation for being top notch (and then some). When I called I asked them if they had room to get an extra cab, long bed 3500 in the shop and up on the rack. They said "No problem".

When I pulled in and walked inside, I saw a tractor trailer sized diesel up on the rack and went "Oh, so that's why it was no problem". These guys do Greyhound busses, race cars, and about anything else. 20,000 lbs? No problem...

The rear is perfect, no damage to anything back there (like I was guessing), but they did find a bit of toe out in the front (odd?) and I had them fix that for me. In and out in 35-40 minutes and back on the road for $57 for the inspection/measurements and a toe reset. Great bunch of guys and they seem to do excellent work...on anything with wheels.

The new tire is here, I'm just waiting on the wheel and deciding if I'm going to replace the bumper or not.

[CMC #37]

Really, there is a place called "Bee Line" alignment here. It has been here forever, they even have an El Camino (nice years) as their shop car in all the ads! Wonder if they are a chain?

[35th_Anniversary...]

dang, that's a hard way to get a girl's phone number.

[Sidney]

I know I'm a little late to this thread but:

The reason you didn't have as much damage as the F-body was because you were accelerating. Force = Mass x acceleration. It also has to do with Kinetic energy. Saw this training video a few years ago about driver's training government/VIP drivers. They were all driving Crown Vics/Caprices. The speed during collision with the bad guy/blocker car was the same but the damage between accelerating and braking was huge! If the good guy was on the gas, he basically knocked the bad guys car out of the way and just drove off with little very little damge but the bad guy's car was creamed. If the good guy was on the brakes, then his car was smashed to a point where it was undriveable.

Sidney

[trackbird]

Yea, that surely came into play. And, I applied a 1 ton truck steel wheel to a plastic firebird fender/nose assembly. It's easy to smash plastic with a large hammer. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I did get the new wheel and tire mounted and installed and swapped the spare on the truck to match (matching wheels). We ran the old wheel on the spin balancer and it has virtually no runout (.010 tops). So, the wheel didn't even bend from the impact, just a few scratches.

[Eskimo]

She said she told her office that I might be in and they all want to meet me??? I'm not sure what that's all about, but I found it pretty funny.

Bow chicka-wow-wow... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[trackbird]

Pics (of the girl) OR BAN!

LOL.

Important thing... everyone is ok.

Ha, just found this thread while looking for something else...

http://www.powelldentalgroup.com/team.html

Meygan would be the former Firebird driver.

And, that reminds me...

I was walking out of the office a couple days ago when my friend/co-worker was coming in. He looks up and says "just the guy I needed to see...come on, let me show you what I did to your truck".

Turns out, he drove up the (steep and 45 degree angled) back entrance to the parking lot that we both park in (I'm on the end, it's about the only place I can fit my truck in downtown) and he caught the end of my bumper with the entire bed of his truck. He actually ran 5'11" of a 6' bed down the side of my bumper. He even managed to cross the wheel opening, catch more metal and drive all the way off of my bumper. It buggered up the rubber top trim (step part of the bumper) and scratched (and maybe bent/slightly twisted) my bumper. The entire side of his bed is pretty well destroyed. The insurance adjuster is coming out today to look at both trucks. I'm guessing my estimate is under $750 (probably $600-ish) and I'm going to bet that his is around $3600. Lets see how close I am...

The truck was parked in the same parking spot that my 2002 Z28 was parked in when the asst. states attorney general turned in and smashed in the rear corner of that car. Maybe I do need to move...

[cccbock]

Pics (of the girl) OR BAN!

LOL.

Important thing... everyone is ok.

Ha, just found this thread while looking for something else...

http://www.powelldentalgroup.com/team.html

Meygan would be the former Firebird driver.

And, that reminds me...

Comments:

Megan=whoa

and

Parking lot=GEEZ!

bock

[trackbird]

I called Team Chevrolet to get prices on the parts and found that the final talley is:

$276.85 Rear bumper (it's bent on the corner, it did make contact)
$60.27 for the left one and $62.28 for the right one - Rear bumper step pad (the plastic part on top)
$201.71 Wheel
$72.30 Center cap
$162.50 Tire (tirerack + freight and mounting and balancing)
Rubber "fender flare" above the rear tire
Alignment is being checked.

Oddly, I just priced some of this again.

$283.77 Painted rear bumper
$210.01 Chrome rear bumper (guess which one I'm buying?)
$72.81 for the left one and $66.07 for the right one - Rear bumper step pad (the plastic part on top)
$35.25 for the center step pad (where the license plate is located)

$384.14 total (and free freight)

The estimate was $545 (I think) and they are mailing me a check. I guess I'm just going to order a bumper and all the trim and replace the whole thing. That way I can assemble it all and not worry about breaking anything while taking it off. Guess I'll scrap (craigs list?) the old bumper and see if I can ebay off anything that's still useable (plastic trim). And, I can pay myself for labor.