New '14 Owner - Rear Ended 4 Days In.
 

I recently purchased my first Nissan 370z. It's a 2014 with the Touring Sport package. I fell in love with the car instantly. Took it home on a late Monday night.
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That Friday, on my way home from work, I was stopped at a red light in the left hand turn lane and was rear-ended and pushed into the car in front of me. My new car was towed away. It's currently at a body shop. It came back with a $7,500 estimate and "rail" damage.
Everyone keeps telling me that they wouldn't want the car back after that. I'm hoping that I can get reassurance that it really isn't that bad...
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Ouch man that really sucks. I was pissed getting a rock chip in my windshield a few weeks back but I shouldnt complain huh?

wow... sorry to hear :(

Omg. So sorry for u uxpiper.
But with me also having fallen in love with my Z instantly, I'd probably have poor beautiful her repaired. But it's hard to put myself into ur current situation.
Best of luck with ur decision, m8

I don't know the possibilities since they are only claiming $7500 in damage, talk your insurance company and see if there is a possibility to have their insurance company do a new replacement. Either way, best of luck.

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Wow man. So sorry to see this. I would feel violated

Sorry about you getting rear ended man, but this actually gets me pretty angry because the people who are out on the streets these days with their old/new economy cars and their huge SUVs really don't care about us and our expensive 370z's. I think they're just jealous of us and how we drive an expensive sports car and they have to drive whatever boring car they have. I have to say that almost everyday I drive my Z, some guy with a Prius or van comes behind me and starts tailgating me randomly then cuts me off with an angry face. I don't know if it's because I'm driving too slow, but sometimes I just like to drive speed limit and not waste gas. Also I don't think some of the tailgaters know that there other lanes on the road, because I just feel like one day if I brake for a safety reason I will get rear ended by one of these guys.

I don't think this is the issue. I drive a Toyota Fj Cruiser with steel bumpers for when I'm rock climbing. I got to say it isn't a bigger or smaller car problem. It's cell phones and people who allow themselves to be distracted by them. If I was to hit a tiny car the way my Fj is setup I would kill everyone in it. That does not stop people in big and small cars from cutting me off. When I catchup with them they're almost always on fB

I agree. I've driven other cars and the more sportier the car looks the more haters and arseholes i encounter typically truck and SUV drivers. Like you said, I'm doing a smidge over speed limit in right lane and they stick up my arse when the other lane is open for them to over take. Yet they don't. A few times had to stop and the dousherry behind me almost hit me.

OP. Feel your pain brother.

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Yea there are too many idiots on their cell phones these days driving in the left lane with 10 cars on their *** in total oblivion jamming up traffic. They do not take into consideration of the traffic around them which creates tail gating and possible accidents. Drive to the conditions you are in and watch what's coming in your rear view mirror when you slow or stop.
Yes there also seems to be other people gravitating towards our cars at times but that doesn't last long in my case. That's when you hit that right pedal and watch that vehicle behind you get smaller and smaller.

I'm not sure why my post got deleted :(

Thanks for the kind words everyone. The guy was in a super shitty '04 Mazda. He said he was "looking down" which, to me at least, means that he was on his phone.

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