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Old 10-09-2003, 02:43 PM
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Default Got rear ended today.... ARGH!! SONOFA.grrr

Hit and run. We got plates though. Hopefully the guy has insurance. Bah.

There's more to it, but I don't really feel like typing it all out right now.

Anyway.... the car visually actually looks OKAY. There's a bunch of scratches on my bumper... but I'm wondering if there's anything more hidden that I should take a look at.

The impact was DEFINATELY hard It knocked my sunglasses off my head and launched my pager off my belt.

Any suggestions? The car seems to drive just fine.... I don't hear anything or see anything worse than the scratches. The bumper still seems to line up just fine.
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Default SUx... they do have bumper shocks!! I would get it

checked before you do some damages from something on the brink...
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Default The bumper impact absorbers are one-shot (unless you are canadian) so if the bumper lines up,

there is probably no impact damage to the "frame"
Old 10-09-2003, 02:57 PM
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Default Definitely take it in for inspection ... bumper designs are such that they're meant to "give"

So you may not see signs of damage on the exterior, but underneath things might need to be R&R'd.

Sorry to hear it ... where'd it happen?
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:-( Bummer.
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Default With Audi "Give" = Give [the force of the

crash into more expensive parts *cough*]. I agree 100%
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Default Re: Got rear ended today.... ARGH!! SONOFA.grrr

Have you checked that the rear doors and trunk open and close properly?
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Default :( I was rear ended in a hit and run a few weeks ago

I got the plates and filed a report with CHP. Honestly I'm not optimistic though - I'll either pay for it or my insurance will (dependent on what my rates might do...)

It's going to the shop on Monday - estimate was $3500
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Holy *****, that sucks!!
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