My poor car - The hit and run.

**alainbryden** · 02-16-2006, 02:44 AM

Here is my car brand new, got it for my birthday in August. It was 20 000$ In this picture it has 800 km on it. (Edit, 20 000$ US)

Here is my car last weekend, it now has 12 000 km on it and 11 000$ damage on it.

It doesn't look like as much, but the undercarriage is destroyed, the car is a foot and a half shorter, all its insides are compressed from the impact, if the car wasn't completely new, it would be wrote-off.

Who's the assh*le that did this to me? Well I'd love to tell you, if he hadn't torn off as soon as he slammed into me.

Yah I was downtown at 7:00 at night. Ironically, I had just come out of the carwash. (I had bought the expensive hotwax to protect my car from that winter salt) I bulled out of the station and turned left, and drive along for 30 seconds, when the crosswalk lights start flashing, and a guy begins crossing the street. I stop for him and am sitting there with my girlfriend next to me, bobbing my head to the music and SLAM the whole car lurches and we feel the full impact of a Ford Pickup going 50km/h with my breaks on.

I was just in pure shock, but it was nothing compared to the shock of that same asshole putting it in reverse and tearing around me full speed. It took me about 2 seconds to get over the shock and then I booked it. (My girlfriend screaming at me to get the f*cker) He thought he had gotten away I'm sure, but unlucky for him I had been practicing getting my car from 0 to 100 in 4 seconds. 30 seconds after he hit me, both of us going 140 weaving in and out of traffic on a two lane street I got close enough to read his license plate but the goddamn thing was covered with filthy snow and shit. All I could see were the first two letters CV and what looked like an I. I ID'd the car as a green ford pickup and tore after him for what must have been 10 minutes. He was circling downtown, going 140+, with me right behind him. I almost lost him twice, with him becoming increasingly reckless. I had to slow down and look out before going after him as he flew through red lights and blind turns crossing both lanes. I had my horn blazing the whole time to warn other cars and to warn the guy that I was pissed.

I didn't know what I was doing chasing him. I guess I was half hoping that he would bounce and the stuff would fall of his license plate, or that he would crash and I could have at him, or that he might even come to his senses and pull over. I was praying for a cop to see the chase but they're never around when you need them. Finally the chase came to a close. It was just like something out of a movie. I thought I had him as he approached a two-lane intersection, with oncoming traffic one way, and three cars stopped, taking up both lanes on our side of the street, just starting up again after the red light. I was going to pull up next to him at the light, take a good look at the guy, maybe spot the front license plate, and let him be on the way, but the desperate f*** had gone too crazy, and now aimed his car right between the three stopped ones. He slammed through them, sideswiping the three of them and taking off all their inside mirrors. They started to pull away blocking off my pursuit and I had to admit defeat. I wasn't about to damage my car myself, or endanger anyone else just for the unlikely chance of getting to see who hit me.

I pulled over and called 911 and got some cops over there. Meanwhile, another car who had been sideswiped just then pulled in front of me, and waited for the cops to come too. That was when I got out of the car to see the damage. As my girlfriend and I stood up out of the car, glass fell off our laps, and I went around to the back and almost cried when I saw how much he had wrecked my car. The pictures do no justice to how bad it actually was.

When the police came they said that there likely wasn't anything they could do with the first three letters of the license plate of an old ford (I guessed early 90's) but the story is not over. No, I get a call from my constable 4 days later, and it seems 20 minutes after I reported the accident, someone called their truck in stolen. It was a green ford with the license place CVJ So that was obviously the one that hit me. At first happy at the news of the lead, I realized almost instantly what was actually going on. The constable confirmed my suspicions in telling me that the guy who owned the truck no longer had any insurance. The truck was also found ditched downtown, 5 minutes from where it hit me. It was also found that the owner of the said stolen truck lived 10 minutes from there.

It's obvious what happened. When the owner hit me, having no insurance, he tore off, ditched the car and reported it stolen so that he wouldn't get sued for the damage. The bastard won't get caught because my cop said as positive he is that the guy did it, he has no proof that he was driving the car without an eye witness, and I sure as hell didn't see him. He had one of those cargo tops on the back of his truck that blocked the back window, and it was so filthy that I couldn't even see the shape of the guy in the truck. He told me there was nothing more he could do. With no one to sue, I had to pay the 1000$ deductible myself (so much for all the money I saved on gas). And they are now in the process of locating all the parts they need. Some will take up to a month and a half for them to get their hands on them, and the damage will be well over 10 000$. I'm also too young to get the rental car that my insurance is supposed to provide.

