My car got totaled
@uniquenorthern (932)
United States
October 9, 2007 10:30am CST
on Thursday night out at my husband's work site. Thing of it is, nobody was in either vehicle at the time that it happened!!! The guy that was driving the grain truck couldn't get it started so he ran back inside the shop and when he come back out his truck was smashing into my car and dragging it 20ft from where it started. He forgot to take it out of gear before getting back out and it rolled down the hill.
Now we have been without our car for 4 days now, but we had to go and get a rental car because ours is completely not driveable anymore. So now instead of needing to buy one vehicle in a week's time we are going to have to try and find two of them. Fun fun.
Thanks for letting me vent about this, I feel somewhat better. :)
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6 responses
@uniquenorthern (932)
• United States
10 Oct 07
Thank you for the response. My mom called me last night to let me know that the insurance adjuster totalled the car for $2900, which still leaves me with the loan, but it could have been worse. Good fortune has somewhat fallen into our hands as their is a lady at my hubbies work that is selling a car for $400 and then my mom found another car for $2000, so hopefully everything will pan out just fine in the end. :)
@uniquenorthern (932)
• United States
27 Oct 07
Yes, everything has worked out just fine. I am happy about that. Thanks for the good thoughts. :)
@mansha (6298)
• India
26 Oct 07
Thank God no one was hurt atleast. But why two cars, I didn't get that-did I miss something here. Did you have insurance for the vehicles may be thats the silver lining. I think there must be something goo that has to come out of it,just try and see what turns up later on. And let us know too.
@uniquenorthern (932)
• United States
27 Oct 07
Yes we are very grateful that no one was hurt in the accident. Yes we both had insurance and they did pay for the car. The thing about the two vehicles is that we were already looking for another vehicle for my husband as we both work different hours and we needed to be able to have transportation for both of us. Everything worked out just fine as we found two different vehicles and are now driving them back and forth to work. :)
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
9 Oct 07
Wow, that is so awful. When it rains it pours. At least their insurance should help to buy another one. They should also pay for your rental. Sorry you are having to go through this. It can be so stressful.
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@uniquenorthern (932)
• United States
9 Oct 07
Thank you for the sympathy.:) Always nice to get that. Anyways, the insurance is waffling on whether it was necessary or not to rent a car, but I will not end up paying for it as my car is very undriveable how it is. I also will post a pic of the front of the car to show you.
Have a great day!
@uniquenorthern (932)
• United States
11 Oct 07
Thank you for the well wishes. yes he had insurance and yes they did pay, but not as much as I had hoped for. But something is better than nothing I guess. :)
@gwendovere (1279)
• United States
11 Oct 07
Oh my word! That totally sucks. I hope the guy either has insurance or will buy you a new car. Yeesh!
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@uniquenorthern (932)
• United States
11 Oct 07
Yes, it does, but things are working out ok right now. We will hopefully get two different vehicles instead of just the one, so that is a good thing. :)
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
9 Oct 07
Sorry to hear about this incident. But by God's grace at least no one was in the car when it happened. I pray that you find two cars soon.
By the way, I have missed seeing you here.
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@uniquenorthern (932)
• United States
9 Oct 07
Yes, that is the only fortunate thing about it. I am a little pessimistic when it comes to insurance companies coughing up what my car is worth. I had a bad accident a few years ago and basically was told to shove off, so I am hoping for better returns this time.:)
Thank you by the way for the warm welcome back, I have really missed being on and chatting with everyone. Hope you have a great day!
