leeper Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Not exactly a fair fight but the Donkervoort took it well and will fight another day. http://www.usa7s.net/vb/picture.php?albumid=37&pictureid=258 http://www.usa7s.net/vb/picture.php?albumid=37&pictureid=257 The insurance company has been awesome and basically wrote a blank check to get it fixed and I definitely found the right body guy. http://www.usa7s.net/vb/picture.php?albumid=37&pictureid=256 http://www.usa7s.net/vb/picture.php?albumid=37&pictureid=255 He's been working on it for about a week now and all damage has been removed. Now it's time to re-skin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Ouch. What happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeper Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 As I was pulling into subdivision from highway, I see the wife and 9 mo daughter waiting for my son's school bus to drop him off. Slow down to make the turn but the guy behind me was busy texting so he and his Murano slammed into me hard enough to make my sunglasses fly (he ran over those too), and give the family quite a scare. There are concrete storm drains on both sides of the street so if I actually had the wheel turned at all, I would have ended up in one of them with a lot more damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanG Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Glad you are OK and the Se7en will live another day. I hope they charge him with reckless driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Man, hope your neck is ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeper Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 They charged him with failing to slow down and the neck and upper back were pretty sore for a few days but all of the x-rays came back clean. At first I actually felt sorry for the guy. Remember I mentioned my wife was standing right there... She ripped into the guy for quite awhile and I was trying to calm her down. Later I found out that he was texting and I wish I had let her pummel him. I was trying to think of a better way to signal that I'm stopping or turning (leds that are currently on there are pretty small) but I don't think anything short of not driving would have avoided this accident. Bare aluminum makes it pretty difficult to say that they didn't see me and it's not like the car is subtle in any other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancylad Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 So glad that you are ok, just another instance of driver distraction!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I am glad you came out of this relatively unscathed. In this situation, I don;t think there is much you could have done. He was texting and not paying attention. Not much short of a train horn would have got his attention that you were slowing and turning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookwheel Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) Add me to the 'Glad you are OK' list. It is part of everyday driving in a '7' to drive defensively, but how the he** do you protect against situations like that! I do always watch the rear view when slowing quickly, and it has saved my bacon at least once. But a slow speed neighborhood turn and getting hit? Texting and driving should = huge fine. Anyway, again glad you are OK. Scott Scott Edited May 22, 2011 by snookwheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBowker Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Glad you are OK. I would quickly vote to have anyone caught texting while driving to lose their license for 1 years and their car confiscated and sold. If it is not their car then pay the equivalent. One of my guests was plowed into at a stop sign in NJ by a 17 year old in his daddy's big Audi. His father is some big wig in Vorizon so I am guessing the kid got off scot free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7evin Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Wow, So glad you are ok. Being rear ended has always been a concern of mine in these cars. You can out stop almost anything on the street and of course being so low. takes you out of the normal line of site. Sure glad you're OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Are there pics in the original post? I swear I saw them at some point yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Are there pics in the original post? I swear I saw them at some point yesterday. The pictures are still there this AM but when I forwarded a link to the thread to a friend he could not see the pictures either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 The photos are not showing up in the first link for me either. Glad your OK and the car can be repaired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 They are in Leeper's album... go under community, pictures and albums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 That's strange, I just checked and the pictures show up on post #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDingo8MyBaby Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Ouch! Glad you're alright and nothing happened to the fuel tank. I wonder if a spare tire would have helped or hurt your cause. Another bright side of this is that beautiful aluminum nose is not damaged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeper Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 (edited) Thought you guys might enjoy this. Here is the villain, missing an 8 inch piece of plastic! The plastic was found right next to my smashed sunglasses. http://usa7s.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=37&pictureid=259 Edited May 23, 2011 by leeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Just looked at the photos and it looks like the person who is doing the repair is doing a good job of it and rather quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeper Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Odd, the pics in post 1 will not show on my phone but are just fine on the laptop. If I've done it wrong, please let me know and I'll repost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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