# Rear-ended, need help
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [March 23, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044 "2010-03-23T10:04:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@JCE814](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCE814)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/1 "2010-03-23T10:04:19Z")
ok, so i got rear ended in my 1991 civic. its a total beater car. Now, my bumper is all messed. THe guys offered me $200 not to go through insurance. Should I take it? or put in a claim?
PICTURES!
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/2 "2010-03-23T10:09:34Z")
^ offer… take cash… peace out
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/3 "2010-03-23T10:09:49Z")
Is it yellow?
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### Author:  [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/4 "2010-03-23T10:10:28Z")
f-that…get an estimate first then decide wheter 200 is worth it
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### Author:  [@JCE814](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCE814)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/5 "2010-03-23T10:10:39Z")
No, its blue.
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### Author:  [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/6 "2010-03-23T10:14:27Z")
dont take 200, a rearended honda almost always has to get the unibody pulled, they will probabaly total it and give you 800 - 900 tell him 400 no insurance and keep driving it.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/7 "2010-03-23T10:14:28Z")
Can you repair it so it’s at least as good as it was before the accident for $200? You said it’s a beater so I’m not talking new bumper cover and pristine paint.
I wouldn’t do it for $200 if the parts total was more than $100. If you expect me to fix it myself on the cheap because you weren’t paying attention and rear ended me I expect you to pay for my time. Otherwise I’ll just drop the car off at a collision shop and have them bill your insurance, regardless of how shitty my car was when you made it worse.
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### Author:  [@JCE814](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCE814)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/8 "2010-03-23T10:22:59Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> Can you repair it so it’s at least as good as it was before the accident for $200? You said it’s a beater so I’m not talking new bumper cover and pristine paint.
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> I wouldn’t do it for $200 if the parts total was more than $100. If you expect me to fix it myself on the cheap because you weren’t paying attention and rear ended me I expect you to pay for my time. Otherwise I’ll just drop the car off at a collision shop and have them bill your insurance, regardless of how shitty my car was when you made it worse.
It runs the same, but the bumper wouldn’t be as good as it was before. Its a total beater
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> [@Just Karter](#):
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> dont take 200, a rearended honda almost always has to get the unibody pulled, they will probabaly total it and give you 800 - 900 tell him 400 no insurance and keep driving it.
It mechanically runs the same, but the bumper and tail light cover are pretty beat up. I think I could sledge hammer the bumper down and rig it up so it stays on there fine.
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> [@Just Karter](#):
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> dont take 200, a rearended honda almost always has to get the unibody pulled, they will probabaly total it and give you 800 - 900 tell him 400 no insurance and keep driving it.
It mechanically runs the same, but the bumper and tail light cover are pretty beat up. I think I could sledge hammer the bumper down and rig it up so it stays on there fine.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/9 "2010-03-23T10:24:29Z")
Does it run the same, mechanically anyway?
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### Author:  [@JCE814](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCE814)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/10 "2010-03-23T10:31:02Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> Does it run the same, mechanically anyway?
Yeah it does. The middle of the bumper is pushed up so my trunk wont close and the sides of the bumper are hanging down.
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If I put pics up will that help?
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/11 "2010-03-23T10:33:51Z")
deffinitely more then $200, it will probly be a pain in the ass to get the trunk to work properly now!
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### Author:  [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/12 "2010-03-23T10:34:50Z")
I think you have up to a week to file a police report (could be wrong). But I had a guy hit me, told me he’d pay, almost a week later and he never returned my calls. Filed a report and got myself a nice insurance check. I wouldn’t wait too long before you decide.
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### Author:  [@JCE814](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCE814)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/13 "2010-03-23T10:48:34Z")
> [@livin4hockey](#):
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> I think you have up to a week to file a police report (could be wrong). But I had a guy hit me, told me he’d pay, almost a week later and he never returned my calls. Filed a report and got myself a nice insurance check. I wouldn’t wait too long before you decide.
Already a police report. the guy wants to scrap it and give me the cash
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### Author:  [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/14 "2010-03-23T11:30:03Z")
No way I’d take $200 as compensation for a hit like that.
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### Author:  [@JCE814](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCE814)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/15 "2010-03-23T11:33:10Z")
> [@livin4hockey](#):
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> No way I’d take $200 as compensation for a hit like that.
That’s what I am thinking. The bumper was completely intact before the accident.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/16 "2010-03-23T11:40:08Z")
That car is totaled.
Tell him it is going to cost you $500 to find a car to replace it.
he gives you $500, you beat the trunk down and put in a new light and drive it till she dies.
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### Author:  [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/17 "2010-03-23T11:47:42Z")
> [@livin4hockey](#):
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> No way I’d take $200 as compensation for a hit like that.
X2. Good luck getting a tail light to fit in there, or getting the trunk to close so it’s not a lake inside. It may have been a beater before but it has about zero resale value now. Either ask for at least $500 or let insurance handle it and total it, then either drive it into the ground or let them take it.
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### Author:  [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/18 "2010-03-23T11:49:33Z")
x2 on a hit like that its totaled youll get atleast 900 from insurance
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/19 "2010-03-23T12:03:17Z")
200 is deffinitely not enough for that kind of damage!
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### Author:  [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rear-ended-need-help/152044/20 "2010-03-23T12:11:35Z")
def ton more damage than $200
i’d tell him $2000, if he doesnt want to comply then go through insurance. remember, he hit you, he’s lucky your neck doesnt “hurt”
if you get the $2k cool, go buy another honda, if not go thru ins and have it totalled. you’ll get the kbb for it
i would be pissed man, ive dailied a shitty honda for a really long time and if someone rear ended me, and f’d up my beloved cackord as bad as your car is, i would do everything in my power to get the most $ out of them. they hit you, and f’d up your car; a reliable means of transportation is worth much more than simply the KBB for the car, or in this case, $200
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