XJ Dreamin'
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Huntsville, Texas
Here's the damage.
Sitting in the wrecher yard. Adjuster is suposed to look at it today.
A closer look. At minimum: fender, hood, front clip, bumper, radiator
Fender detail. It ripped the inner and outer fender shells apart.
Detail: Front clip, bumper. Gonna need to replace that.
It pushed the fender into the tire, but did not damage the tire, so maybe suspension and steering are ok (smdge on the lens - sorry 'bout that)
Nothing obvious underneath.
Fender at the A-pillar.
Other side.
A bit crowded inside. Don't know how much got damaged under the hood.
The other driver was an 18yo freshman at Sam Houston State University. She had to call her roommate to bring her proof of insurance out of her purse in their dorm room. She was driving a late model Chevy 1500. I didn't pay attention to which model.
I was rolling at ~30mph in the left lane of a 4-lane section of 11th Street. She was in the driveway of the Walgreens, wanting to turn left onto 11th St. The right lane of 11th St. was already backed up as I came rolling along, but somebody in the right lane left a hole for her to get out. She told the cop that that person waved her out. She came out, accellerating and turning left, cutting across my lane at an angle toward me, cutting down the distance as I was trying to brake. She caught me in the front left, as you can see, with the rear edge of her front left wheel well. She was able to drive off the street into the CVS Pharmacy across the street. I was stuck in the middle of the street.
As luck would have it, a cop was three cars behind me. There was no question as to who got the ticket
. Her folks have her on their Progressive policy. They have already admitted liability, got me a rental (a FORD Taurus 
uke
and should look at the heep today.
Kelly BB, with 227,000 miles (2WD, auto, 4.0L) for Dealer Retail, Excellent is $3,100: Private Party, Good is $2,100.
That's it. No injuries. No airbags.
Sitting in the wrecher yard. Adjuster is suposed to look at it today.
A closer look. At minimum: fender, hood, front clip, bumper, radiator
Fender detail. It ripped the inner and outer fender shells apart.
Detail: Front clip, bumper. Gonna need to replace that.
It pushed the fender into the tire, but did not damage the tire, so maybe suspension and steering are ok (smdge on the lens - sorry 'bout that)
Nothing obvious underneath.
Fender at the A-pillar.
Other side.
A bit crowded inside. Don't know how much got damaged under the hood.
The other driver was an 18yo freshman at Sam Houston State University. She had to call her roommate to bring her proof of insurance out of her purse in their dorm room. She was driving a late model Chevy 1500. I didn't pay attention to which model.
I was rolling at ~30mph in the left lane of a 4-lane section of 11th Street. She was in the driveway of the Walgreens, wanting to turn left onto 11th St. The right lane of 11th St. was already backed up as I came rolling along, but somebody in the right lane left a hole for her to get out. She told the cop that that person waved her out. She came out, accellerating and turning left, cutting across my lane at an angle toward me, cutting down the distance as I was trying to brake. She caught me in the front left, as you can see, with the rear edge of her front left wheel well. She was able to drive off the street into the CVS Pharmacy across the street. I was stuck in the middle of the street.
As luck would have it, a cop was three cars behind me. There was no question as to who got the ticket
. Her folks have her on their Progressive policy. They have already admitted liability, got me a rental (a FORD Taurus uke and should look at the heep today. Kelly BB, with 227,000 miles (2WD, auto, 4.0L) for Dealer Retail, Excellent is $3,100: Private Party, Good is $2,100.
That's it. No injuries. No airbags.
Forum username...Good luck with the trade in and getting a new XJ if ya can.
