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Cazzzidy · #28 10-22-2004, 02:08 AM

Hmm...

This is a pretty tough call, but I am leaning towards letting it slide. He is absolutely not going to make an accident report and claim injury. He is not going to attract attention to an accident that he caused if he most likely has no insurance or license (and is very possibly an illegal immigrant), especially since I could make the case it was essentially a hit and run. I can also "play dumb" and claim that I did not understand the damage to the frame was so extensive, and never would have thought it broke the $750 in damages neccesary for making a report. We both agreed on the scene that we weren't hurt.

The ball is in my court. There is no need to make a report if only to protect myself.

My parents have been to small claims court twice -- once against
a poor guy, and once against a rich guy. They got the money from the rich guy. But the poor guy cost my parents lots of hard work, weeks of frustration and anger, hundreds in legal fees ... and they got nothing. Not a dime. The guy probably ran back to Mexico.

The entire episode left me with the understanding that no matter how hard you try, you can't take money from someone who doesn't have money. Sure, you can ruin their life trying... but in the end you will be dissapointed.

This guy is one of the biggest *******'s in the world. But that is his trip ... his Karma. Getting into a legal struggle will cause me a lot of negative energy for a long time. The sooner I can let go and move on with life the better.

If the car can be straigtened, I will go ahead and weld on and paint a new quarter panel/fender. It will be a good time to spray the roof black, too! (cream puff look is classy.) If the car can't be fixed, I will buy a manual 240D and swap my stereo and wvo conversion, and eventually the turbo motor.

****ty things happen to good people. We arn't rich, but luckily my family and I are not hard up for money, so we can make it through events like this and "write it off", so to speak. I will be getting a couple estimates tommorow.