Wow. Tristate weather sucks and I just got into an accident.

[jmicha3l]

My car just got hit about 2hrs ago while driving to class. The lady lost control due to slippery, slushy roads and smacked my car. My right side of my bumper is is dented like crazy and a part of it is cracked . Also, my right headlight is crack and bulb is facing downwards when the light is on. Damn, today f*ckin sucks.

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Modified by jmicha3l at 2:20 PM 2/13/2008
Modified by jmicha3l at 2:22 PM 2/13/2008

[johnny_d]

wow that sucked, hope everything work out for you.

[jmicha3l]

Yeah thanks. Damn, I'm gonna miss my HID's. This is gonna a hassle. I dont wanna commute to school.

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Sorry to hear. Weather was pretty bad here too.

[Serkle K]

damn!! sorry to see that! Yeah the weather down here blows major too! good luck with getting it all taken care of!

[spike228]

Remember, it was a woman driving that car :P

But seriously, that sucks. Good luck with getting everything fixed. At least you aren't injured.

[jmicha3l]

Remember, it was a woman driving that car :P

But seriously, that sucks. Good luck with getting everything fixed. At least you aren't injured.

Yeah thanks. Anyways, since I have HID's and my right headlight is only the one that got busted. Do you think the shop would change my left headlight back to regular halogens?

[Serkle K]

IIRC they won't change anything they're not supposed to (meaning unless you tell them to/order it to be) changed... considering you have HID's and the bulb is fine, they may just replace the housing and reconnect everything like you have it set up... not 100% sure though... did you have your HID's on your insurance? if so they might ... again I'm not 100% sure

[shift_mikey]

Yes sir NY/NJ/CT sure got shat on last night/today. I parked my A/C and been drivin the jeep with this weather..... i feel fortunate to have 2 vehicles at times like this.

Sorry it had to happen man. Good luck hope she turns out mint

[AltiCoupeDriver]

Sorry to hear, at least you're okay. I hope everything works out for you. Look on the bright side, maybe now you have an excuse to get the Stillen front fascia?

[desertdragon]

Sorry about the car. But I am glad that you are OK.

Just remeber, as much as we love our cars, it is only material thing and it can alway be fixed.

[jmicha3l]

Thanks a lot guys. appreciate it. I'll be taking her to the shop either tom. or friday and see how everything goes.

[kuhan]

It sucks man. I feel your pain bro. I have the a black 07 altima sedan as well. My passenger mirror got hit and broke. It sucks man.

BTW, I read that you have HID for headlights? What brand did you get and how it is? Nice and bright? I'm planning to get HID 6000k kit withing 2 months, but don't not sure what kind. I'm leaning towards Xentec, Xenith or VLED HID kits.

And I'm planning to change out my license plate light to led. My question is that is the bulb facing down or horizontal? The bulb size is 194 correct?

Thanks alot for your help.

This is my car

[dangeris]

Sorry to hear your bad news man! I live in northern PA and I hear your noise! I can't stand this weather. Traveling down the highway you have salt trucks throwing rock salt at you and all kinds of debris being kicked up by cars in front of you. It's just not my favorite time of the year...not at all. All you west coast guys..you don't know how great you have it!

[JLAUDIO85]

yea i think mother nature is mad at someone or something...here has been snowing foreverhey im sorry about ur car but hey it could be worst...like get ur rear windshield shattered and cant drive ur car for like a month cuz the rubber molding is back ordered at least u can drive ur car...

[MP-B240]

that sucks man. here in toronto, my friend recently installed a new intake on his mr2 turbo. minutes after instilation he took it out for a run, spun it out on a turn and into a tree. It's true there was no one there that caused the accident, but it shows what some slush on the ground can cause even if your not recklessly flooring it around corners

[quick_shift]

that really sucks man, sorry to hear about the car, at least you ok.

yeah we got hit pretty bad here in PA, i've had a couple close calls on my way to work the last couple of days

[ShadowAltima]

sorry to hear about that man...This weather made me leave the car home and take public transportation for the past 2 days

[spockrock]

Just a heads up, I don't know if things are different in the US, but here in Ontario/Canada, you have the right to take your car to any shop, not the insurance's preferred. I suggest you take your car to a Nissan Dealership especially if you are still under warranty. Why? If something goes wrong, say the headlights fry after getting it repaired, the dealership cannot say that the work was not done by Nissan, and they cannot/will not cover it under warranty. 2. Insurance is going to cut corners to save $$, for example use re-manufactured parts on a new car, normally you ok say fine, but on a new car come, on that's why you pay insurance right? A shop wont fight insurance, if they disagree if something needs to be changed, they wont care they don't have to cover the part in question nor does insurance. Take it to Nissan, they will argue otherwise, they would rather fix the problem, and any potential issues, that might be caused so you don't have to come back, and potentially dip into Nissans pocket to fix a potential issue.

I was rear ended at a red light in my 07 camry (now my moms car since I bought the altima coupe). I thought ahead of time to call Toyota to see if there would be issues with the warranty after the repair, sufficed to say they were upfront and said save yourself the headache get toyota to fix it and we cant argue done the road that issue B is related to issue A when party B fixed your camry. Then the insurance company tried to use a re-manufactured bumper on a brand new car, Toyota argued against it and my insurance company decided to use a new part when toyota threatened to call me, sufficed to say I was told that when I inquired why its taking so long to fix the bumper. Not to mention the adjustor carefully missed things that needed to be fixed, after toyota took a look at it, the adjustor enedup paying my car another visit and approving the repairs toyota insisted upon.

Long story short I doubt any car company is going stand by the repairs of a third party. You have the option to choose whom fixes your car, save yourself the unnecessary headaches possibly down the road, just take it to Nissan. Let them fix it, let them make sure your new car runs brand new after the accident.

My two cents.

[ADKSaad1387]

yea here in northern VA it was horrible...we got a half inch of ICE on all the roads. people were crashing all over the place...i mean the snow and ice isnt always a regular occurance so people dont know how to drive...i saw accidents and went home immediately, put my car in the garage and said F that haha

[jmicha3l]

It sucks man. I feel your pain bro. I have the a black 07 altima sedan as well. My passenger mirror got hit and broke. It sucks man.

BTW, I read that you have HID for headlights? What brand did you get and how it is? Nice and bright? I'm planning to get HID 6000k kit withing 2 months, but don't not sure what kind. I'm leaning towards Xentec, Xenith or VLED HID kits.

And I'm planning to change out my license plate light to led. My question is that is the bulb facing down or horizontal? The bulb size is 194 correct?

Thanks alot for your help.

This is my car

Very nice car. I have the McCulloch 6000k. They're really good, but I'm sort of leaning towards 5000k after seeing them on a few cars. Yes. 194 is the correct bulb for the license plate. I think the bulb is facing down.

Anyways, thanks again to you all. Im prolly going to save up and buy a used suv for the next winter season. Hate this weather so much. I'll be taking my car to my local shop I've been going to for years or nissan. I'll be either going today or tomorrow

[kuhan]

Thanks for your help. Hope everything works out for ya.

[Cherry Girl]

I resent the comment that a woman was driving the car.....I would just like to say tha i have had my license for 18 years and have never caused an accident...I have been in 2 accidents and guess what both were the fault of MEN!!

Sucks about the accident though...just remember material things can always be replaced and be glad that it wasn't more serious.

[LongBeachCoupe]

yeah im confused... to my knowledge... you can use these instances to your advantage... bring the car to one of the insurance companies approved shops for an estimate, and then say you want to fix it elsewhere... they should cut you a check, and you can replace that bumper with the stillen and headlights off a 07 on ebay