1. I hit a taurus. lol. I think what really did it is that the car is already low(stock height), but I also hit the brakes which brought the front end down a little lower. The taurus hit the top of my bumper, as I can see scrapes across the top of my bumper, which leads me to beleive that I went under her bumper, therefor leaving everything else to absorb the damage more than it would have if the bumper would have hit her bumper. I think the engine ultimately stopped it, because the hood is shoved flat all the way onto it. Her bumper is all that was damaged, and it wasn't looking horible. It had two cracks, and scraping on it. Kind of depressing.
2. I only have liability insurance, so my insurance won't cover anything and therefor I don't have to file a claim. However, my insurance is going to pay her. But since I am at fault, I don't collect from her insurance. Hence the reason why I have to pay for everything.
3. To check the frame... I want to have that done, but I can't drive it in it's current condition. I don't want to have it towed all over town. It did roll home(pulled by a truck and chains, and pushed) fine, but would I be correct in assuming that the frame could still be damaged, and there may be reasons that I should still be concerned? Also, how much does that usually cost?
I'm not a body fab kind of person. This will be a first venture into this area. The only thing I think I might run into complications/hassle is bending all the radiator/headlight supports back. I THINK I can do everything else fairly confidently. I already have a radiator. I'm going to get a carbon fiber hood. Not sure if I'm going to go stock on the headlights. The fenders....Not sure if I want carbon fiber or fiberglass. And I don't know yet if my bumper is salvagable. The a/c condenser needed to come out anyway, as I don't have a/c anymore since the swap. Hopefully, there is nothing else that I'm going to have to replace:unsure:
I haven't even messed with it yet. The day after the accident I had to have my backup car towed because the starter went out, so I'm going to fix that first. lol.
Haha. And you know you love your car when that's all you can think about right after and forever after:disgust1:. And not the pain in your chest from the seatbelt, or the $130 fine from the police, or the pain in the days following, or anything else.
A word of advice to all readers:
1. Wear your seatbelt.
2. If you relocate your battery to your hatch, make sure you really make that shit not move for anything. I thought mine was "sufficient", but it was not, and ripped right out of the cables that were more attatched to the car and the system I had to hold it, and flew into the passenger seat. So yeah. Lesson learned.
3. Don't store your tools and jack/jackstands, etc.. in your hatch. Even for a day. I had done fluid changes and such the day before and hadn't cleared it out. All that shit came forward through the storage door, and into my seats. Two small slits in my seat came about, as well as one of my small toolboxes landing in the passenger foot area. Again, lesson learned.