so I got hit by a truck today..., yea theres pictures Options

[hurley97]

I was at work and they sent me to go get a battery from the other PepBoys. got sideswiped by a small truck, I'm not even really sure what happened it just sounded like the mirror got hit pretty hard so I looked over and it was folded in pretty far so I figured that was all that happened and kept going. I got to where I was going and when I was bringing the battery back to the car I see this...







I know its hard to see cause the car is really really dirty but the mirror is fine and the damage is much worse than I thought it was and now I have no info or anything on the truck.

thing is, I was on the clock when it happened and we aren't supposed to be driving our own car for work related things anyway. I spoke to my manager and he said tomorrow he'd make some calls and take care of me, which I'm hoping means they're paying to repair my car and get me a rental while its being worked on.

no worries just yet. we'll see what they say tomorrow.

This post has been edited by hurley97: Feb 1, 2007 - 11:03 PM

[hurley97]

yeah, my manager is awesome. I trust he'll do his best to take care of me. I know a body shop thats really good so naturally they have a long wait list but one of the mechanics I work with know a guy there and is going to see if he can bump me up and get it taken care of a little faster.

the more I see it the more upset I get I hate seeing the car like that

I just want to get it done fast, I'm a little worried about the metal being exposed. true it could have been much worse but it happened in a bad place, they can't just replace that quarter panel (I'd rather they replace things than cut, weld, and/or bondo). trying to look on the bright side, that quarter panel had some scratches that needed to be repainted anyway... I just wasn't expecting to have it taken care of like this

I'll have an update after I talk to my manager and a body shop and everything. as of now, I'm keeping my head up