FUCK! I just got in a hit and run.

[Initech]

I was on my way to meet my folks for dinner and I was about to pull into the parking lot of the restaurant and some jackass hits me from behind. So I get out, naturally I'm pissed (since it's a new car and everything) and so I get out to check the damage, and the other guy gets out. So after I calm down, I tell him to pull in the parking lot so we can exchange insurance info. Jackass instead, turns the OTHER way down the street and bolts. God damn it.

I reported it to the police as a hit and run but I don't know if they will find anything since it's a new car that hit me (ironically), and it didn't have a manufacturer grill on the front so I didn't know what make/model it was (although I assume it's a Dodge).

Does anyone have advice for this sort of thing?

[carly denise pt deux]

1. Hope you have full coverage

Let the cops file the report, you file a claim and get the car fixed, there isn't anything else you can do at this point, hopefully they will catch the jerk, hit n run drivers suck.
Carly

[Initech]

2. Yup.

That's all the cop said I could do. I'm freaking pissed right now. Haven't even had my car two months.

[carly denise pt deux]

4. this happened to a friend of mine a few months ago

brand new car, had it only a couple of weeks, some jerk blew thru a red light and hit their car...cops came, there was a witness who said they knew where the car was, unfortunately the officer didn't seem overly concerned about looking for the other driver and they never did find the offender's car.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear EOO...

Oh, that just sucks...

I'm sorry...

Hope everything will turn out OK...

:hug:

[Initech]

5. Thanks, Peggy!

Yeah, it sucks. Thankfully there wasn't a whole lot of damage, just a broken tail light and the fender got pushed up, but that should be easily fixed.

[uppityperson]

6. That's a pain. You need to carry a gun and a pit bull "just in case"

that would make sure they didn't run. Good luck with insurance co.

[flvegan]

7. 2 pit bulls.

They work best in teams.

[uppityperson]

8. or just a chihuahua and a tazer

seriously, hit and run people should get in big trouble.

Edited to add, my apologies to those who thought I was being too violent. Distract with the chi and zap! That's better, right? Just relax them?

[flvegan]

9. H n R people deserve nothing less.

Taser: a painful reminder that you just did something pretty stupid.

[uppityperson]

10. and a chihuahua in your face while you're down, just to rub it in.

[Initech]

13. I dont think I'd trust a pit bull with leather seats.

[burythehatchet]

11. 1st make sure you secure the police report because your insurer

will demand it. Don't hold out hope of finding who did it, its not a big priority for cops, they're busy tazing second graders. Let Karma take care of the rest.

[FloridaJudy]

12. He was probably late for dinner

at the Olive Garden.

Seriously, keep a copy of the police report and send it to your insurance company. The idiots usually hit my car while it's in the supermarket parking lot - no witnesses, no note. At this point, the car's so totally beat up that it doesn't matter, but it really ticked me off when the car was new.