# Car Accident, Need Some Help **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 29, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-accident-need-some-help/199859 "2008-09-29T04:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-accident-need-some-help/199859/5 "2008-09-29T05:48:18Z")
Well I called him this morning after the accident, and he said that he is calling his insurance company, so that sounds to me like he is filing a claim. I am just worried that he was trying to screw me over and tell me not to worry about it and that he would take care of it. I figured if he is calling his agent, then I should call mine too. Here is a pic of the car to give you an idea of where I got hit (but the damage is on the drivers side). You can see that the rear fender goes up to the roofline and then the entire length of the car. Do you think that entire piece would need replaced? If so, that is going to cost a ton of money. I didn’t know if they usually just pound out the dent or if they would actually replace that whole entire piece. > [@Chevy Guru's chime in...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-gurus-chime-in/38069/9): > > I would get his insurance information and call his company. If he wants to pay out of pocket then you are going off of a verbal handshake that he will fix it. It sounds like he is trying to buy you out of reporting to his insurance. > > What if he doesn’t have the money to cover your damages? Then you are screwed and by this time it’s too late to report it. > > Were the police involved? Did they mention who was at fault? if you are merging on and he hits you, technically it would be your fault since you were merging into his lane. But if he was crossing lanes and rear-ended you, it may be a different story. > > I would get his information from him. Let an adjuster take a look at it. He was merging off of 279 and I was merging on. I had plenty of room and as I moved over, he sped up and hit me just behind my rear wheel. He said that he was looking in his mirror so that he could merge over into the lane that I was coming out of and that he didn’t see me. We didn’t call the police because it was rush hour and they never would have come anyways. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-accident-need-some-help/199859)._