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yeah, cause I surely did. The guy hit me hard enough to knock me into the car in front of me, so now the front and the rear are banged up. It happened yesterday afternoon during the Late April snow storm we are getting. F this weather.I am ok.The damage is moderate, and I don't have a digital camera, so I can't post pictures. The best part about all of it, I got a call from someone interested in buying my car today. Told him about the accident, and I don't think he's all that interested anymore

That sucks, but it's good that you are ok. Is the damage significant enough that they might total the car? Did the airbags fire?

Glad it wasn't worse, and you are ok. It does suck though.

nah, not that bad. The guy two-footed his breaks, and slowed down significantly before he slammed my car. No airbags involved.His car is much worse off then mine, which is good. screwed up my bumper a bit, and I'm hoping that he didn't damage my borla exhaust.

Damn bro. That sucks man. Glad to hear that you're cool.Inder

Sorry to hear that! I know the feeling first-hand unfortunately. Hope you can get everything fixed back up and the Vibe sold as originally intended soon.

Ouch!! That's really not good news. But good news is that you are ok. Sorry to hear that... Wanna cheap repair your Vibe, use duct tape.. Just kidding.. Anyway, I was worry this morning that my wife drive to work in that crappy weather. She called me when get there and leave work. So our Vibe in all one piece...

Glad the wife called to tel you the Vibe was ok eh? Thats some special wife you got there, better look after her. Hit in the rear and then shoved forward into the next car. how is your neck cause that sounds like some good whiplash. Glad to hear your ok and hope your ride gets fixed up asap with little to no cost to you since its not your fault the other guy was blind.

no real whiplash since I saw him coming and kinda braced for impact. At that point, I couldn't do anything but pray he stops in time.

I hate it when transport trucks come flying up and park right up on your (removed). I always brace for impact.

That sucks. But you are OK, that's the important thing. Yeah, I'm sharing your opinion on this crappy weather. It was almost 80 last week now it's friggin snowing.

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »I hate it when transport trucks come flying up and park right up on your (removed). I always brace for impact. Same here. Down here, Cadillac drivers are a lot worse than transport truck.Just don't understand people are in hurry get to someplace.....

Crappy weather indeed:Sunday morning in Cadillac, MI:

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Sorry to hear about that driver's accident. I'm just curious, who's responsible for the car in front of you?I know a friend who got hit the same way and was shoved into the car in front of him. The cops said he was liable because he was too close to the car in front.

I'm pretty sure it's going to fall under the other guys insurance because he hit me first. I wouldn't have hit the other guy if I wasn't hit too. It was pretty slippery out there, I'm thinking thats why I slid into the guy in front of me

I had this happen to my Mother's Civic about 10 years ago. The guy who hit the guy behind us was liable for EVERYTHING. If they try to claim you're liable for the car in front of you, argue it down. You could've been 5-10 feet behind the guy in front of you (which is a big gap when sitting stopped) and you still would've hit them. Why? Because when you get hit from behind, nearly the last thing you want to do is lay on the brake. Why? Because if you're braked, all the damage will land in the back of your car. If you let off and 'take' some of the momentum, it won't be nearly as bad.That, and when you get hit, you're fairly likely to have your foot pop off the brake. The guy that hit you should be liable for both because he either: wasn't paying attention, was going too fast, or whatever other reason!

They tried to pull that "you are liable for the car in front of you" BS on us when we were #3 in a 4-car chain-reaction rear-end collision on Christmas eve about 7 years ago. A guy in an old Dodge truck rear-ended a Suburban, who rear-ended us still hard enough to cause major damage ($3,000 worth!), and pushed us just barely into the Ford Explorer in front of us (only bent the license plate mount there). The guy in the Dodge was either underinsured or had no insurance at all, I can't remember which, and in the beginning whoever ended up representing him was trying to say that our repairs would be covered by the people in the Suburban. It was completely stupid, and it didn't work...he ended up paying it all.

so I just got done reporting my claim, and I will be getting a call back from the local agent once it gets processed within the next 2 hours.They were very friendly, and the lady sounded hot. I should get in more accidents.

