Well, It finally happened...after 15 years of driving...my first accident. I got rear ended in my new 2008 Jetta tonight by a 16 year old who was to busy looking at his IPod to realize that traffic was still stopped at a green light....I HATE having to go through all this crap with the body shop and the insurance..although Progressive has been fantastic in the past so I don't have any reason to think that they wouldn't be again. Luckily I have a 250.00 deductible (which I was told that I would have to pay if they don't reach an agreement with the fathers insurance before the repairs on done..) The think that really makes me mad is this:
Now I am the one who has to be inconvenienced, and probably sore tomorrow (he hit me going about 25 to 30 miles an hour it seemed) and yet all that is going to happen is that his insurance will go up...He doesn't have to pay a deductible (according to progressive a deductible is only for YOUR car) and his 16 year old son walks away wit ha written WARNING!!!! What the HECK!!!
Anyway, I guess tomorrow starts the fun process......At least I was wearing my kilt at the time...Oh and my pipe case was damaged beyond repair also...it they were in my trunk..luckily they weren't damaged.
Rant over...
Cheers,
Chad