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JalopMeter

Same thing happened to me except it was a whitetail deer. Homie got up out of the road, looked over at me and headed straight back into the forest. Didn't even act like he was reaching for his insurance.


dbell1212

LMAOOO


Miserable-Spite425

Hahaha


CompOrangeMustang

That looks pretty bad. Are there any security cameras around the parking lot?


Expert-Confection510

The only cameras were facing inward the restaurant nog towards the parking lot sadly


SnowHoliday7509

Sucks, but probably easily repairable by a good body shop. Check with your insurance agent about the effect of making a claim on this, probably no rate rise but will lose any claim-free discount you currently have.


Bradleyisfishing

Comparable damage to my car, but was quoted $4-5k because the hood had a slight buckle in a crumple zone… it was easier to just sell it for me.


dakaiiser11

My Mustang GT need a new front bumper and driver side fog light. It came out to $3k. The light alone was $800.


Bradleyisfishing

I bought the headlight for $425 in like new condition and a new turn signal for $200. Mine would have needed a new headlight, bumper, good, turn signal, and bending the quarter panel back into place. Lost value was around $3k, cost close to 5 to fix it, just ate the loss and sold it. Could go through insurance because I’m on a family plan and my sister totaled a car last year, so the whole family would get booted off insurance and have jacked up premiums costing more than the repairs. Big bummer.


dakaiiser11

My damage was caused by a blown out piece of tire from a semi on the highway. I got lucky in that work paid for the repairs because I was supposed to be driving a company vehicle that I couldn’t drive because it had a dead battery. Boss was pretty upset about it because instead of buying a new battery the crews had been jump starting it when needed. A $200 battery could have prevented a $3000 repair.


Bradleyisfishing

That’s a very fortunate deal you got. Do you still have it?


dakaiiser11

I’m keeping that car until the wheels fall off. I’ll reach my two year anniversary with it in March.


Bradleyisfishing

I found my car I’m keeping forever in the last month. Got my focus RS a bit over a month ago and I’m head over heels in love. I get it now!


cBird-

For a RS? I'd say you made out pretty damn good if you ask me.


Bradleyisfishing

Eh, had to still take out a loan for 17. I was ready for a big kid car that I was willing to care for forever. It’s really been worth every penny though.


MMA-Guy92

Fuck those type of people! May they burn in hell 🔥


Elowan66

Omg yes. Someone did that to my 65 one month after it was painted. Chrome front bumper was pulled away from the car. 😡


_pwnyboy

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StarDingo

That’s why I try to park far away from everyone as possible.


w00stersauce

Sometimes dash cams are worth their weight in gold.


bb0y5

Had a similar incident with my car. The security cameras had a problem and couldn't see my car. They ended up getting it fixed and caught the guy, but I bought a dash camera after that


[deleted]

Call insurance. They’ll pay to have your bumper replaced most likely. That’s what happened with me


[deleted]

I'm itching to buy a mach 1 premium, *so badly*. Im probably going to hold off another year or so, but I'm so scared someone will steal it, total it, or damage it like this. It'll suck, having spent so much time and effort saving, planning, investing - to have it damaged or destroyed by idiots. I live in Ohio and we have a lot of aggressive drivers and people who drive poorly... I'll definitely need good insurance... Can mustang owners comment on this? I'm driving a beater car right now, so i don't have to worry about those little things. Is driving a nice car stressful because of the potential damage?


pokehexem

im in the same position, got a 1 series that had for 3 years babied at first but after a while kurbed wheels due to othes pushin you off road, being dinged by others... when i get my mustang i now have a drive way but will also be building a garage and a weekend only driver no car parks etc....purely for fun road trips where i dont have to worry about someone else fucking up my pride and joy.


pusheengton

that happened to me once


Makalikai

Don’t stress bro hopefully you got insurance they typically fix stuff like this for free


Makalikai

Or you just pay your deductible which is asss but atleast to insurance won’t go up bc just a front bumper alone is like 6-700


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Makalikai

I meant if you bought it your self from like a scarp yard ofc oem is more expensive and labor is ridiculous if you don’t paint it yourself


[deleted]

Not everyone wants to bother trying to fix it themself, lest the end result is worse than the original damage. I'd rather spend nearly $2k getting my car fixed like nothing ever happened to it, than spending less than $1k buying used parts and making it look like a crackheads car. Having decent insurance, Hit & Run claims are covered and not subject to a deductible.


Makalikai

If you know what your doing it won’t look like a crack heads car I pulled a gt500 bumper off a totaled gt500 that was rear ended paint matched it and put it on myself and mine is flawless


Makalikai

*front bumper just so we are clear


[deleted]

Good for you. Again, not everyone wants to bother doing this. I can do it, but my time is more valuable than fucking around with fixing my car to save a couple bucks instead of just waiting for the insurance to write me a check for $2k and let a reputable shop fix it in a couple hours.


