Hit and Run.. Depressed.
 

I'm still new to the forums. I've only had my new Z starting end July '14. Took my girlfriend out for dinner on thanksgiving. 11pm in a "non-shady" area. Parking lot was completely empty. Came back to car with this dent. (Sorry for bad image, I will upload new one when I can).

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I always park in my garage at home so no dent is possible there. I strongly believe it happened two days before christmas which is when I went to school for an exam and left it park in the school garage. I mean I think the alarm would go off after a dent and the this is the only scenario where I wouldn't hear the alarm go off.

Fast forward to today, I don't know what to do. I don't have that much extra money to repair cost. My deductible would be $500 as I have two way insurance but I don't know if its worth it. I don't know where to go from here. Have not called cops or insurance yet.

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I'm sorry. It sux. And I def feel for you. :ugh2:

your rates on insurance won't go up, you were not in the car when this happened, it was a hit and run. call the cops for at least a police report. Call insurance, get a high estimate from your local shop, since you have a 2014, oem parts are expensive so your estimate should be more than 500 easily once you get the check, fix it, bam you're set.

Yep i had one of those already, it sux i know. I was egged also, but my car is white soo no marks, but i have seen red G37 and a r brand new red Ferrari egged right by Rasputin restaurant here on coney island.

Also be glad no one ran u over, just recently a member here was hit in the back, he came out to exchange info the guy that hit him ran him over and ran, got caught by cops that day.

Crazy **** guys be careful and be happy u didnt get ran over.

dont take this as me being a know it all plz im just speaking from my exp . your rates will not go up yes but this is not completely true . this exact thing happened to me about 3 years ago . car got hit in a parking lot and actually crushed the quarter from the door to the tail light . called the ins had it fixed . no harm no foul . so when i went to buy my z last summer i called to get a quote on my ins and it popped up that i had a no fault claim on my ins and my ins was actually 35 more a month until the 3 year mark from when this happened was . it blew my mind and actually got me pretty upset . no my ins didnt go up when it happened but they do hold it against you . the pic is hard to see . is it just the bumper cover ? or did it get the headlight and fender too ? if its just the bumper id try and find one of the companies that does on the car ( like dealer lot work or a small damage repair shop ) usually they can just heat up the cover and pop it back out . even if they had to paint the entire bumper your prolly only looking at about 300 bucks to fix it . a lot of the on the car guys actually do pretty decent work . you can always ask them to show you a car they have done on the lot where there working to get an idea of there quality . this route will save you from
A a mark on car fax
B ins company holding the no fault accident against you later as they did to me
C you get to save a few bucks considering your gonna pay a 500 dollar decuctable anyway .

this is just my 2 cents from my past exp . it sucks thats for sure . good luck brother .

those darn eggs can make anyone's day a bad one...Back in July on a hot
summer day I was driving my Pearl White Nismo with Van Halen screaming
out my 12 speakers.. While driving under a over pass bridge I looked up and
seen three teenage guys waving to me..I gave them the thumbs up :tup:
and the little bastards dropped two eggs on my Nismo....for everyone.. do
not turn on your windshield wipers after being egged on...What the heck
it looked like a whale sent me a happy load :eek:...I almost lost control........
Thank goodness they picked on a guy who can really drive.....:tup:

Totally sux...but I wouldn't place a claim. Deal with the eye sore until you have a bit of cash to pay out of pocket. Why risk the rate increase on this amount of damage? Just my $.02 again sorry this happens lousy people suck!

in ny... your rates WILL go up.



I can have my car parked on the road and someone slams right into it. It will still count against me and my premium goes up. Anything that happens to your car that's not your fault with an exception to weather related (hail, hurricane wind forcing a tree on top of the car, flood) will still count against you.

Id follow those bastards and beat them to death make them clean it and eat it off the car, call their parents and beat their asses too.

Wow dude relax....we dont need death, but an *** whooping i do agree on

in ny, long island, someone hit my brothers car in a parking lot, it was a hit and run. we call the cops, made a report, called insurance (allstate), went to a local shop, got a estimate, went to my insurance adjuster, they made a estimate, 3k. got the car fixed for 1k. pocketed 2k. allstate and my agent said, our rates will not go up due to the fact no one was in the car when this happened. (hit and run). just going by what happened to us, this was last week.

Can you pop it out with paintless dent removal?

You stand correct, rather beat em unconscious then feed them some raw protein :ughdance:

David your always David.......:iagree:

forum brother -Clifford :tup:

Makes me think of John Travolta in pulp fiction when he says it would almost be worth the guy doing it just so you could catch him doing it!

am i the only person having a hard time understanding that :confused::confused:

I think he meant two days before Thanksgiving.

But yea, sorry for your situation, cant really tell where the damage is in that photo, but if its just the rear bumper you might find a used one rather cheap, just keep an eye out for one in your area.

Yeah I meant thanksgiving. I was in a rush typing it up. I don't know much about cars but glad to pick a 370z and joined this forums. Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I'm probably just going to pop it up and let it be an eyesore until i can fix it myself or something. I checked out the AM-S rear bumper and saw its about 350 - 400 to get it to my doorstep. Even then I think you hve to repaint it and stuff and I have no idea how to repaint it. I prolly have to hire shop for that which could cost alot i dunno.

But hearing your comments make me feel a bit better. I recently installed a dashcam too but it only covers the front. Im wondering if i should invest in a cam for the back now.. =/

I don't know. I havn't tried yet. I'm afraid if i pop it out, their will be crease crack chip mark where the dent was. Ill post another pic tomorrow morning. Theres a white line thats ugly on it since its paint is magnetic black

This is what kills me. People with lack of integrity and morals. Not to mention you parked far away where other vehicles will not be close to the proximity of your car. I do the same if I am going to be more than a few minutes at a certain location. One thing I have learned is not to take my Z out for specific reasons and specific times. Anything related to going out at night; bar, club, dinner, movies etc etc. I just don't do it anymore because of people who do these kind of things. I don't know if the sensitivity can be adjusted on the factory alarm, but if it can I would do so.

Your rates if you do file a claim may or may not go up depending on your location, when I was in Hawaii a hit and run would increase your rate, when I was stationed in Texas it would not. Also did you file a police report? Some insurance companies require a police report within 14/30 days of the incident. Based off what I can see on the picture this looks like vandalism. Your deductible is going to be cheaper than replacing it yourself. If it were me, I would file a claim, cash the check, get aftermarket bumper, and paint it while it is not mounted. Then install it myself, might have a few bucks to pocket since repair shops charge for removal and installation labor. If your insurance company allows this, some do some don't, when I had a local insurance company when I was younger they allowed this, now I am with a bigger company so it is not allowed. Either way sorry about this, and if you don't want to file a claim, definitely check out paintless dent repair, my buddy does this and they do some awesome work.

Yah get it fixed under comp.

Rate might go up if damage is in excess of 500..

So now you guys know why we have dd's... :ugh:

The tolerance we must have for stupid..

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