Laguna Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) Well, the GTO got into an accident. Girlfriend was driving it 40 minutes ago heading downtown and she was in the right lane. A car was stopped in the left lane turning into Jewel and this blank in an Escalade swerves to the right to avoid the car stopping and swipes the quarter panel, mirror, driver door, and fender. It's all screwed up. The Escalade pulls over for 20 seconds and then takes off. 110k miles, 4 years of ownership, my life into detailing the car, never been in an accident.... awesome. It's never going to look the same now. I put my life into detailing it and always got compliments on how it looks like it has less than 20k miles on it and now I will have nothing but brand new paint next to 110k miles faded paint. It's going to look like a piece of trash now and look like it has 110k. Edited October 22, 2011 by Laguna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsford Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Well if you come home, I'd say Nethertons in Kankakee. That's where I took my F150 when someone backed into it. That's where the Colorado got the hood repainted. Bill is really nice about everything. They do a really good job with the blending and you'll never notice it. I know you could never notice the F150 got hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 You don't know how bad I hate to here this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyAcadia09 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 glad your lady is ok, sorry bout the car and the guy driving off. Any chance she got the plate? I'd be searching for a banged up escalade for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frid Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Sorry to hear of the accident. Is she ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigaudiofanatic Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I know the feeling man only with a 3 week old car. Get it fixed and get it done right and it will look like new! Good luck glad she was ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan. Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Sorry to here about you ride. There's hope. check out junkmans thread were he had to repaint the fron to f his vette. he made it look seemless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGenCoupe Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 sorry to hear! I'm glad everyones ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortplainman Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 dang! i dont think that will buff out. keep us informed of what happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincenzo Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 What makes it even worse is the last pic where you can clearly see how perfect the paint is and how bad the damage is right next to eachother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rha600 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 dang! sorry man. I totally know how you feel. My Jeep has 13K miles on it, is detailed and kept clean all the time and has been hit 3 times. My Honda gets cleaned once a year has 84K miles on it and has never been hit, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYBEN Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 holy crap, sorry to hear.. did she get a police report for the hit and run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the1inblue Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Man this sucks. Sorry this happened. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laguna Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 holy crap, sorry to hear.. did she get a police report for the hit and run? Yes she did. By the way: I will be having an insurance estimator come out this next week and am taking it to a body shop tomorrow for a quote... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z71_Denali Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 well hopefully 5-0 doesn't sit on their hands and finds the d-bags! be sure to press full charges, ppl like that should not be let go free and clear!!! i'd be cruising that area everyday looking at every escalade i see until i find them!!! good luck, hopefully your deductible isn't too bad! i doubt they total it. those cars have held there value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neogenix Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Yup, get em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laguna Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Looks like it is about $2600 in repairs. That includes fully replacing the driver door and they will repaint the whole left side of the car to improve matching quality. My deductible is $500 and I won't be able to afford that until tax season, so it looks like the car will have to deal with this winter before it is fixed... :\ I hope it's not a bad season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neogenix Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I'm sure your wife's neck is sore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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