So I'm in stop-and-go traffic on the 101 fwy. I'm fiddling with my iPod at a complete stop when some Italian tourist in a rental car plows into my beautiful baby's rear. I only had the car for a month before this happened. Luckily, the moron bought the rental car's insurance so I'm dealing with them instead of some foreign company I'll never see money from. Just thought I'd post these pics since I'm picking her up tomorrow from the dealership's body shop. Damages came out to almost $9000, but my deductible's only $500, thank God. I tooled around for the last month in a rental C230 Kompressor and everyday I drove that thing I realized why I love my Z so much. Luxury is nice, but nothing beats raw power and style.

 

if he hit you, it is his rental insurance that should be paying, there is no deductable.....

 

wow that sucks.. hey i dont get how tourist can rent cars? dont you need a valid drivers license to drive?? and a drivers license from at least the same country! ?
sorry about your car!!! yea you shouldn't have to pay the deductible!!!

 

Well, i eat the deductible until AAA fights the rental insurance for it back. Plus, I don't have rental car insurance so I eat that for now as well. AAA says they're waiting for the final invoice from the body shop and Enterprise before they fight. If all goes as it should, I should get the full amount back in a month or two.

 

as long as they have a license back at home it is valid in the US for a certain amount of time. same as if you travel abroad your U.S. license is valid wherever you go for a certain amount of time. and if you are going abroad for a while you can get an international drivers license. there is not even a test for it though, you just pay $10 and you have a license to drive abroad for 1 year.

 

wow it does'nt look like much for 9 grand...damnn?!?

 

Wow, sucks to hear. But she'll be back to new!

$9,000 in damage? Wow...what kind of damage did it have? From here it looks like just the bumper cover.

 

Neo: you beat me to it! Yeah...maybe he meant $900?

 

+1 and I'd sue for diminished value if anything structural needs to be fixed...

 

Yeah seriously. When the shop faxed over the invoice my jaw hit the ground. They claim the damage went all the way to the passenger door. So rear bumper, rear fender, door plus a sh**load of other assorted parts are getting replaced. Like I said, it was brand-new so I'm gonna have them replace whatever they say needs to be and not argue. The damage estimate doesn't even include anything mechanical. After paint is finished tomorrow, they're gonna have to check exhaust and suspension to see if anything is wrong in those areas. Oh well... as long as my out-of-pocket stays the same, they can check and replace all they want. You can see the damage to the rear fender...

 

dangg.. yea and this is what happens when we let tourist drive!!!!!
seriously!!! my guy from london came down and he knows how to drive great but on the otherside and i let him drive my car once time and OMG scariest thing!!!!!!! theyre use to driving on the wrong side and don't know our streets or rules!

 

oops

 

yeah..... these foreign tourists can rent cars.
i knew some foreign tourist who was speeding at close to a 100 on the freeway....got pulled over by the trooper and got away with only a warning cuz he carried only an alien driver's license and he didn't speak no engie....lol

 

your one and ONLY chance to slap on Top Secret kit now. Talk to the bodyshop that working on your car, they will order the kit for you.

 

does our drivers license hold up everywhere also?? like in germany on the autobahn? ive always wanted to go there and drive on that but always wondered about the license

 

i heard the only time that you can safely test the top speed of your car on the autobahn is after midnight, traffic is quite heavy during the day. i've seen a video of this Porsche factory test driver in a Ruf 911 and he went all the way up to 212mph at nite on the autobahn and it was quite scary.

 

did you watch that on the discovery channel or something?? i saw that too, that was sweet, i wish i could go 212...i wonder what that feels like to be behind the wheel of a car going 212, wow what a rush

 

yeah...your right, it was the Discovery channel or something. They had the camera mounted behind the driver's shoulder and the speedometer maxed out at 212mph....my knees were shaking just by watching.

 

LOL Good for the dealer, they raped the insurance company .

 

I got rear ended and had the exact same damage as you (happened the day I bought the car!). Had it fixed at the dealership's on-site body shop and the total came to about half of what you stated, including repairs to a bent exhaust.

Still trying to figure out why you used your own insurance. You should have dealt with the rental co's insurance directly and never involved yours. Oh and good luck on getting reimbursed the full amount for a C230 rental.