RocketGuy3
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Today I got into possibly the stupidest wreck ever. Not to make excuses, but I have some ADD that has caused a few close calls on the road, usually at slow speeds... But this time the call wasn't close, it made full contact. :(
I was driving down my multi-level apartment parking garage, and basically went into lala land. Then I got startled by a car that was coming up the opposite direction as I was going down a ramp and turning right. I swerved to the right (for no good reason), and made hard contact with a square-shaped, metal pillar. It scraped up my passenger door and rear fender badly, and also caught my rear wheel, bending it backwards a bit. My heart completely sank. I know, completely stupid accident. I'm so unbelievably pissed at myself right now... :doh:
I think most of the damage to the door/fender is cosmetic (but of course still expensive to repair), but I'm worried about my rear wheel/axle... I'm guessing I bent the axle a bit. I didn't notice that the wheel was off-line at first, and carried on my way, but I quickly noticed the car was pulling to the right a bit as I drove. No wobble or anything, just pulling. Came back after making it about 1 to 1.5 miles away. Looked at the car, and saw the wheel was somewhat noticeably tilted to the right.
Is that likely a bent axle? Or what? I'm wondering how likely it is that the shop will be able to return the car to original form... I track this car and need it to be in top shape. I don't think the damage should be so serious that it's unfixable, but I figured I'd ask you guys for your input.
I'm also somewhat worried about loss of value on the car, which I'm pretty sure Geico will not cover for me. :/
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I was driving down my multi-level apartment parking garage, and basically went into lala land. Then I got startled by a car that was coming up the opposite direction as I was going down a ramp and turning right. I swerved to the right (for no good reason), and made hard contact with a square-shaped, metal pillar. It scraped up my passenger door and rear fender badly, and also caught my rear wheel, bending it backwards a bit. My heart completely sank. I know, completely stupid accident. I'm so unbelievably pissed at myself right now... :doh:
I think most of the damage to the door/fender is cosmetic (but of course still expensive to repair), but I'm worried about my rear wheel/axle... I'm guessing I bent the axle a bit. I didn't notice that the wheel was off-line at first, and carried on my way, but I quickly noticed the car was pulling to the right a bit as I drove. No wobble or anything, just pulling. Came back after making it about 1 to 1.5 miles away. Looked at the car, and saw the wheel was somewhat noticeably tilted to the right.
Is that likely a bent axle? Or what? I'm wondering how likely it is that the shop will be able to return the car to original form... I track this car and need it to be in top shape. I don't think the damage should be so serious that it's unfixable, but I figured I'd ask you guys for your input.
I'm also somewhat worried about loss of value on the car, which I'm pretty sure Geico will not cover for me. :/
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