I have had the Explorer a grand total of less than 3 months. And someone went and ran into me Thursday night. First accident I've been in since sometime in the early '90's (someone ran into me there too).
II had gotten home after a 12 hour day and decided a dump run was in order. I was in the center of town behind several cars stopped at the light (3-4 blocks from home). The other driver turned from the cross street into the oncoming lane, ran over the curb on her side, turned and drove directly into my SUV. It looks as if she hit the center of my front, driver’s side wheel with the front, driver’s bumper of her car.She wedged the corner of her car between my wheel and wheel well so had to jockey several times to get unstuck.
There doesn’t seem to be any cosmetic damage. However, I am concerned about any damage she might have done that can’t be seen. When I bought the SUV in November, a new steering rack was installed and I have no idea if that, or other parts, could have been damaged by the impact. At the very least I will need an alignment, which is 4-wheel alignment since it is a 4WD. If it had been the Patriot, there would have been a lot of damage and I might not have been able to drive to work the next day.
Thankfully, no one appears to have been hurt.
After dealing with the police, I completed my mission then on my way back I noticed she was still there waiting for the tow truck, with no one else waiting for her. So I offered her a ride home since she lives about 1/4 mile further down my street.
Emailed my insurance agent when I got home, then called Friday morning. Still waiting for the adjuster to contact me. Bad timing since I am supposed to put long hours in again next week, so getting it somewhere to have the underneath gone over will be difficult and I will have to take off at least half a day to do so.
Oh lovely, I take it you're ok though?
Posted by: Ruth | January 30, 2016 at 08:27 AM
Good, of course, that no one was hurt. Hopefully, if there is damage to be repaired, you can get a loaner. Bummer!
Posted by: Cop Car | January 30, 2016 at 06:08 PM
I'm fine Ruth - just not what I needed after a long-azzed day :)
CC - there are no rental companies within 30 miles, so even if the insurance paid for one, getting to one would be problematic. However, I solved that problem neatly by a little side project I had been working on - you'll see the post on that next time you log in.
Posted by: bogie | January 30, 2016 at 07:43 PM