I live in Michigan and we had a pretty good snow, 3-4 inches. So I was out driving around, being the only one of my friends with an AWD car, and I thought the car was bumping a little weird. I turned into a parking lot, hit an ice patch, and hit a curb pretty damn hard. I drove it home and it favored it's right side heavily, which I knew was bad. I assumed the axle was just bent, but I brought it to a dealership and they said there was $1600 worth of damage. I'm at school now, but I'll let you know what they said was wrong. I remember some of it like the 'backing plate', something like inner and outer ties, and a lot of other stuff was bent. They also have to re-align most of the wheels!

I was suspended Monday-Thursday at my school for something else, so I worked 13 hour days and made the money back as an electrical engineer. It's my dad's company so he let me.

I'm really sad because I don't have a car to drive for like a week and a half.

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Sorry to hear about that.Man I know the feeling that is my luck 24/7.I have been going through stuff like that all my life.Maybe that will help make you feel better that someone else can share your pain.

 

Damage -

tire and rim = scratched, leaving though
right front strut = bent
nub and knuckle = bent
an arm control = damaged
inner and outer tie rod = bent
alignment = needs to be straightened
backing plate = bent

Total - $1593

 

That doesn't sound all that bad as a price to replace everything.Thank god it wasn't any worse.

 

I finally got it back, but the alignment is all messed up, it bumps weird at high speeds. And lately the windows are all weird. The motor is slow or something and I don't understand why. I think I'm going to bring it to the shop.


Oh yeah, the second I got it back, my brother backed up into it in his Escape. Pretty big dent on the front of my car, but it's not noticeable at all if that makes sense. **** happens I guess!

 

I would take it back to them and complain like hell..