Yep, I got the dreaded call today from my wife. She got rear ended in the vette at a stop sign by another car who thought she was pulling out into traffic, when she was just idleing up a little to get a better veiw of the intersection. My wife says that she was hit hard enough that the car pushed our vette into the intersection (yes, moved the whole car forward a few feet) and also knocked her cup of water out off the cup holder (no suprise there) leaving water all over the passenger floor board.

It was another woman that hit my wife and after it happened, they both got out of there cars and looked at the vehicles for damage. Neither woman noticed any problems at all so they decided to continue on with there days.

Now back to this dreaded call, it didn't happen at the incident scene, it didn't even happen directly after the incident. She casually told me about it while I was on my way home from work, when she called to see if I needed anything from the grocery.

WHAT THE F**K!!, was my response. You get rear ended in a fiberglass car hard enough to move the whole car and you don't call the cops for any sort of documentation incase there is anything cracked on the car that is not initially visible. She then assured me that nothing was wrong and I was over reacting to the whole situation.

When she got home in the car I did a visual of it (hard to see as it was getting dark) and it looks fine outside of the paint being a bit hazy where the actual contact was made. I do not know if anything on the inside of the facia is cracked but it initially looks okay, just needs a little buffing on that spot.

Has anyone been rear ended and not suffered any damage? or am I just not looking hard enough yet?

Also, was I overreacting for essentially blowing up when my wife notified me she used her "immense paint and body expertise" (dripping with sarcasm) do determine that there was no need to call the cops or notify me when the accident happened?

Sorry for the long post, just need to vent and get ideas of where to check for damage.

 

Your rear cover needs to be removed and checked for hidden damage. I see this every day at my job.

 

the energy absorbers under there break very easy!

 

If the contact was light, the rear cover may be okay. The fact that you tell us that the area was scuffed and dull, usually means the clearcoat has been brushed up against. Check to make sure the paint doesn't have hairline cracks (which usually are in a concentric circle around the point of impact)

The cover is urethane and will fair better than a fiberglass bumper ever would.

People should always call the cops in an accident if for nothing more than to receive a copy of a police report. Most times nowadays, unless it's blatantly obvious, cops don't seem to write tickets because of so many lawsuits. (not to mention the fact that I'm not sure if they can actually write a ticket if they didn't physically see the accident itself) (I'm not sure, perhaps a LEO can enlighten us)

Hope your car didn't get anything more than the clearcoat scuffed.

Mark

 

The paint may start to craze over time in the vicinity of contact. Happened to my 300ZX.

 

You are probably have some spider webbing happen in the near future as patches said

 

Dude its a car, is your wife OK.

 

Sorry to hear. You really should have it checked out by a competent body repair shop. Best of luck to you.

 

Oh yea, she is fine. Like I said she didn't even think enough of the accient to call me after it happened.

I wouldn't be worried about posting, and getting opinions on the car's condition if there was something wrong with her.

Her health is the number one priority, I asked about it right after getting the details of the car's damage!!

 

 

At least she told you!

 

 

Hope your car is OK when you have it checked out. But keep an eye on your wife. My wife was hit in a similar fashion over 20 years ago and she still has minor problems with her neck. The problems didn't start for several days after the accident. Best of luck with both!

 

Yeah, I think she debated on if she would or not, but didn't want to risk me hanging this over her head for the rest of her life if I found out about it. Cause you know everytime a scratch appeared on a vehicle I would then be forced to accuse her of wrecking the car! And we are 24 and 26 year old newlyweds, so I would have a good 50 years (God willing of course) to drag this out of the closet every time I come across a paint chip!

 

Here's me last week

 

Mine probably wouldn't, after today yours won't either!

 

I guess a few spiderwebs in the paint are not so bad after all.

Maybe I should just get it repainted, along with a new hood!!
(like in your other thread)

Wish I had the cash/bargaining ability with my wife to pull that one off. If there was more damage to my car I could potentially use the guilt trip on her to get mods out of this. That would turn these lemons to lemonade!!!

 

Glad to hear no one was hurt, but as someone who just got my car back after it had been rear ended, I agree that you'd better have the car looked at.

Mine was hit by a full sized pickup (est. 25 - 30 mph)and it did crack (1-3" long crack) the back panel, so our circumstances are a little different. However, even though it cracked - it looked like it would not be that bad damage wise. $5300 later I now understand that it can hide damage real well - in the energy absorbing structure behind the panel.

I don't think yours will be as bad as mine was, but the other thing to keep in mind is that your car was hit - the other driver's insurance should cover your damage. Better to be safe now then to later regret that you didn't do anything.