Got hit at work today, lady drove off.

[Prohibit]

So I was minding my own business, helping people at work and one of the managers came up and asked what I drove. You know me, mr. proud yaris driver so I was like "The yaris " then this guy says "your car just got hit in the parking lot, the lady drove off." then he hands me a piece of paper and says "here is the tag number, my phone number since i witnessed it, and this lady's number because she witnessed it too". Praise the people who can react fast enough and have a pen and paper on hand to write down a tag number. I filed the police report, and we'll see if I can't get the money from the insurance company to continue my plans of flat black on the car and wheels. Blacking the headlights out soon as well. Since I work at best buy now, ill probably get my windows tinted there. Anyway, apparently the lady drove into a shopping cart - knocked it over, then kept going, driving the on it's side shopping cart into my passenger side . Got a decent little dent in the bottom left of the passenger side door, 3-5" scrape to the left of the door, 5 long individual scrapes, scratched the window to hell, and scratched up the door pretty good. When the cop showed up an hour later, he asked me if the lady knew if she hit the car or not. Maybe she didn't notice I wasn't sure because I didn't witness it, then the hero who wrote down the tag pulls in the parking spot next to where me and the cop are talking. He said he forgot to get something from the store so he was back, hah. Perfect timing. So he told the cop that if the lady didn't know she hit my car she would have to be crazy. He said it was loud enough for everyone in the parking lot to look when it happened. Anyway, just wanted to share my story.. zzzzz.. boring i know.

As far as the flat black thing goes, alot of people keep telling me I "have" to keep the flames, but what they don't understand is it's got way to many body issues now and i'd rather have a clean/straight body with flat black paint than with the flames and sick body damage. It'll still look good though


Mad respect for people quick on their feet

[yarisugi]

Great story! Hooray for good people out there! Sorry to hear about the damage on your car,
but I'm so glad to hear that this hit-and-runner is gonna be caught.

Soooo.... flat black huh?... It's going to be quite sad to see such beautiful artwork go to
waste, but you're right on having a clean/straight body.

[ryota]

i had a hit and run on my old car while i was in it and i ended up getting his tag, i always wondered what happened to him afterward... i know it's a pretty serious offense and his insurance covered the grand to fix my car, but i wish i knew what happened to him along the lines of tickets and stuff.

sorry to hear about your car, that amazing airbrushing will be missed but really it's all up yo what you like/want. i hope everything works out to your liking.

[Red Horse]

What if the woman is sexy, will you forgive her?

[fmicle]

Hit-and-runs are despicable! One of my biggest pet peeves. We all make mistakes, no problem with that, but face it and take responsibility.

Last year, when my wife was 2 months pregnant (!) a 17 year old girl drove into my wife's car sideways. My wife's car was pushed onto a perpendicular street, so she couldn't follow, and the girl just drove away without stopping. A cop on a motorcycle responded to the call and a kid on a skateboard told the cop "it was a Toyota RAV4 2000" but he couldn't get the license plate.

About 30 minutes later, when I got home, I jumped on my bicycle and rode around the neighborhood and, lucky me, found the car after about 10 minutes. We called the police, the same cop showed up and said he was going to wait by the car until someone came up. Sure thing, the girl gets out of class (we used to live close to a college), the cop pulls her over and she starts crying and confessed before he even got to ask her anything. He called her dad, waited for him to show up, read her Miranda rights and arrested her for hit-and-run. It feels good when justice is served and you see that the system works, but I sure felt mad and helpless until we actually found her...

[advocate]

Originally Posted by Red Horse

What if the woman is sexy, will you forgive her?

Nope. Not a snowball's chance in hell.

[kustom play]

hit and runs will get your insurance dropped and you will become uninsurable

no company will want to take you on as a risk, and if they do it would be like a 400 dollar a month charge

[tomato]

Originally Posted by fmicle

Hit-and-runs are despicable! One of my biggest pet peeves. We all make mistakes, no problem with that, but face it and take responsibility.

+1

[nemelek]

With cameras everywhere there might be a chance that Best Buy had the parking lot covered. Chances are that the other person isn't insured. You can still get your money it will take a little more work. Give the hero $50.

[Prohibit]

Originally Posted by nemelek

With cameras everywhere there might be a chance that Best Buy had the parking lot covered. Chances are that the other person isn't insured. You can still get your money it will take a little more work. Give the hero $50.

.... I got the tag number. The investigation on my part ends there I gave him a good deal on some phones. Best Buy didn't have it on camera though, I was parked out of view. Atleast I know where to park now after it happened the security guy came to me and said "park here, and we will keep an eye on it for you."

[YAR1S]

NOOOOOOO not the beautiful flame paint job >:{

[fmicle]

Originally Posted by Red Horse

What if the woman is sexy, will you forgive her?

It actually happened to me about 3 years ago. So, I'm waiting at a red traffic light in the "straight ahead" lane. The light turns green for the "turn left" lane and all of a sudden I hear and feel a thud behind me.

So I get out of the car and behind me, in a Chevy Camaro, this 20-25 year old, tall, gorgeous looking Russian girl with a skirt so short, I couldn't get myself to look for the damage to my car for the first 5 minutes. It was funny though watching her trying to bend and look under my bumper...

I had a Jeep Chrokee then with a receiver hitch installer, plenty of ground clearance, so no damage. Just some dust scratches on the bumper, just as if someone had used some thin sand paper on it. But anyway, I was still mad... I got to work about 45 minutes late. She was very scared and didn't stop apologizing. I felt sorry for her, she said "my husband will be mad at me, it's the second accident in the past 2 weeks".

[YAR1S]

Originally Posted by fmicle

she said "my husband will be mad at me, it's the second accident in the past 2 weeks".

SUCKS

[custom Lftback]

Originally Posted by YAR1S

SUCKS

she shouldn't be driving!!

[fmicle]

Originally Posted by custom Lftback

she shouldn't be driving!!

Or, at least, she shouldn't be driving the Camaro. Get her a Civic or something

[Yaris Hilton]

The person who caused this and drove off is no lady.

[shaneeezy]

Originally Posted by PETERPOOP

women drivers.......

Heeyyy what is up with the sexist comments towards women?

[yarisugi]

Haha! PETERPOOP, you better watch out! You know how fast women can network...
Good one shaneeezy