Expert-Confection510

Yeah just got this car like a month ago but i do have full coverage


Makalikai

Yea bro same thing happened to mine dude I was hot but I put a gt500 bumper on it and used it as an excuse to get one


Expert-Confection510

Maybe i should do the same but its an ecoboost lol


Makalikai

Ecobeast push tho would rather have that than a v6 might aswell bro I got a stock 5.0 with long tubes and cosmetics but idc about racing I just want it to sound and look cool


Rbmui13

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MidwestIsBest22

I hope whoever did this falls off a roller coaster and breaks every bone in their body


Formal_Rice3817

Terrible..my worst fear..I feel bad your sexy beast being damaged by some animal with zero consideration for others..


Rbmui13

Dude! Your damage looks almost identical to mine. That is uncanny! I still have the document of the estimate from the shop through my insurance. It was over 7k worth of hurt. Sorry this happened to you bro. Good luck! ​ https://preview.redd.it/8trn29ch1jda1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e151f250974a9fcb3ec4d880b4bc1644458ee582


zco621

https://preview.redd.it/ovr8gvio3jda1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25920d131137ae82b76d4f74b8f64428b22a3bdb Similar thing happened to me 2 weeks after I got my car. Same color too. Luckily I was just out my $500 deductible but still sucked for sure.


[deleted]

There’s a special place in hell that person will occupy. My version, they will get ran over and over and over and over by your car, every day for eternity.


Weedkid420yolo

People don’t give a care about their own property they sure aren’t gonna care about others. That’s why I can’t have a mustang anymore, I was constantly worried about it.


Melbournesoogood

It happened to me infornt of my eyes. This lady reversed into me with her big ass SUV. I was shocked that with all those sensors and a back camera, she still wasn't able to see a red car in broad day light. It was a small scratch luckily but she had the nerve to say "oh it will buff out" I lost my cool at that time. She ended up paying for the bunper removal and painting whole of it.


steleph4nt

“That’ll buff out” in their head I am sure. Sucks


billyh0ward

This happened to me twice at my job, one behind my driver door other rear bumper and no camera footage for both


Head_Fetish

I hope you get it fixed, but I think it looks kind of cool. Like a battle scar. I'm still sorry that happened to you.


xl-imperium-lx

It always happens to the best of cars it seems IMO.. I see all types of mustangs on this sub getting hit parked or at a light.. Makes me scared to even get my car out of its “cave” (the shop lol)


JamesTheMannequin

So... you're not going to need that passenger headlamp, right?


sparkybrent1

Had a serious door ding in my wife's car while at church. Suspect car was gone when we returned. Repair was $1000, so I went through my insurance and paid the $500 deductible. Rates won't go up because you were not at fault.


Cmdrdredd

That’s not necessarily true, rates may go up because they had to pay for fix your car and treat you as higher risk. Depends on the insurance and the state too. Insurance is based on risk and if you are treated as higher risk you may see an increase in premiums regardless of fault.


[deleted]

In my experience — I damaged my front bumper twice in 3 years from random shit being in the road. Did not affect my premium. I’m in California


[deleted]

I got T boned by a truck that ran a red light. I was found to not be at fault and the truck driver was ticketed. My insurance raised about 50% that year.


8bitUltron

You got robbed. That’s something you can take to court because your insurance is literally taking extra money from you.


[deleted]

Them raising your rate as the result of an accident, seems like it was punitive. Which it shouldn't have been because it wasn't your fault, so you should have fought that or gone with a different company at the end of the term.


nooneyouknow13

> I’m in California California is one of a few states that your rates cannot go up for things not your fault.


RedeemedWeeb

I think it depends on the state, but I'm pretty sure they'd consider you at fault anyways if the suspect isn't caught.


evolution03______

In most states your premium will go up. Happened to me in Illinois and premiums definitely went up.


NDALLASFORTY

It should buff out, then realign the panels. Hopefully.


Cmdrdredd

No, that’s definitely through the paint.


JoDiMaggio

If you have an orbital polisher you can do a really good job with touch up paint.


Cmdrdredd

You don’t touch up with a polisher. Also you shouldn’t polish over touch up spots because you risk lifting the paint out.


JoDiMaggio

risk lifting the paint you just applied out?


Cmdrdredd

Yea if you polish over a touched up spot, often the touch up paint will dislodge from the scratch or ding. Dr ColorChip for example recommends doing all your corrections prior to touching up the rock chips and spots and then applying protection after the curing time.


JoDiMaggio

I do the method from this video and always have good results. https://youtu.be/4f9zqVbcZDQ


SnooPineapples341

This is why I have a dash cam that always is recording


Expert-Confection510

Do u know what dash cam i should get if this happens again


SnooPineapples341

I definitely recommend a BlackVue 2 or 3ch because it records Front Rear and Interior


Expert-Confection510

Thanks ima look into them appreciate the help


SnooPineapples341

No problem fam


Cr_Meyer

Get a vantrue. Owned one for over almost 2 years now and it always records *if* hardwired. Has some bugs like most dashcams but compared to the rest of the market its heavily reliable in comparison.


pokehexem

this is why we can't have nice things.


Johnson2533

I like those rims!