Quote, originally posted by Pablo1669 » I should get in more accidents.Not something you hear every day!

Quote, originally posted by Pablo1669 »They were very friendly, and the lady sounded hot. I should get in more accidents.ROFL! That's almost as bad as my friend trying to hit on the girl that called him from the collections agency!

the accident wasn't bad enough to total the vehicle. They will probably just order a new rear bumper, paint it, and put it on there. most of the damage was to the other guys car, so thats cool with me. I have Progressive, they rock

Hello Brian, I feel for ya bud. This happened to me about 10 yrs ago right at 11mi/Coolidge. I was at the red light and stopped. I don't know what made me look at the rearview mirror, but man, I saw this chick looking down at her radio, and she was not braking at all (driving a 4dr Chevy Lumina). I Braced for Impact, and she hit me so hard that my car's front hood slid underneath a Jeep Cherokee that was in front of me. Totalled my car. It was a four door Omni, and the frame was so bent that all my doors popped open. Luckily no one was hurt. Not even the girl. I asked her after the cop wrote up the report, what the hell she was doing. She was trying to get at a CD that was stuck in her cd player. Isn't that something, she must've been 16 yrs old too.Spent the prior winter replacing parts on that car. And just that morning I was patting myself on the back for getting it to run like new. If you need a ride to PCC, just let me know. I usually start work around 8-8:30 am.

Quote, originally posted by SilverExpress »If you need a ride to PCC, just let me know. I usually start work around 8-8:30 am. I am at the proving grounds, but I might be going to PCC a few times within the next week or so.

my car got hit and run ..

Quote, originally posted by Pablo1669 »I'm pretty sure it's going to fall under the other guys insurance because he hit me first. I wouldn't have hit the other guy if I wasn't hit too. It was pretty slippery out there, I'm thinking thats why I slid into the guy in front of me It should. When I got rear-ended two years ago, the person that hit me and shoved me into the Expedition in front of me had to cover everything (or rather, her insurance did).

yep, the progressive guy is coming to get an estimate on my car today at 1. I'll keep you posted as for the damage report.I have a feeling its not going to be too expensive. No more then maybe 1,000 bucks

Keep post it us and try get take some pictures before go to repair shop. I like to see before and after pictures....

1,150 bucks worth of damage.still no pics because I don't have a camera, let alone a digital camera.

Quote, originally posted by Pablo1669 »1,150 bucks worth of damage.still no pics because I don't have a camera, let alone a digital camera. $1,150 worth of damage!?! Wow, I hope you pay at most $500. Monday morning, we almost get hit by dumb Cadillac driver that pull out too soon. Incoming traffic hitted Cadillac passenger side and slide down to hit another car front of us at stop sign. Then bounce away from us that we're lucky not get hit. Good news is I drove my truck and leave my Vibe at home. Three cars involved in accident. We did talk to police for what happen we saw and then we went to work. Later that day, my wife called me at my work to told me that Cadillac driver cause accident and he got screwed big time that driver didn't have insurance on Cadillac, license plate expired and don't have driver license with him.

Man, I hate to hear about the accident. Hopefully they can get you fixed up! And glad to see you're doing ok too...I was in a similar situation several years ago. An Astro van stopped in front of me at a light, I did the same. Didn't have a whole lot of room betwen my crappy ol' Corisca and the van, however. Then this teenager in her lil' ol Fiat that her daddy just restored for her slams into the back of my car. I get pushed under the van (which had a pregnant occupant, man i was worried about that one, i didn't know if i would end up getting sued over the deal.) My Corsica had the Fiat wedged underneath its bumper. But insurance of the girl who hit me ended up having to pay for it all. It took a long time though, I had to drive a car all smashed up at both ends from September through late November. The car only took a few days to get fixed, the hard part was fighting with them to get my stinkin' money.Being the middleman sucks. Needless to say, after that accident, I leave one Excursion length between me and the car in front of me when I'm stopped. It ticks off fellow motorists surrounding me, but I'm just looking out for number one. lol