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Ya Gurl Got Into Her First Traffic Accident, Got Any Advice? (hexbear.net)
submitted 4 weeks ago by Shaleesh@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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First off, no one got hurt, his car was fine, mine has a fucked up rear bumper, tail lights, and the trunk won't close on its own but its tied shut with paracord for now. He was actually really chill about it despite it being my fault since I was signalling one way but decided to turn the other way at the last second, which was dumb. I was pretty badly shaken up by it last night but after a bunch of emotional support phone calls, quite a bit of crying, and a good night's sleep I think I'm feeling okay.

In terms of the practical matters I think I've got the big picture down. I have the other guys number and the accident report thing the cop gave us and I've gotta get in contact with my insurance and go to an autobody shop to see what they can do.

I come to the nice people of the bearsite to see if anyone has pointers so I can avoid any newbie mistakes. Particularly I'm wary of being overcharged for services at repair shops but anything about navigating the aftermath of one of these things would be appreciated.

Being less of a car-centric burger has been one of my goals and I think this whole event might be a nice motivator to get to work on that.

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[–] D61@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

If you've got a body shop in mind, they should be able to give you an itemized quote.

Paint Match $$$ This Part $$$ That Part $$$ Some other Parts $$$

You can either take that quote to other shops and see what they say or do some general googl'in to see what the parts cost on the internet to get an okay ballpark range of acceptible prices.