@#$&$#% Hit-n-run driver

[tom4bren]

...when YOU should be the one to have the pleasure!

True Dat!

Its only related to black paint.

Yah, & they only paid for 1/2 the paint job. At the time of the recall, I'd already rattlecanned the roof so they prolly would've found a way to weazle out of even 1/2.

The lawyer told me, in a hit n run....YOU DON'T WANT THEM CAUGHT!
They've no insurance...are likely headed to the lockup for something....and in any case, are almost always broke. You'd be a worse off loser....I guess your insurance (and uninsured motorist coverage) work best, when they keep on going

I wouldn't have been any more worser off if he'd been caught ... & didn't have insurance. My collision & uninsured coverage would have picked it up the same as it is now ... & the satisfaction of seeing them go to jail would have been great.

BTW, thank God for the uninsured motorist coverage - it dropped my deductable from $1G down to $200.

I think there is another member or two that have a Mitsubishi as a partner car.

Yah, Bren & I were talking about that last night. There does seem to be a tendancy towards those complementary vehicles.

[EVO]

Bingo!! Gotta Love those Diamond Star Motors (DSM) they have been great cars and Giant Killers for years!! Sorry to hear some sack POS Hit and Ran on you. But your friends attorney is correct. Got hit by a uninsured, indigent kid. Reported to my insurance and they fixed my van, and did not renew my insurance. It went down as a claim and points against me as they could not get anything out of a uninsured motorist with no job!! That was over 30 years ago and that insurance company now wants my business again!! Guess what I do with their solicitation!! LOL!!

[FlyingV77]

ask for help looking for witnesses on craigslist.

[44ficus44]

crap just saw the pics... that was more of a slap.. not really a kiss....ouch

[tom4bren]

I got a call from the body shop. They submitted their estimate at $3500 for repairs. I rekin since the KBB is only $3000 for the car that the insurance company is going to total it ... but they haven't called yet.

I went yesterday to get a copy of the police report (Trooper said it was ready) but they said that it had been returned for corrections. I'll try again on Friday.

Trooper also said that when he left the scene of my accident, that he responded to another hit-n-run ... but it wasn't the same car. The victim in that crash was driving a brand new Impala with less than 2K miles.

[tom4bren]

Yep. Totalled. I'll be dropping it off at the auction house on Friday. Insurance will be cutting me a check next week.

I stripped it down over the weekend. Mostly just accumulated crap in the car but I did pull off the trailer hitch, sattelite radio, on board battery charger.

[tom4bren]

The black Eclipse is No-Mo. As soon as the USAA pays out, I'll be shopping for a new (2 me) DD.

Boy found me a lead on a SCHWEET Amigo but the guy never responded.

[tom4bren]

I'm going to go look at this one tonight:

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/n...893654527.html

Thoughts?

I was hoping for a 4 banger to save on gas with my 100 mi daily commute but this just looks too sweet to pass up. I like the removable hard top & the 5 speed.

[JAMAS]

That looks like a great deal!

[tom4bren]

Yah, KBB lists it for $1G more.

I'll still try to talk him down to $3000 since that's what the insurance settlement was.

[JAMAS]

Yeah, it seems like he is willing to deal.

...and throw in a bunch of extras.

[tom4bren]

& mostest important ... Wifey likes the Amigo. She had one but I got sammiched in it & it was totalled (musta been about 9 years ago because that's when she ended up with the 04 Eclipse rag top).

Seller may be military civilian and looking to sell it for cash to carry him through the furlough.

[tom4bren]

I pulled the trigger on the Amigo last night. He wouldn't budge on price even though the CL add said OBO. Still a great deal though. I'll be getting the original rims with tires mounted with it so that'll buy me some time in replacing the tires on Boy's Ebony.

[tom4bren]

I'll be picking up my 'new 2 me' 1999 Amigo tomorrow afternoon. Pix to follow.

[JAMAS]

I'll be picking up my 'new 2 me' 1999 Amigo tomorrow afternoon. Pix to follow.

Awesome!