In summary. A guy crossed the street. I get hit from behind and the guy runs. Now I'm 1000$ poorer and without transportation for 2 months or more.

It is an unfair world my friends.

'Alain

**darkshark** · 02-16-2006, 03:04 AM

a brand new hybrid, its a shame, i wish you wouldve caught the guy and beat the living shit out of him, and wow, your really descriptive, you should write a book lol

GuidoHunter · 02-16-2006, 03:13 AM

Lame, dude. Totally lame.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

JurseyRider734 · 02-16-2006, 04:41 AM

=(

At least you two are okay.

mead1 · 02-16-2006, 04:50 AM

Wow, that is ridiculous.

Goodluck with that

phydo · 02-16-2006, 05:13 AM

Glad you guys are fine, even though this whole thing is pretty ridiculous indeed.

What's best? Risking your life or paying lots of money because you don't have insurance, wow, that guy is nuts. This little "chase" of yours could have finished really bad, on your part you did what any normal driver who just got bumped in the back like that would have done, eh.

Oh yeah, can't really see the license plate on your car, where are you from? I wanna know where'd that happened.

**alainbryden** · 02-16-2006, 05:41 AM

The plate says ontario, but I was in halifax when it happened. I guess I'm greatful for our safety, but I really wish there was more justice in the whole thing.

Tokzic · 02-16-2006, 05:52 AM

What. A. Fucker. I got seriously pissed just reading about that, because I hate being reminded that there is scum that would try to pull this sort of shit.

Here's to hoping karma gets back at him.

phydo · 02-16-2006, 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alainbryden

The plate says ontario, but I was in halifax when it happened. I guess I'm greatful for our safety, but I really wish there was more justice in the whole thing.

It's just a shame that HIS plate was partially hidden. If you had seen the plate, maybe there would have been justice, I feel pretty angry and sad for you. If I was rich, I would donate you a car, man that would rock.

GuidoHunter · 02-16-2006, 06:05 AM

I can't believe he was douche-y enough to sideswipe three cars like that to escape. I would have chased him just like you did and stopped there, too. He was just really eager to be a fucker.

So, the police know who it was, right? At least, they know to whom the truck is registered. Get the guy's name and address (if they won't tell you, just tell them the story; nobody could hide that guy after hearing it) and go violate him as much and as often as you can. Puncture his tires every time he fixes them, sugarwater his gas tank, etc.

Or, if you want to go the extra mile, play a really good joke on him. My personal favorites are framing him for murder and wrapping him in plastic and burying him in the woods. I always laugh at those jokes.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

**Tasselfoot** · 02-16-2006, 07:35 AM

I was thinking the same thing Guido... minus the last sentence. Or just kicking him in the nuts. That always works.

But, yea... at least when my car was hit over the summer by a moving van coming out of a furniture store... the driver was so damn confused he didn't go anywhere. That and he didn't realize he had hit anything. I pulled into a parking lot next to me and walked back. Much different reaction... guy wouldn't stop apologizing. But, as it was a company car, he didn't have to pay any of it... but his insurance company paid for all of it... I think the fact that I was going to work and wearing a suit helped.

In any case... that sucks Alain. Just think of the good news... its 1000CAN instead of USD. Also, you probably should have called 911 WHILE driving, in the hope that a pig would cut the pickup off further down the road.

**Synthlight** · 02-16-2006, 08:08 AM

Solution: Go set his house on fire.

(I DIDN'T SAY THAT!!! IT WAS SATAN!!)

(seriously, don't do that)

(I mean it)

(don't)

Cheers,

Synthlight

**alainbryden** · 02-16-2006, 08:34 AM

To ensue: pictures of house on fire.

banditcom · 02-16-2006, 08:58 AM

Hmm already sucks that you wasted a lot of extra money on a hybrid.... then this to top it off? Ouch.

Tsuguri · 02-16-2006, 09:22 AM

Here you are, doing your best for the environment, and some douches in a pickup crumples your runabout. So tragically ironic. Honestly, I love my car to death. If that happened to me, all bets would be off. I would be out for blood. I'd chase the f*cker till my tank ran empty. And since he's driving freaking truck, his would probably run empty first.

But yea, glad to hear you're ok. Best wishes dude.

Omeganitros · 02-16-2006, 10:44 AM

Holy crap.

