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Old 06-01-03 | 01:27 PM
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Well, looks like ill be needing a new rear bumper, right taillight, exhaust tips, trunk and a few minor things.

I was hit standing still by a turbo volvo about a 1/2 hour ago. His airbags bothe deployed, shattering the windshield and his front bumper collapsed, spilling coolant all over the road. Fortunately we both were alright. I'll have pictures and maybe video up soon since this happened during a city wide cruise.
Old 06-01-03 | 04:27 PM
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Damn, another ES casualty... Good to hear no one was hurt, though it sounds like the guy's car was in worse damage than yours. Was he talking on a cell phone when it happened?
Old 06-01-03 | 08:00 PM
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I was also rear-ended...and it sure don't feel too good . Is your rear end as bad as mine? Lucky for me, his insurance totalled it and I managed to get another 95 ES300 which looks even cleaner and has no known problems so far...and I only payed $1000 difference for it. Bought the car last week, today got the clear corner done, car stereo back in...tinting will come later.

I hope things will work out for the better for you as it did for me. I prayed everynight and it sure did work. I had to fight with the insurance company because I didn't have collision coverage, waited 2 weeks for them to decide to pay me. But now I got full coverage and rental for the new ES, cost $150 a month, $60 for minimum coverage I had on the old car.

I thought volvo are tough cars, made like super hard thick metal, so how is his car so messed up? Was there any witness?
Old 06-01-03 | 09:58 PM
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The damage was not nearly as bad as yours, mainly because the quarter panels were unscathed. I have full coverage, but the other guy's insurance company is paying for everything. I'm not sure how my car didnt get as much damage as his. There were a few witnesses (4-5) to the actual crash, but there were about 30 people in the cruise group who got out of their cars immediately after it happened to check the damage out.
Old 06-02-03 | 04:17 PM
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sorry to hear the bad news mcelligott. Glad to see your not giving up on the es.
Old 06-03-03 | 09:18 AM
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Just got an estimate of 1700 so far. There might be more hidden damage that will be revealed when the bumper is removed.
Old 06-03-03 | 10:51 AM
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mono tone time...........eeheheh
Old 06-03-03 | 12:29 PM
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Doh, sorry to hear that. At least you were able to walk away from the incident.
Old 06-04-03 | 11:57 PM
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Sorry to hear about your accident! Thank goodness you are ok. Good luck with everything!

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Old 06-05-03 | 12:11 AM
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Originally posted by mcelligott
Just got an estimate of 1700 so far. There might be more hidden damage that will be revealed when the bumper is removed.

1700. woah, ok. less than what i thought it might be but thats still some damage there.
Give you an idea, my ES rear end accident cost me a lil over $2000. they had to replace the rear bumper and stuff....
Old 06-10-03 | 09:21 AM
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Here's pics of the volvo...


http://www.angelfire.com/ex/p_online/
Old 06-14-03 | 05:55 AM
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thats cheap.

someone brushed against my drivers side door with their car and my insurance claim was more than 1300 to pull out the dent and repaint the left side.
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