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Lemers 05-06-2010 07:58 PM

You get a new car and you want it to stay new as long as possible. Don't let it slide. Get it fixed if you don't and you think oh I can live with this. Then a curb cracks your bumper and you don't fix it. A rock dings your hood. A car backs into your rear in a parkinglot. In three to five years and a lot of letting it slide your look at your Z and it's just an old car. No I beleive Z are meant to be driven and kept as new as possible. Get it fixed and love her like the lady she is.

OtaconZ 05-06-2010 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 527747)
Contact the kid's parents and see what they plan to do about it. If no remorse/recourse - you can sue them for damages in small claims court. New bumper will be about $250, then paint on top of that ($400?)

Or you can pay it out of pocket.

Be glad he didn't fall on your hood, headlights, or fenders....especially the headlights...those are insanely high and are available only as a sealed unit.

I wish I knew who he was, by the time I got outside he was gone. I hopped in my car and went down quite a few streets loping for him and he still didn't turn up. Not much I can do now I guess.

nicknick 05-06-2010 09:22 PM

Unfortunate that it hapenned but chase it up and do not let the kid get away with it or the parents. People need to take responsibilty for their actions.

To the people who thought/assumed he ran up the kerb/sidewalk or something.....what are you smoking?

nolan1016 05-06-2010 09:25 PM

I would be blaming it on the kid more than nissan, but that's just me.

Lemers 05-06-2010 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nicknick (Post 527965)
To the people who thought/assumed he ran up the kerb/sidewalk or something.....what are you smoking?

I was the only one who said anything about a curb. Read my post again and you will see what I was saying reffered to his question of should he fix it. My answer was yes, because if you don't other things will happen and don't get fixed. That's how people end up with a crap car in five years. what I'm saying is don't ever settle and live with damage it will just add up.

shoopajae10 05-07-2010 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by OtaconZ (Post 527707)
Thanks for the bold words...

My car was actually parked on the street I was sitting upstairs in my house when I saw him fly down my street like a bat out of hell and hit my car. By the time I made it downstairs an outside he was gone.

I would have jumped out the 2nd floor window and caught his *** trying to run away and beat the living **** out of him with his bike.

SoCal 370Z 05-07-2010 01:43 PM

The rigidity of the front bumper and grill is that it is one piece. I have to give Nissan kudos for designing the piece to save production and paint cost. The price of the nose is not that bad. Where are the pics of the damage?

tjlazer 05-07-2010 01:47 PM

Look at it as an opportunity to upgrade! If this happened to me I would get the Nismo bumper. :P

Montez 05-07-2010 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by shoopajae10 (Post 528722)
I would have jumped out the 2nd floor window and caught his *** trying to run away and beat the living **** out of him with his bike.

And I would be watching you on FOX4 News going to Lus Derick if you are in Dallas (hate them but they love stories like this), Clarice Tinsley would spot light you!

wishihadnav 05-07-2010 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by OtaconZ (Post 527707)
Thanks for the bold words...

My car was actually parked on the street I was sitting upstairs in my house when I saw him fly down my street like a bat out of hell and hit my car. By the time I made it downstairs an outside he was gone.

sorry im in insurance...i always assume the worst..haha..had one of my clients kids paralyze somebody on a bike..

shoopajae10 05-07-2010 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Montez (Post 528961)
And I would be watching you on FOX4 News going to Lus Derick if you are in Dallas (hate them but they love stories like this), Clarice Tinsley would spot light you!

lol... some of the things they say and do on fox is crazyyyyyyyyy

OtaconZ 05-08-2010 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z (Post 528733)
The rigidity of the front bumper and grill is that it is one piece. I have to give Nissan kudos for designing the piece to save production and paint cost. The price of the nose is not that bad. Where are the pics of the damage?

I'll throw up some pics tomorrow. The damage isn't horrible, but it is still noticeable and looks like it's one of those things where it might get worse over time.


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