What an ass that guy is.

The worst part, however, is not being able to get the rental car. That's not salt on an open wound, that's like, acid on an open wound.

whorlichan · 02-16-2006, 11:00 AM

Canada also has those retarded laws about having to be 25 to rent a car? Damn.

In any case, talk to your insurance company about that, and check out other rental places--when my friend's car was totaled in California, she was able to get a rental even though she was only 21, because her insurance company vouched for her to the rental office. Maybe yours will do the same?

Or get one of your parents to rent a car FOR you, and either drive that one or one of theirs. This is not feasible?

I never had this problem, even when I wrecked my car and that other time that my car died, because my family has about 14 different cars around the house, in various states of working or not. In fact, one day I had to drive 4 different cars because they kept having problems.

In any case, there really is no alternative for you? Are your parents chauffering you around now? It must suck.

**xObserveRx** · 02-16-2006, 01:29 PM

My friend, (he's Canadian, from Ontario... so am I...but w/e) anyways, He got in an accident... (someone hit him) when he was 22. His truck needed 6000 dollars worth of work and was outta commission for at least 3 weeks. He was able to get not one, but TWO rental cars... (well, one he said was shitty and used too much gas then a different one which he proceeded to beat the shit out of.) But yeah, so keep looking around for rental places... you should be able to work something out.

P.S: I'll ask my friend the name of his rental place, see if I can get you some info.

**Tasselfoot** · 02-16-2006, 01:33 PM

I got a rental at 21 this summer... had it for about a week between the time of when the insurance company ruled my car totaled and when I got all the paperwork in order for my new car.

And, yea... if someone did that to my old car, I wouldn't care. the POS. but my new hotness... all bets would be off. And the fact its a sporty little thing, it goes pretty fast. no question I could outrace a pickup truck.

Meroth · 02-16-2006, 02:26 PM

0-100 in under 4 seconds? That's what... 70 mph? 0-60MPH is hard for most cars - even ubersporty ones - to do, but in a HYBRID? Don't think so... Something about the story doesn't mesh to me. I don't doubt that your car got totaled, it's just suprising to me that driving through downtown at 140km+ in a high-speed chase, more people didn't either get hurt or call 911....

