im still in awe ..... i thought this was a bad dream from last night

 

i don't see how their insurance companies could get away with not paying for the mods. it isn't like he was at fault at all. they should pay for everything, even if he didn't have all of his mods listed with his insurance company. either way, someone else has to be liable.

 

im with you on that one. if it was his company i could see them not covering the mods...but the towing company should be responsible for all costs since they didnt properly secure the car

 

Dude, I am so sorry man!!! That bitch should have her license revoked!!!

 

it's obvious to me that the lady wasnt looking to see a red light, and a bright red sports car being towed by a towtruck.

text messaging maybe?

 

They might be able to pull the video off the light cam. If I get it I will post it.

 

The position of the car relative to the woman who crashed into the tow truck doesn't look quite right..

I'd really like to see footage of this, because it doesn't seem right that the car would flip like that from a side impact at an intersection based off what both drivers said happened..

Did the driver hit the truck or the car? How badly damaged was the truck if she hit it? You said they towed it back, so even if she did hit the truck, it must have been fairly minor.

I def think I'd be sitting in jail if that happened to me, and the lady and the tow truck driver would be laying in a hospital bed.

 

Yeah thats what I was saying when I got to the scene like how the H3ll did she end up parallel to my car after the impact and apparently she hit the corner part of the bumper to the rear. Tow truck had a scratch of damage on the passenger side where the hooks go on the tires. looking at the last two pics I posted its still operable to next to no damage there. For her to even lift it up high enough to flip the car she had to be rushing to make the light. 40+mph for sure

 

Yea, she had to have been driving like a maniac, the skid marks from your tires look a little odd too and how both sides of the car got damage kind of confuses me, unless it rolled twice? But then I would expect much more damage..

 

this would've never happened if the car was towed by a flatbed tow truck, I never ever tow my car unless it's a flatbed truck... and Mazda recommended too. When you get another 8, make sure too request a flatbed next time, even if it cost 10 bucks more... Again, hope everything works out for the best, stay on top of it...

 

She hit it on the left side which caused it to roll onto the right side.

 

look like someone was runing a red light.

 

Dude this blows.... They should cover it!

 

someone finally flipped an 8 ... u get a ticket for the pipe ? lol

 

I will deffinately agree with you on this one, but there lies a problem. Im not sure about uncivil but my car is lowered a good 2 inches, and theres NO way in hell i could flatbed it unless I took off the front bumper... and even then

 

I'm an insurance appraiser and this is the basic on modifications.

First things like exhaust, steering, suspension ect... the vehicle has to have these items to operate. It is assumed when determining a value on a vehicle that these things were in working order prior to the accident. There for they do not add any value to the vehicle because it must have these things to be in average condition which means operational.

Second modifications are pro-rated from the date they were installed. Meaning if you have modded the vehicle you will have to gather receipts with dates and prices. Since you got use from the parts you installed they are not worth what you paid for them. Think of this like a battery that has a warranty but is pro-rated because you have gotten use from it.

Third and most people do not realize this 99% of the time the OEM parts are worth more then aftermarket parts. That bad *** exhaust, or wheels, or ect... that you put on your car cost's less thus are worth less then the stock OEM parts.

You may should get some extra money from the modifications. You will not however get full value that you paid for those mods because of the above reasons.

Best thing to do if you decide to modify your car beyond basic bolt on parts, I'm talking a heavily modified car that you've dumped like 10k$ plus in is get a stated value policy. Basically you go to your insurance agent. Disclose everything you've done to the car and what it's use is, and advise them you've invested 10k$ into your 10k$ car and you want a policy that will cover the vehicle for 20k$ in case it is a total loss.

Also almost no insurance company uses KBB or NADA ect.. One of these reasons is that these companies can have outside influences. Several years ago KBB was involved in a huge law suit. The reason was that there main investors were car dealers and they were manipulating the prices, example lowering the trade in value, and increasing the retail value. So anyone saying they want KBB or NADA prices for there vehicle isn't what true market value is.

True market retail value of a vehicle is what people are buying them for. The company I work for uses a company that is nation wide (CCC Valuescope) to obtain values for vehicles. I report the mileage, options, and condition of the vehicle (Poor, Typical, Better then average). They take this information and start at the owners zip code and work there way out from there to get a good cross section of vehicles with the same options, condition, and mileage to determine a value. They however use there own information for these purposes. This company has real people who search used car lots, dealership lots, Autotrader, News papers ect... to see what the vehicles are actually selling for.

Just thought I would share how some of this process works.

 

According to above posts, she hit the truck, not the car

 

Tough luck man, hope you get it all straightened out... and I hope your rental isn't a baby blue Kia Rio or something.

 

+1/.....People are so Stipid sometimes....

 

WOW.... No FlatBed... CHEZZZZUS CHRIST

 

^^^ Yes flatbed always, but its going to be hella hard to get a lowered car on a flatbed...

 

That sucks dude. Who's buying you a new car, the lady or the tow truck driver?

 

god dam if that was my car id go bizzerk!!!

 

on the bright side you are ok and where not in the car thank god
in a few weeks your car will be back on the road good as new

 

Not bashing you or anything but most ppl think car insurance is designed to pay for any and everything. To some insurance companies mods add no value to a vehicle but the ones who are willing to pay usually won't do so unless you can provide proof of the aftermarket items on the vehicle. I deal with this kind of stuff everyday and it kills me to see what ppl try to pass off on insurance companies. Don't get me wrong I'm all for insurance compaines paying what they owe but they have to draw the line somewhere.


Car looks like a total loss in the pics.....good luck.