Need some advice from you guys... Sadly (much emphasis) I was cut off / blind sided in my apt parking lot. The garages in my apt complex are really long. There's these "alley" sections between the garages so you don't have to drive all the way around. Well just as Im about to approach/pass the alley, here comes a 05 silverado 1500 flying out, we both had no time to stop, and we collide. Well, instead of stopping, he decides to run, meanwhile our vehicles are in contact, thus literally running over the front of my car. So I back up, whip a ****y, and chase after him halfway around my complex. I bet I was doing 50mph btt I caught up to him. Then he realized he ain't getting away and decides to stop.
At which point I called the cops. While the cop is writing the report, he comes over to offer a proposition. Evidently he already has 2 prior accidents this year so he offers to handle it privately w/ $500 in addition to the damage. I told him it'll probably be 3500-4000. He said yeah, just let me know. I called him a few days later with two estimates 4000-4500. He flips his lid, then says, well I know a guy who can probably find you another car. I said good luck finding a red 2Dr gtp w/ leather in excellent condition w/ less then 200k. He finds some pos silver 4Dr with 190k for 2k, to which I decline.
Then he says, well I'll just file it under my insurance and they'll just consider it totalled and give you what it books for and take the car. After I got off the phone, I looked it up on KBB, and to my unfortunate surprise, they say its only worth 3k in excellent condition!?!?
I paid 3500 for it 3yrs ago, and that was steel, you ain't finding one up here in the salt belt in good shape and low miles for less then 4000-5000. Idk where Kbb gets their numbers. So basically his insurance is going to give me 2500 at best cuz grantee they won't consider it as excellent. So I'll be out about 1,500-2000 after you factor in my tint, and other misc repairs like front wndshld, window regulator, PS pump, SLP tips, labor to remove my stereo, my $200 die hard platinum agm bat, etc etc.
So I threatened to take him to court, and change the report to a hit and run. I got proof alone in the damage to my vehicle, w/ the amount of rubber transfer and how my fender is peeled back. Most importantly the backround in the pics show that we're clear on the other side of the complex from where it happened, and make no mistake, its a good size complex.
So what would you guys do in my situation?
I'll post pics later but trust me, it ain't pretty :'(...
Originally Posted by dsmuts
