Bought '08 SpecV, rear ended on way home from dealership too.. Argh.

[sicride]

Well as the title says, I did purchase a 2008 Nissan Sentra SE-R SpecV yesterday. Sapphire blue with only splash guards, floor mats, and all-season tires as options.

On the way home, I was rear ended slightly. I was sitting at a stop sign and thought about going, I took my foot off the brake and changed my mind, hit the brakes again though the car had never moved. The older lady behind me unfortunately thought that I was going and started looking for the next break in traffic and she moved closer to the stop sign. She did not notice that I did not go and drove straight into my rear bumper.

Fortunately, the damage is very minor just a few little wrinkles in the rear bumper. I think I am still rightfully bummed out about it though.

Updated pics:

finally:You can barely see the waves in the paint looking at the reflections in this final picture.

Thanks for looking everybody.
Modified by sicride at 1:41 PM 12/30/2007

[NSR_s30]

Nice Spec. I dig the color. Bummer about the collision.

[B13_VE]

wow that sucks i would have killed...

[Gigs]

i agree, i would have killed. my spec is that same amazing blue and if my paint were all jacked up someone would be getting it big time. anyway love your car.

[jbarbaresi]

congrats on the new buy and welcome to nico. i thought the '08's weren't coming with the v-brace in the trunk anymore?

edit: sorry, didn't realize you've been a member for a while.

[sicride]

thank you all for the comments.

especially the compliments.

jbarbaresi: I have read many of your threads on another forum about my spec v... *cough* anywho I've seen your videos too. Nice to see someone takes proper documentation of modifications for good comparisons. And yes I've been a member here for a while, as you can see in the photos I have a 1990 240sx as well and have been a member here for a few years thanks to that vehicle. This community is fantastic and I wish it's other forums were more active such as it's Sentra forum. In fact, I wish they had more specific forums for Sentra's, hint hint.

I wonder if any of you know exactly how legal it is in the state of Pennsylvania to have an insurance company cut you a check for damages. I'm not sure how readily available rear bumpers are. In any case I am not as rich as owning a new car suggests, and quite frankly as a college student I can use the money at the moment more than I could use the repaired bumper. Not to say that I don't fully intend to fix the rear bumper with money that would be banked as a result of the check saving me money in the mean time. Does anybody know any "tricks" or rights in order to have an insurance cut me a check instead of paying strictly for repairs? I was obviously not at fault for the accident so it is not through my insurance but instead theirs.

Again thank you all for viewing my thread and any possible input.

[VMPhil]

the more i look at the new spec the more it grows on me, although i wont be buying one. my next car is going to be more upscale and i have difficulty placing faith in Nissan's 2.5 liter engines. Looks good though, that sucks about the bumper though.

[jbarbaresi]

[QUOTE=sicride]jbarbaresi: I have read many of your threads on another forum about my spec v... *cough* anywho I've seen your videos too.QUOTE]

what forum and what is your username there? i don't know what you mean by this... did I say something to upset you?

[nissan_4_life]

that sucks is incurence going to cover it

[sicride]

jbarbaresi: I have read many of your threads on another forum about my spec v... *cough* anywho I've seen your videos too.QUOTE]

what forum and what is your username there? i don't know what you mean by this... did I say something to upset you?

no no, you have in no way upset me. I was just letting you know that I've read your threads, they are informative and I appreciate them. the other forum is about "my spec v" since we aren't supposed to speak of other sites I think that's a strong enough hint, thats why I put the cough in there. Sorry for the confusion, my name is Sicride there as well.

Yes their insurance is going to cover it, the estimate was just under $600.

[nametakennow]

You can speak of other sites in this kind of context. It's links and suggestions to "go to myspecv.com, [insert reason here]" and such that we edit. We want to encourage participation from everyone.

[djknobz]

damn that sucks i know how that feels i have a 2006 spec v red n two weeks after i bought the car i was leaving from work when i got hit by a drunk driver with a 2004 red MACH 1. Its rare to see this car in my town i live in El Paso TX but yeah i got hit by that mach 1 n then by a 2005 brown trail blazer n i didnt have my ride 4 about 4 months i know how u feel dude it sucks