Mr. Hit and Run,
Thank you for speeding 20+ over the limit (based on the skids leading to my car) in a residential neighborhood on Halloween night resulting in what is amounting to over $4000 in damage to what was an immaculate black 1996 Audi A4 with 74k miles that has been a flawless AtoB car for me, providing years of trouble free work and errand driving...she will never be the same, I lost out on a pistol I can no longer afford because of the deductible, and this all happening while I am incurring medical costs and in the middle of transitioning jobs. You Mr. Hit and Run are one awesome dude...a real A1 super plus fucking assclown fucktard that just had to play Tokyo Drift in your 90hp civic (I found his "H" near my car) on Halloween to impress your boyfriend......may Karma grant you a juicy, flesh eating treat my good friend.
Best Wishes,
Everette

I got hit by a hit and run driver last Tuesday on my way home from work. Stopped at a light, got rear-ended. By the time I figured out what happened, the f*cker had taken off down a side street, never to be seen again. My back hurt the rest of the week, but all seems okay now. Car bumper is a bit messed up, but it could have been way worse. A-holes! I feel your pain, man.

holy wonderful word pictures Batman

Jeez, Everette, that sucks. I've had two different cars sideswiped where I live in five years- my 1997 Riviera, which was a hit and run, and my 1970 Skylark Custom convertible which is a GS455 clone, which was an attempted hit and run

On the '97, the hit turned a flawless older car into a MAACO special, and on the '70, they gave me 260 bucks in insurance to repair 3' of metallic paint scraped down to metal!

Hopefully they make your car right again. It can be done. Dealing with the insurance headaches is a real joy.

Everyone makes mistakes, but only a coward runs to escape the consequences.

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Originally posted by 2Tone P220:
Everyone makes mistakes, but only a coward runs to escape the consequences.

... and turn an auto accident into a felony.

Sorry to hear about that dude! That really sucks! Bastards like that make me sick! I just got rearended last month. But lucky that person stopped. I hope the karma catches up to that a hole!

I had an attempted hit and run three years ago. The Spanish speaking fellow ran a stop sign and tore the front end of my car off. He turned around in his Civic and took off down the side street with me chasing on foot behind. He didn't get three blocks away when the car died and I was at the door with 911 on the line.

He was not ticketed in any way due to a rookie responder, but it turned out ok as he happened to have valid insurance that day.. The scam they pull is to buy a weeks worth of insurance, but the card doesn't expire for six months so they have valid proof of insurance. He had purchased the insurance that day so it was valid and they paid for the repair to my car totaling about $4.5k since it was a new Mustang.

Good luck man I hope it works out for the best.

Sucks about your car dude, but your plight made me think of this picture.

MAN!! That sucks!!

Hit and runs suck. You have to be pretty messed up to do that. I was leaving a bar one night (hadn't been drinking though, I was DD), and backing my Chevy out of the space. It's lifted on huge tires, it was night time, and I couldn't see the tiny little econo box next to me over the bed. I clipped the bumper with my rear tire and ripped it clean off. Fortunately no damage whatsoever to my truck. There was no one around, and I easily could have run. What did I do? Park, go in and tell the manager to find the owner, and personally gave them my insurance info, phone number, etc. I don't even believe in just leaving a note with info.

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Originally posted by 2Tone P220:
Everyone makes mistakes, but only a coward runs to escape the consequences.

Around here it's usually an illegal alien with no license or insurance...

Happened to me too! Except she abandoned her car, took her kids, and ran; it was a rental car and she was once again operating after suspension. I lost my Durango, 35 hours worth of work time, and had some injuries. She did get caught and now has a court date. I lost quite a bit from this that I won't get back! They'll cut a deal with her and she'll get off!!!

Someone hit my rear passenger door while the car was parked last week, and left without leaving a note. It is going in for repairs tomorrow and will cost me $900.00. I guess taking personal responsibility and having traditional values no longer exist.

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Originally posted by hogarth:
I got hit by a hit and run driver last Tuesday on my way home from work. Stopped at a light, got rear-ended. By the time I figured out what happened, the f*cker had taken off down a side street, never to be seen again. My back hurt the rest of the week, but all seems okay now. Car bumper is a bit messed up, but it could have been way worse. A-holes! I feel your pain, man.

Exact same thing happened to me. There were enough parts left behind that it would have been easy to identify the make model, and color of the car, but the police simply weren't interested in investigating since no one went to the hospital. Jerk hit me so hard my trunk was collapsed to the rear axle, I was knocked out, My car then hit the car in front of me, and they hit the car in front of them. He got away so quickly that they initially thought I hit them, until they saw the back of my car. It happened 14 years ago, but still plucks a raw nerve when I think about it. Seems to me there should be a law requiring body shops to check a list of unsolved hit and runs before repairing a car.

That sucks. I've been there too.

My wife's new Grand Caravan (owned it for 3 weeks) was rear-ended by late 90s era Ford Explorer at about 3:00 AM. A couple teens in another car say the Explorer was trying to pass them on the right (1-lane street), and the van interrupted that. Most of the other car's coolant and oil were at the scene. Police and I followed it until it disappeared, but never did find the car or driver. Over $13K in damage and took almost 4 months to get the car repaired. As luck would have it, all OEM parts were allocated to new factory builds. At least no one was in the van, because they would have been injured.

My sister was a victim of a hit and run, but fortunately she wasn't in the vehicle when it happened. The idiot was a teacher that works at my niece's school. A good bystander saw the incident and wrote a note on what happened w/ his name and number included. My sister didn't make a big fuss, and she only wanted her vehicle repaired. I don't think the teacher received any traffic infractions.

My brother had one where a truck went too far through an intersection and backed up with a boat and hit the front end of his vehicle. Bent the hood way up, tore the front end up and the radiator was shot. The drove off, down the road taking numberous back streets to try and loose him and pulled into their house after they thought they lost him as he was laying on the horn and talking with 911 who didnt think it safe to follow them, ya right. Police show up and they claimed they didnt hit him despite damage, and he must have hit them, police investigaton proved otherwise. Needless to say they got to pay for repairs and an engine which was messed up driving with no coolant and overheating big time