Was sideswiped this morning at a relatively low speed by a Chevy 3500 work truck pulling a large trailer. Long story short I had the right of way, believe he did a rolling stop and hit my passenger side. He is clearly at fault, he had the stop sign and there was no stop sign for me. Got the police report, there is no question as to fault. He fessed up to everything, maybe a little excuse as to why he didn't see me/yield, but nothing egregious (yet). Good news is we're both ok. My airbags above the door deployed. Passenger side rear quarter is dented pretty good, little bit of damage to the back of the cab. Drove the truck home about 3 miles. Had to fight with the driver side seat belt to loosen before I could put it on, I assume due to the air bag that deployed above both doors. Noticed the red strip on the steering wheel was slightly off to the right driving home. Didn't notice anything else. These trucks are solid. When I got hit the truck called 911 for me, dispatch knew somehow I was in an accident. I was able to talk to them no prob, they knew our location and an officer showed up shortly afterwards.
Here's where I could use everyone's help. I'm sure a number of you have been in accidents and got your trucks fixed. Any feel good stories out there, someone really happy with the body work, got their truck back in pristine condition without a bunch of headaches? It's been about 20 years since I was in an accident, was rear ended in my 04 Tacoma in that one. The body shop that did the work did a great job. I drove that truck about 10 years and I mostly forgot it was ever hit. My Raptor has 23k miles on it. I'm the third owner, I picked it up from a collector about a year ago with 17k miles. It is my daily driver, of course I love the truck. I chose a gen 1 over the newer gen's, I always loved the look and there is no substitute for the 6.2. I paid 55k for it, I haven't begun to reconcile the damage to the value mentally yet but I'm assuming it is completely screwed up now. At minimum if I ever do sell it I'm going to have to deal with an accident on the title. I'm trying to convince myself it's ok because if the body shop gives it back in great condition I'll drive it until the wheels fall off. Glass half full now that it's been hit I may be able to quit babying it and have a little more fun with it. Accident happened about 2 hours ago, if anyone can cheer me up with positive stories of getting your trucks back on the road minus gremlins I'd sure appreciate it.
Here's where I could use everyone's help. I'm sure a number of you have been in accidents and got your trucks fixed. Any feel good stories out there, someone really happy with the body work, got their truck back in pristine condition without a bunch of headaches? It's been about 20 years since I was in an accident, was rear ended in my 04 Tacoma in that one. The body shop that did the work did a great job. I drove that truck about 10 years and I mostly forgot it was ever hit. My Raptor has 23k miles on it. I'm the third owner, I picked it up from a collector about a year ago with 17k miles. It is my daily driver, of course I love the truck. I chose a gen 1 over the newer gen's, I always loved the look and there is no substitute for the 6.2. I paid 55k for it, I haven't begun to reconcile the damage to the value mentally yet but I'm assuming it is completely screwed up now. At minimum if I ever do sell it I'm going to have to deal with an accident on the title. I'm trying to convince myself it's ok because if the body shop gives it back in great condition I'll drive it until the wheels fall off. Glass half full now that it's been hit I may be able to quit babying it and have a little more fun with it. Accident happened about 2 hours ago, if anyone can cheer me up with positive stories of getting your trucks back on the road minus gremlins I'd sure appreciate it.
