Some of you may remember I bought my mother in law's 2009 R-55. She decided she liked their 2012 R56 better. Today, she was out running errands and some moron in a Geo Prizm slammed into her while she was stopped at a traffic light. The force pushed her into the SUV ahead of her. Turns out he was TWD (texting while driving.) Thankfully, my mother in law is fine. The police officer that responded to the accident commented that he was impressed how well the Mini held up, considering the force of the impact: the moron never hit his brakes. The Prizm is totaled. The SUV had minimal damage. My wife went out to get her, as the car obviously had to be towed from the scene. Unfortunately the car had already been towed by the time my wife got there, so I have no pics. The folks at Orlando Mini eyeballed it quickly and said $7-8000 in damage and 3-4 weeks to repair. This doesn't sound good...
Sorry to hear about your Mother in Law, hope she is ok and hate to hear about the R56, I hope they throw the book at this axxhole!:fingerscrossed:
I'm glad she's okay. Better the car than your mother-in-law Also, what about insurance? Was she/the other driver not covered by any form of insurance?
I hate hearing about this stuff. I'm glad she is ok. My poor husband's car has been rear-ended 3 times because someone wasn't paying attention :mad5:
Fix the MINI, great your mom in law is ok, she should get checked out by a Doc a couple of times. MINI will fix up good as new, mom's in law's are hard to replace. Don
:cornut:Not me. I always got along well with all 3 current and previous Mothers-In-Law. It was their daughters that I couldn't get along with. Jason
No news on the repair front, except that the in laws received a letter from the at fault driver's insurance company (GEICO) stating they wouldn't accept responsibility, nor would they make any restitution. No big deal, they have USAA and USAA will pay for repairs and go after GEICO themselves. The audacity is astounding though. As I figured would happen, there is some rumbling about trading the R56 now that it has been wrecked. The real reason she liked the R56 better was because it wasn't "jerky." I did feel what she was talking about, but that stopped with the timing chain tensioner replacement. Now that my R55 is running smooth as silk, she is talking about trading the R56 for another R55. Must be nice to have money to burn. :crazy:
Wow. Simply, Wow. How could they deny responsibility for a covered driver (assuming his/her policy was paid/current) who rear ended another car that was stopped? Either Geico is the scum of the earth or the texting driver is lying his/her arse off. My brother-in-law was on his motorcycle a few years ago and was rear-ended by a teenager. The kid ran to dad's body shop and repainted the car quickly, then claimed the accident never happened. Unfortunately for him, the brother-in-law had one of the first cell phones with video capability and he had turned it on before getting off of the bike and heading back to trade insurance info. He had the kid, the damage to the car's bumper and the bike all in one continuous video shot. Sometimes people suck and I love it when they get caught.
:cornut: You're kidding Right? Attorneys and MONEY are involved and when they are; ethics go out the window. Jason
Most important is that mother-in-law is okay. The MINI did its job. I have USAA and they will deal with GIECO. When I was rear ended in my TT recently USAA took care of going after the other insurance company. The silver lining for me was that I got rid of the TT and am now back in a MINI!