02-16-2006, 02:44 AM	#1
alainbryden Seen your member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,873	My poor car - The hit and run. Here is my car brand new, got it for my birthday in August. It was 20 000$ In this picture it has 800 km on it. (Edit, 20 000$ US) Here is my car last weekend, it now has 12 000 km on it and 11 000$ damage on it. It doesn't look like as much, but the undercarriage is destroyed, the car is a foot and a half shorter, all its insides are compressed from the impact, if the car wasn't completely new, it would be wrote-off. Who's the asshle that did this to me? Well I'd love to tell you, if he hadn't torn off as soon as he slammed into me. Yah I was downtown at 7:00 at night. Ironically, I had just come out of the carwash. (I had bought the expensive hotwax to protect my car from that winter salt) I bulled out of the station and turned left, and drive along for 30 seconds, when the crosswalk lights start flashing, and a guy begins crossing the street. I stop for him and am sitting there with my girlfriend next to me, bobbing my head to the music and SLAM* the whole car lurches and we feel the full impact of a Ford Pickup going 50km/h with my breaks on. I was just in pure shock, but it was nothing compared to the shock of that same asshole putting it in reverse and tearing around me full speed. It took me about 2 seconds to get over the shock and then I booked it. (My girlfriend screaming at me to get the fcker) He thought he had gotten away I'm sure, but unlucky for him I had been practicing getting my car from 0 to 100 in 4 seconds. 30 seconds after he hit me, both of us going 140 weaving in and out of traffic on a two lane street I got close enough to read his license plate but the goddamn thing was covered with filthy snow and shit. All I could see were the first two letters CV and what looked like an I. I ID'd the car as a green ford pickup and tore after him for what must have been 10 minutes. He was circling downtown, going 140+, with me right behind him. I almost lost him twice, with him becoming increasingly reckless. I had to slow down and look out before going after him as he flew through red lights and blind turns crossing both lanes. I had my horn blazing the whole time to warn other cars and to warn the guy that I was pissed. I didn't know what I was doing chasing him. I guess I was half hoping that he would bounce and the stuff would fall of his license plate, or that he would crash and I could have at him, or that he might even come to his senses and pull over. I was praying for a cop to see the chase but they're never around when you need them. Finally the chase came to a close. It was just like something out of a movie. I thought I had him as he approached a two-lane intersection, with oncoming traffic one way, and three cars stopped, taking up both lanes on our side of the street, just starting up again after the red light. I was going to pull up next to him at the light, take a good look at the guy, maybe spot the front license plate, and let him be on the way, but the desperate f** had gone too crazy, and now aimed his car right between the three stopped ones. He slammed through them, sideswiping the three of them and taking off all their inside mirrors. They started to pull away blocking off my pursuit and I had to admit defeat. I wasn't about to damage my car myself, or endanger anyone else just for the unlikely chance of getting to see who hit me. I pulled over and called 911 and got some cops over there. Meanwhile, another car who had been sideswiped just then pulled in front of me, and waited for the cops to come too. That was when I got out of the car to see the damage. As my girlfriend and I stood up out of the car, glass fell off our laps, and I went around to the back and almost cried when I saw how much he had wrecked my car. The pictures do no justice to how bad it actually was. When the police came they said that there likely wasn't anything they could do with the first three letters of the license plate of an old ford (I guessed early 90's) but the story is not over. No, I get a call from my constable 4 days later, and it seems 20 minutes after I reported the accident, someone called their truck in stolen. It was a green ford with the license place CVJ So that was obviously the one that hit me. At first happy at the news of the lead, I realized almost instantly what was actually going on. The constable confirmed my suspicions in telling me that the guy who owned the truck no longer had any insurance. The truck was also found ditched downtown, 5 minutes from where it hit me. It was also found that the owner of the said stolen truck lived 10 minutes from there. It's obvious what happened. When the owner hit me, having no insurance, he tore off, ditched the car and reported it stolen so that he wouldn't get sued for the damage. The bastard won't get caught because my cop said as positive he is that the guy did it, he has no proof that he was driving the car without an eye witness, and I sure as hell didn't see him. He had one of those cargo tops on the back of his truck that blocked the back window, and it was so filthy that I couldn't even see the shape of the guy in the truck. He told me there was nothing more he could do. With no one to sue, I had to pay the 1000$ deductible myself (so much for all the money I saved on gas). And they are now in the process of locating all the parts they need. Some will take up to a month and a half for them to get their hands on them, and the damage will be well over 10 000$. I'm also too young to get the rental car that my insurance is supposed to provide. In summary. A guy crossed the street. I get hit from behind and the guy runs. Now I'm 1000$ poorer and without transportation for 2 months or more. It is an unfair world my friends. 'Alain

02-16-2006, 03:04 AM	#2
darkshark Nothing. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Pacific Ocean Posts: 4,189	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. a brand new hybrid, its a shame, i wish you wouldve caught the guy and beat the living shit out of him, and wow, your really descriptive, you should write a book lol

02-16-2006, 04:50 AM	#5
mead1 Cerebellumberjack Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: On a boat Age: 35 Posts: 3,960	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. Wow, that is ridiculous. Goodluck with that

02-16-2006, 05:13 AM	#6
phydo FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Terrebonne, Québec Posts: 38	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. Glad you guys are fine, even though this whole thing is pretty ridiculous indeed. What's best? Risking your life or paying lots of money because you don't have insurance, wow, that guy is nuts. This little "chase" of yours could have finished really bad, on your part you did what any normal driver who just got bumped in the back like that would have done, eh. Oh yeah, can't really see the license plate on your car, where are you from? I wanna know where'd that happened. __________________ To invert consensus, extract the reciprocal of orthodoxy, turn the world upside down, shake it and see what fails and what remains.

02-16-2006, 05:41 AM	#7
alainbryden Seen your member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,873	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. The plate says ontario, but I was in halifax when it happened. I guess I'm greatful for our safety, but I really wish there was more justice in the whole thing. __________________ ~NEIGH

02-16-2006, 05:52 AM	#8
Tokzic FFR Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: TGB Age: 36 Posts: 6,878	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. What. A. Fucker. I got seriously pissed just reading about that, because I hate being reminded that there is scum that would try to pull this sort of shit. Here's to hoping karma gets back at him. __________________ ~very popular guitar streamer~ Last edited by Tokzic: Today at 11:59 PM. Reason: wait what

