I had a post all typed out how my in-laws happened upon a cherry of a used car.
2009 Subaru Outback A4 /165k
The guy was meticulous about maintenance, writing everything in paint marker under the hood. I never got to meet him as my in-laws were paying for the car and did all the talking. Alas that will be a different thread.
Needless to say my daughter is scared, horrified, and feel they will disown her. My wife was in the car at the time and feels equally. There was no cell phone involved and it was just a case of anxiety and jitters which my daughter takes meds for anyway. I am not mad and actually would have preferred if she just hit the garage door!
She backed out of the driveway without incident w/ wife in the passenger seat. I was not home but was told she got rushed because she saw a car coming and put it in drive and without turning the wheel and thinking. Accelerated back into the driveway and well the rest is evident.
Subaru has suspension issues on the front passenger wheel as it now moves in the wheel well. Not really driveable. I am thinking bent control arm and maybe cracked knuckle at a minimum. The fender & bumper I am not worried about so much. It will be fixed out of pocket as the car has liability only.
Wife's Tiguan is pretty much all body work. Door skins and repaint it seems. However I am unsure how to proceed with insurance. The kid is listed as permit driver on our policy but we don't own the Subaru. It is owned by my in-laws as they purchased it. I added it too our policy today because we are not listed as drivers on their policy. This happened literally 1 hour after they dropped in off last night.
How would you guys handle this? The Tiguan needs to be fixed obviously but is still perfectly driveable. The Subaru is getting fixed out of pocket and it's liability only. I also don't want to ding her in-laws insurance for this.
2009 Subaru Outback A4 /165k
The guy was meticulous about maintenance, writing everything in paint marker under the hood. I never got to meet him as my in-laws were paying for the car and did all the talking. Alas that will be a different thread.
Needless to say my daughter is scared, horrified, and feel they will disown her. My wife was in the car at the time and feels equally. There was no cell phone involved and it was just a case of anxiety and jitters which my daughter takes meds for anyway. I am not mad and actually would have preferred if she just hit the garage door!
She backed out of the driveway without incident w/ wife in the passenger seat. I was not home but was told she got rushed because she saw a car coming and put it in drive and without turning the wheel and thinking. Accelerated back into the driveway and well the rest is evident.
Subaru has suspension issues on the front passenger wheel as it now moves in the wheel well. Not really driveable. I am thinking bent control arm and maybe cracked knuckle at a minimum. The fender & bumper I am not worried about so much. It will be fixed out of pocket as the car has liability only.
Wife's Tiguan is pretty much all body work. Door skins and repaint it seems. However I am unsure how to proceed with insurance. The kid is listed as permit driver on our policy but we don't own the Subaru. It is owned by my in-laws as they purchased it. I added it too our policy today because we are not listed as drivers on their policy. This happened literally 1 hour after they dropped in off last night.
How would you guys handle this? The Tiguan needs to be fixed obviously but is still perfectly driveable. The Subaru is getting fixed out of pocket and it's liability only. I also don't want to ding her in-laws insurance for this.
Just be glad all are ok--body work is vastly cheaper&easier than, well, body work. My daughter managed to flip a car but without injury.
