My XK8 had a bad day.
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My XK8 had a bad day.
So guys, I started my day taking my baby out for a spin. On the highway and I see a pickup in front of me with personal belongings piled high. Before I could even move a lawn chair flies out of the back of this truck and hits me in the bumper and hood. Holy crap. The driver keeps going. I pull them over and the gal is clueless. I'm pissed and nuts now. Check this out. Not even "I'm Sorry from her". I'll probably end up in small claims court. My insurance will fix it just fine but she was a real piece of work. Lets see what her insurance says. Police report and everything I need but she gets to walk away while I have to go to the body shop and deal with the nonsense. The moral of the story is stay away from idiots with pickups piled with crap.
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convgto69 (07-26-2014)
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You know what gets me nuts. This car had no issues with her body. No reported accidents nothing. For a 17 year old car she looked great. I was on my way to my friends shop to set up having my seats recovered in new skins. That was it and this car was looking great. Like you said my shop will do a nice job but its the idea. Now I feel a little better. Venting!!! Thanks again.
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Carfax
That sure sucks I think the worst is yet to come.When carfax gets hold of the info yor XK8 will have a bad carfax report. They get there information from police reports and ins companies .Yes her ins co will pay the bill but though no fault of your you suffer with a blemished carfax that will deminished the resale value. Enjoy this forum keep up the good work you guy. Happy Motoring to all.
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convgto69 (07-26-2014)
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ouch -what a bummer!!!! Not sure how NY is but can you file a diminished value claim (See member Jon89's thread: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-today-118681/ ??
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I know how you feel. I was driving down the interstate at 75mph and the car ahead of me goes over a truck tire recap and tosses it in the air! It landed just at the bumper and then drivers door. $1,600 later and I still remember the driver who tossed it up looking in her mirror as I am trying to keep control and not swerve into the next lane.
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BobF (07-30-2014)
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I will keep you all updated. In the big picture it was an accident and no one got hurt. The girl called me and apologized. It sucks but I am documenting the damage so at least I can show the car was not a wreck. I plan on keeping her for quite some time. I rarely sell my toys. I'mlooking for a coupe same body style but would like the same color. Thanks again guys.
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One time I was in a parking lot in a diff car then my jag and some beater van was backing out and I knew they were going to hit me and they did, popped my front blinker lense.
So we get out I ask for her insur, she starts acting ODD, so I get the card and call the number, it is bad. So I am thinking this is not good, she does not have insur. I knew I could fix my car with ease and cheap so I was like, lady you don't have insur how about you give me whatever cash you have on you and we can call it a day. She had 25 bucks. I took it and left. ha ha ha ha
So we get out I ask for her insur, she starts acting ODD, so I get the card and call the number, it is bad. So I am thinking this is not good, she does not have insur. I knew I could fix my car with ease and cheap so I was like, lady you don't have insur how about you give me whatever cash you have on you and we can call it a day. She had 25 bucks. I took it and left. ha ha ha ha
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One time I was in a parking lot in a diff car then my jag and some beater van was backing out and I knew they were going to hit me and they did, popped my front blinker lense.
So we get out I ask for her insur, she starts acting ODD, so I get the card and call the number, it is bad. So I am thinking this is not good, she does not have insur. I knew I could fix my car with ease and cheap so I was like, lady you don't have insur how about you give me whatever cash you have on you and we can call it a day. She had 25 bucks. I took it and left. ha ha ha ha
So we get out I ask for her insur, she starts acting ODD, so I get the card and call the number, it is bad. So I am thinking this is not good, she does not have insur. I knew I could fix my car with ease and cheap so I was like, lady you don't have insur how about you give me whatever cash you have on you and we can call it a day. She had 25 bucks. I took it and left. ha ha ha ha
Doug
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Jonscot,
I will have had the nose painted on my 2002 xkr 3 times during this year. First time was just to get rid of 140,000 miles of road chips, second time was a week or so after the first time when a large stone took about a 2" chunk of paint off, and the third time (today) is because while at Home Depot for five minutes a couple of weeks ago, I came out to find the side of the bumper scraped around the driver's side fog lamp back to the wheel well. Because the bumper is not metal, it takes the paint a bit differently and never matches perfectly, especially on darker colors. On my 2010 XKR in liquid silver, it is having some body mods done this week, and includes a respray of the front bumper, hood, passenger door, new side skirts and rear diffuser. I am anxiously awaiting to see how it turns out. I'll report back at the end of next week.
I will have had the nose painted on my 2002 xkr 3 times during this year. First time was just to get rid of 140,000 miles of road chips, second time was a week or so after the first time when a large stone took about a 2" chunk of paint off, and the third time (today) is because while at Home Depot for five minutes a couple of weeks ago, I came out to find the side of the bumper scraped around the driver's side fog lamp back to the wheel well. Because the bumper is not metal, it takes the paint a bit differently and never matches perfectly, especially on darker colors. On my 2010 XKR in liquid silver, it is having some body mods done this week, and includes a respray of the front bumper, hood, passenger door, new side skirts and rear diffuser. I am anxiously awaiting to see how it turns out. I'll report back at the end of next week.