02-16-2006, 07:35 AM	#11
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 42 Posts: 25,185	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. I was thinking the same thing Guido... minus the last sentence. Or just kicking him in the nuts. That always works. But, yea... at least when my car was hit over the summer by a moving van coming out of a furniture store... the driver was so damn confused he didn't go anywhere. That and he didn't realize he had hit anything. I pulled into a parking lot next to me and walked back. Much different reaction... guy wouldn't stop apologizing. But, as it was a company car, he didn't have to pay any of it... but his insurance company paid for all of it... I think the fact that I was going to work and wearing a suit helped. In any case... that sucks Alain. Just think of the good news... its 1000CAN instead of USD. Also, you probably should have called 911 WHILE driving, in the hope that a pig would cut the pickup off further down the road. __________________ RIP

02-16-2006, 08:08 AM	#12
Synthlight Administrator Founder, System Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States of America Age: 52 Posts: 3,057	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. Solution: Go set his house on fire. (I DIDN'T SAY THAT!!! IT WAS SATAN!!) (seriously, don't do that) (I mean it) (don't) Cheers, Synthlight

02-16-2006, 08:34 AM	#13
alainbryden Seen your member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,873	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. To ensue: pictures of house on fire. __________________ ~NEIGH

02-16-2006, 08:58 AM	#14
banditcom FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Willimantic, CT Age: 42 Posts: 6,243	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. Hmm already sucks that you wasted a lot of extra money on a hybrid.... then this to top it off? Ouch.

02-16-2006, 09:22 AM	#15
Tsuguri FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Do the Bender dance! Hoo! Hah! Come on baby now Hoo! Hah! Come on, yeah! Posts: 108	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. Here you are, doing your best for the environment, and some douches in a pickup crumples your runabout. So tragically ironic. Honestly, I love my car to death. If that happened to me, all bets would be off. I would be out for blood. I'd chase the f*cker till my tank ran empty. And since he's driving freaking truck, his would probably run empty first. But yea, glad to hear you're ok. Best wishes dude.

02-16-2006, 10:44 AM	#16
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 36 Posts: 8,897	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. Holy crap. What an ass that guy is. The worst part, however, is not being able to get the rental car. That's not salt on an open wound, that's like, acid on an open wound.

02-16-2006, 11:00 AM	#17
whorlichan Tiny Plastic Meat Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Valley, Los Angeles Age: 42 Posts: 669	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. Canada also has those retarded laws about having to be 25 to rent a car? Damn. In any case, talk to your insurance company about that, and check out other rental places--when my friend's car was totaled in California, she was able to get a rental even though she was only 21, because her insurance company vouched for her to the rental office. Maybe yours will do the same? Or get one of your parents to rent a car FOR you, and either drive that one or one of theirs. This is not feasible? I never had this problem, even when I wrecked my car and that other time that my car died, because my family has about 14 different cars around the house, in various states of working or not. In fact, one day I had to drive 4 different cars because they kept having problems. In any case, there really is no alternative for you? Are your parents chauffering you around now? It must suck. __________________ Goddess of Chocolate Sauce First ever graduate of the Quetzacoatino Academy for Aspiring Deities My lame LJ My friend Cassie's amazing photography

02-16-2006, 01:29 PM	#18
xObserveRx FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ontario Age: 43 Posts: 1,148	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. My friend, (he's Canadian, from Ontario... so am I...but w/e) anyways, He got in an accident... (someone hit him) when he was 22. His truck needed 6000 dollars worth of work and was outta commission for at least 3 weeks. He was able to get not one, but TWO rental cars... (well, one he said was shitty and used too much gas then a different one which he proceeded to beat the shit out of.) But yeah, so keep looking around for rental places... you should be able to work something out. P.S: I'll ask my friend the name of his rental place, see if I can get you some info. __________________ Come Play The Werewolf Game!

02-16-2006, 01:33 PM	#19
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 42 Posts: 25,185	RE: My poor car - The hit and run. I got a rental at 21 this summer... had it for about a week between the time of when the insurance company ruled my car totaled and when I got all the paperwork in order for my new car. And, yea... if someone did that to my old car, I wouldn't care. the POS. but my new hotness... all bets would be off. And the fact its a sporty little thing, it goes pretty fast. no question I could outrace a pickup truck. __________________ RIP

02-16-2006, 02:26 PM	#20
Meroth FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1	0-100 in under 4 seconds? That's what... 70 mph? 0-60MPH is hard for most cars - even ubersporty ones - to do, but in a HYBRID? Don't think so... Something about the story doesn't mesh to me. I don't doubt that your car got totaled, it's just suprising to me that driving through downtown at 140km+ in a high-speed chase, more people didn't either get hurt or call 911....

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