I was taking my 10 month-old son from the doctor to school today, when a guy in a big-*** GMC van ran a four-way stop and hit me in the left-front, just in front of the tire. (Everyone's fine.) Caved in the fender and pushed the entire front end to the right. There might me some frame damage to the left front, as well. He didn't hit me that hard; somewhere between 10 and 20MPH, but it messed up the car pretty well. Not a scratch on his van.

Anyway, my wife met me at the scene, to take my son to school. She got out of the car, and I said, "He hit my baby!"
She asked, "Is he ok?" then ran over to the car, with tears streaming down her face, to check on our son.
I said, "What? Harry's fine! I meant he hit my car!"

Your poor baby!!!

Accidents are the pits.

Stop Global Warming Now...Block the Sun.

57-60mpg in recent tanks.
60mpg@60mph
Burn less foreign oil...get a hybrid.

When my '04 HCH was hit by a Ford F250, I was sick to my stomach. During the 1.5 months that it took to fix it I convinced myself that I needed a new one. I love my new one and am almost glad that he hit me. I am glad that you all are ok and maybe this will be a blessing in disguise for you too.

BTW, since it was not your fault, DEMAND diminshed value from their insurance. For the sole reason that your car was in an accident, the value has gone down and you should be compensated for that.

Hang on- your son is ten months old and you're taking him to 'school?' Must be a smart baby!

The initial repair estimate is $5100 and it'll take four to six weeks.

clyde2575: Thanks for the reminder about diminished value. I'll do that.

Good luck with that.