Well, i'm not worried about that dealership anymore. Someone pulled out infront of me 2 hours ago. My truck has major cosmetic damage. it triped the fuel switch thing, but the engine and everything are fine. Maybe a little frame damage. didn't look at it too much. I'm a little sad. hopefully it's restriceted to steering/cosmetic damage. in which case, i could still drive it after a little reworkmanship.

I was driving down the road, 10 mph under the speed limit(which was 45), when some minivan pulled out in front of me. i didn't hit the minivana but was breaking for it, when a liottle saturn pulled out. i hit the saturn right behind the driverside door at around 20-25. When i hit it sent the car around 300 degrees. i managed to stop the truck out of the way of trafic on the median. i tryied to get the horn to shut off, but couldn't(i think it burned out).

The guy who pulled out in front of me changed his story twice, and the cop told us flat out, it's obvious what happened. claim adjustor wont show up it tuesday. i'm sad, but unharmed. The other guy was fine, than ranomly complined about leg and back pain. he has no buirses, no is thought to have whiplash. I'm thinking he wants to suck everything he can outta me. But i do hope he isn't hurt, but he seems pretty shifty.

Poor truck...

List of things to fix went from
new shocks
better backup lights

to:
Rebuild front end
new shocks
better backup lights

 

thats ruthless. sorry about that. why would they suck anything out of you. they pulled out in front of you, it should be their fault... if they blamed you for the accident i think there is something in the collison about chain of cause... if the van pulled out in front of you and you braked and hit the other person then it should be the vans fault for coming out illegally cause the chain of cause... i'm no lawyer or anything, in fact i could be totally wrong but when i had my accident a while back i heard that being thrown around...

 

Ummm, it seems to me there is a little thing about "having your vehicle under control at all times".. It there is damage to the front of your truck and it is anywere but on the front of his truck, you hit him. I know that sounds crazy. but its been that way since I started driving 42 years ago. Lawyers can argue about it, but thats useually how it settles out.
Dave

 

I know i hit him, but i was driving at a safe speed, obeying EVERY law. even the police officer told me it's obvious he pulled out in front of me, though i'm sure he'll find a way to make me pay for his foolishness of pulling out in front of me.

 

Alan, I know how you feel. Its a little like the chain that willie4406 talked about. Say there are 5 cars going down the street, first one stops and the one behind him hits him. Then the next hits the one infront of him and so on. the reasoning is that the last guy in the chain is at fault because he "Drove" the other cars into the ones in front. He will be billed for that damage for all of the cars. Crazy but thats the way it works. I wouldn't worry about you accident, your insurance will handel him if he trys anything.
Dave

 

Well, the truck seems still capable of being driven... i'm currently searching for a way to reset the cut off switch for the fuel pump. Feel free to post it. then i'll drive the truck down to the shop that did all the body work for an estimate. i must rip the bumber off, the hood, both fenders and bumper need replacment, the air bag need replacing, and the rest i'm not sure of. i'll let the skilled auto techs look it over.

As for the accident, i'm looking at it like he went from a complete stop into my lane of traffic. but i'll let that play out. i'm not worried, just making sure that i keep everything that could hapen to me, under control.

 

Who did the cop site for the accident ? If it was him, then his insurance co will be paying, if it was you, then your on the hook. If it was no fault, which I dout, then each of your insurance co will have to pay for your own damage. Keep us posted on the out come.

 

How can the officer cite anyone if he didn't actually SEE the accident???

 

They allways try to cite someone at an accident , I've been enough. They look at the evidence, wittness's and so on. It makes it easier for the insurance co if someone is found at fault.

 

Yeah. I agree, they try and cite it in Texas to someone. There is a "causing an accident" ticket for it as well.

Alan you should be able to reset the fuel shutoff by just pressing the button at the front of the passenger side floorboard/footwell. It's a black box mounted to the firewall with a red button up top.

Thankfully you're ok. That's the important part. The truck means a lot to you but not nearly as much as your life. Keep us updated on how it goes and stay safe. If you get a chance to get some pictures of the truck, we'd be much obliged. Hopefully there's no frame damage.

 

I hit a dude in a Dakota with my awd Talon at an intersection on a state highway when he pulled out in front of me, totalled both vehicles. No one got tickets, his insurance paid.

Officer said it was obvoius who was at fault, he was, but no citations issued. Then his mom tried to get "witnesses" to get it changed because I hit him.
Didn't work, report had already been filed and I had it, and reputable witnesses on my side.

Sorry bout your truck, that stinks but at least you're ok.

Rich

 

Well, actually, i got it started, and the little truck is hard to kill than i though. mechanically, it's perfect. It wont even need an alignment. It's all cosmetic, and a severly wounded, but not punctered tire. i had it out and running. soo all it need is new fenders bumper, headlight and hood.

the frame did delfect about 2 deg to the drivers side, but the bend is infront of the motor mounts/ suspension/anything important. so the only worries about that are how it would bend if a similar type of accident occures again.

Tough little truck.

As for citation, i didn't get one, and dont know if one was given.

so as far as i'm concerned, as long as the guy doesn't try and pull anything, i can have everything cleaned up in a month.

Best part. i sport no injury. Well, except to the ego...

 

On a good note, i was in the accident without the brush gaurd on, hate to think of the condition the radiator would have been in with it on...

 

Gotta hate the ego injury.

At least all is cosmetic. And parts for the Ranger are cheaply and readily available. I had a similar front end accident ('cept remove the other driver and insert a double brick mailbox) and had to replace basically all the same parts, front fender, hood, header panel, headlight, turn signal, bumper and it wasn't too bad at all in the long run. One of the benefits of such a popular truck.

 

Could you tell me how much it ran you... about?