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Mostly yeah. Accidents happen. If someone does everything right, accepts fault, and works to make their mistake right then yeah, I’m generally happy.
Claiming “people suck”, calling in favors to pull law enforcement off of actual important work, and hyperbolically bemoaning great personal loss to my anthropomorphized possession because someone scuffed “her” paint protection film is not my general approach to life.
I think DV (Diminished Value) is the major concern because you lost your clean title.if you try for DV, you have to go to the other company anyway. If they are “friendly” it’s just easier to go direct.
Agree this accident is very minor. Might be just PPF, but either way those components are all bolt on. Very different from the back.
Start with the people that did the PPF.
I think DV (Diminished Value) is the major concern because you lost your clean title.
As soon as you mention 'Involved in an accident' you lose at least $5,000 to $10,000 when you try to sell your car.
How Carfax works, and why you should take it with a grain of salt
Carfax is only as good as the sources sending them information.
Not every accident is reported, and if reported there is no indication of the damages.
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Everyone says this. We actually mean it.
We'll give you every important detail about our cars - all features,
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Similar crash but rear right, new bumper cover and little paint and a little rim repair, 3K looks new.Forgot to add the picture. And I am not hurt. But PISSED!
My dad is insisting that all patrol need to stop what they're doing and report to the freeway onramp, immediately. Agree, people suck.
I'm praying that any accident I'm ever in goes as smoothly as yours.
That's nothing, after repairs it will be better assembled than on a factoryForgot to add the picture. And I am not hurt. But PISSED!
Allow me to rant. I have had Elektra for less than a week. On my way home from getting PPF and tint done today, I was sideswiped on an entrance ramp to an interstate. It was a 2 lane left turn on to the ramp. He swerved into my lane and hit me. He admitted to me and the deputy who came out (I insisted and my son who was a dispatcher on duty today got the officer out right away) that the accident was all his fault. He was cited by the officer. His insurance (Progressive) has already called me and accepted responsibility, set me up with a rental and notified a Tesla network body shop I will be there on Monday. I hope I can get this all fixed by them with no cost to me. Oh, and I had unplugged my sentry SSD prior to the accident because I was getting a 'Autopilot cameras not available' message after leaving the shop. /rant
Should I go through with this or allow my insurance (USAA) to handle all the issues? It was clearly his fault so shouldn't affect anything with my insurance cost. I hope.
Anyone know why my right camera is not working? This sucks.
I had something sarcastic written, but instead I'll just suggest that you read the OP's post again with the understanding that not all collisions require the police to be called.
Sorry to hear that man. Hope you’re ok and glad you’re safe.
I haven’t posted in a long while but I logged in to tell you this. If the fault has already been accepted by the other party, just directly deal with the other party’s insurance. Do NOT use your own for subrogation. Trust me.
Great point. This is reason enough to be annoyed at the accident with insurance claim, no matter how minor it may seem to others.
Nope. My daughter was rear ended at a stop sign. USAA decided to settle with split responsibility 50/50 without telling us and immediately hiking rates. Don’t trust them!Let USAA be your representative...that's why you carry collision so your insurance company can subrogate.
What you describe is more typical of 'Uber' drivers who think because 'time is money' that have all the rights.We call them Floridiots, every time we go to Florida we see stupid drivers do stuff like this all the time.
Be glad you weren't on a motorcycle or you might be driving a different electric vehicle for the rest of your life,
if you survived. Floridiots are only trumped by Maryland drivers, known as Idiotsinacar,
which happen to have won the slot for worst in the nation, or Baltimore did anyway.
What you describe is more typical of 'Uber' drivers who think because 'time is money' that have all the rights.
In particular 'Uber' drivers don't hesitate to block a full lane when stopped in front of a customer home.
Also they often make dangerous left turn if front of a coming car, or pass you and immediately stop in front of you to pickup a customer.
I read that 'Uber' drivers use two phones, one phone is their own phone where they receive requests for a ride.
And they have a second phone to pretend to be a customer, so they can see the other taxis waiting around.
If one of the taxi suddenly start moving, they try to move in the same direction ahead of it, to localize first a customer and steal the ride.
This crazy driving behavior is more typical in business areas, near hospitals, and restaurants or movie theaters.
Your missing @ucmndd 's whole point, though.
I will paraphrase....
Sometimes, people DO "suck".... 2020 sure shows this is the case, HOWEVER...
Someone having what is basically a fender bender, stopping like they are supposed to, admitting fault, having the proper insurance to cover it, admitting fault to their insurance, their insurance already re admitting fault of their client and setting up to cover it is in no way, shape or form an example of "sucky people".
The situation may be frustrating to the OP, but it is NOT an example of "sucky people". Even OP knows this, as they admitted that the thread title was bad.
OP is just angry that their new car that they care about a lot was damaged, and was ranting. Thats totally understandable, but when people rant, they sometimes say things they dont mean, or things that dont make sense.
Pretty much any time someone lumps a whole group of ANYONE together ("uber drivers do..." "mustang drivers do..." Tesla drivers do.." They are wrong.
What does “it sucks”, “the situation sucks”, “relative degrees of suck”, or “could have sucked less” have to do with what the OP actually said - “people suck”?Hi jjrandorin,
What we're actually debating here is our perception of what sucks in degree, not kind. You are correct in that this could have sucked worse. I maintain that it could have sucked less. Either way, I think a lack of empathy in these situations sucks more than it should.
Contributors to this thread could have been more empathetic instead of trying to shame the OP for his actions, especially where ucmndd was strawmanning the OP's behavior to be more dramatic than it was.
Let's break it down simply, and I'll be as charitable as I can to yours and ucmndd's points;
1. It sucks when someone else's mistake costs us aggravation, time, energy, and money. Time is money too. I don't think there's much disagreement here. Perception varies. Some people are more neurotic. Some are more attached to their cars and with higher standards of protection (hence the PPF). Some are more or less equipped to handle downtime for a constellation of reasons. A lot of our debate here is about perception.
2. The Sideswiper was a good and honest person and stopped and admitted fault. This is a great thing, and he deserves full credit for this. This could have sucked WAY more. I did note this in my initial response in that the post-accident events were beneficial to the OP. However, it would have sucked less for the Sideswiper to not have made the mistake in the first place, especially after the OP just had tint and PPF installed. The timing of it all raises the stakes for the OP, even for a minor scuff. Why are first-time parents so paranoid? Why does it 'hurt' more when something gets your car dirty just minutes after a 3-hour detail job vs. a week later?
3. Venting is okay. I would vent too, with full props for honest people who admit guilt. Obviously, many of us have encountered post-incident behavior that sucks so much worse than this; hit and run, people lying to everyone (cops and insurance) about what happened, physical attacks coming from the person who was at-fault, road-rage from the at-fault driver, etc. The mindset where one thinks 'people suck' is obviously something the OP was feeling vs. us with our intact cars as we type on a forum. Still, we have our varying perceptions of what sucks and we all feel that a little differently.
4. Empathy is good. Shaming the OP is not something I wanted to sit and watch without some opposition. Was this event a terrible tragedy? No, not in the grand scheme of things, but it would have sucked less if it never happened at all. Honest people deserve credit, and of course I agree there. I think it sucks to shame someone for venting because they're not in the same state-of-mind as us, and empathy costs us nothing...especially for fellow Teslarati on the same board.
I haven't misunderstood a word of the people I'm responding to, nor have I misunderstood their intent. I just disagree with how I would respond to someone clearly frustrated and venting.