Boo Hoo - our 2010 got backed into.

Arg...our son was driving and was backed into while leaving a gas station. Apparently the other driver had six (yes..SIX) other people packed into a Toyota Yaris and was obviously not looking when they gunned it out of their parking space. Passenger side of the car is pretty much toast :



Police report....and the other driver...agree that it was the other drivers fault. *However*, apparently the police could not issue a citation because the accident happened on 'private property'....very odd. It will be very, very unfortunate if my son gets stuck with a 'partial fault' situation even though it was clearly not his fault. He was pretty much at the 'wrong place at the wrong time'.

We can only hope now that the other driver doesn't change their story. I also am not convinced they even had proper insurance coverage because the driver had no proof of insurance in the car at all. Her mom eventually showed up with insurance info...but the insurance card did not match the car she was driving (I did not notice that at the time). I can only hope that the car she was driving is on that policy. Sigh..

 

Unfortunately it is far more than just a paint scuff on the doors. There is also damage to the front and rear quarter panels ( I think that is what they are called anyway ). Also look at the 4th picture...which is a pic of the rear passengers side wheel. Isn't that damage to the unibody..or is that part of the rear quarter panel?

 

We'll see what the insurance companies say. Like I said, since there wasn't an official citation on the other driver...I don't have a great feeling about it. Hopefully I'm just being paranoid though. I just hope the other driver *has* insurance ( for reasons described above ).

 

BTW - thought I'd update on the status of this.

As far as insurance goes, the other driver ignored repeated attempts at contact from *both* companies. When all was said and done, the other driver was 100% at fault due to inaction. They resorted to going off of the police report and my son's statement. If the other driver had made *any* statement, my son would have been partially at fault. Very, very dumb thing for the other party to ignore it like that...but I'll take it! However, the other driver's insurance company said the 'ignore and maybe it will go away' thing happens far more than you would expect. . The only downside was the very long wait for the other insurance company to finally admit that they were never going to get any response from their policy holder.

As far as the repair goes, I took it to a very small shop...and I know the owner. It turned out fantastic. All panels on the passengers side were replaced, as well as the headlight, taillight, front bumper, rear bumper, and doors. In fact, the body of the car is now in better condition than when we purchased it used a few years ago.

So all in all this turned out far better than I anticipated. I'll try to post a few pics at some point.

Now the only issue with the car is oil consumption...but that is a discussion for another time.