[honda again]

So I just got my new car Saturday morning, and today I get rear ended by a rubbernecking idiot more concerned with looking at an accident than what was in front of him (me!). Stupid idiot.

Not too much damage..... looks like just the bumper, but with the electro doodads in the bumper probably more expensive than I’d think. Oh well, I’m not at fault and insurance will fix it all up, but it’s my new car! Ahhhhh!

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[LDB415]

That stinks. Good luck with it.

 

[seldomseen]

Just ensure the insurance company pays for OEM parts, and ensure you take the time to choose a shop that has an excellent reputation.

 

[Taz69]

Yea that will be a new bumper and paint. They do not come from Honda painted so whatever shop does the work make sure they have a GOOD paint shop. You cant "fix" rubber bumpers.

 

[RickBlaine]

This is July 2018, and you must have picked up one of the last 2017 model year cars!

Stuff happens. You are alive and this will get fixed right. Darn nice color on that Touring.

Yeah, find a GREAT shop that backs up their work. Beat the heck out of the rental car- you will feel better.

Rubber-neckers cause numerous "secondary" accidents here in the Chicago area. I remember from my DOT days of reading that you are 25 times more likely to be involved in an accident while near an earlier accident.

 

[GolftangoV2]

The good thing is that there appears to be no fender damage, just bumper cover. Since the paint is still "new", the body shop can just get a OE bumper cover and paint it off the car (just like the factory does) and mount it up. You wont have to worry about them having to respray the actual car. Granted the bits under the cover will need to be replaced, energy impact beam, clips, etc. Looks like the reverse sensors are fine.

 

[salcuta]

That sucks! I'm sorry. My wife's SUV car rear-ended not long after purchasing it as well.

 

[Ronch]

Ouch...sorry 'bout that... :crying

You'd be surprised what they can do with bumper covers these days. My '16 EX Coupe got the right corner of its rear bumper bashed in by some unknown while it was parked last summer. The dent was ~6-8" across and ~3-4" deep. Fortunately, no sheet metal, taillight or camera damage...

The shop said as long as the cover wasn't cracked all the way through they could fix it, assuming it didn't crack during the repair process. They heated the cover up in an oven and gently pushed it back into original shape, and then filled in the creases and surface scratches. They sanded the entire cover, not just the repair, and painted/clear coated it. Took ~4 days and ~$1100.

Looks fine now...

 

[200366HFP]

 

[aruss]

Same thing happened to me, glad you are okay! Have fun with the rental!

 

[Justanotherguy]

I've been tapped twice... Both times I fought and lost for new oem parts... Car was over 2 years old though.
First one was about $1500... Second didn't look any worse but ran over $3000 due to unseen metal damage and sensors.
Good luck. People suck

 

[locoandroid]

Does Canada has a Touring 4 cylinder, I thought that the Touring was just on V6
GL getting the car fixed

 

[MikeNC]

It’s like any rear ender you see on a dry, clear day. Should simply never happen if people are paying attention to actually driving their own car. Which makes some TV ads these days so annoying. So now we need technology to avoid accidents because the drivers gets too worked up over hearing their favorite song in the radio and forgets to watch ahead?!?! Or how we need lane watch tech to simply drive between two trucks, each comfortably in their own lane, on a three lane freeway (when did that “maneuver” become overly complex and taxing)?!?!

So many accidents that simply should never happen if people just accepted they are driving a vehicle and need to make that their 100% focus.

 

[pparks1]

I got rear ended in mine too, about 6-8 months after purchase. It didn't look bad at all, but there was some underlying damage. The collision shop did a good job fixing it up. I think I had about $2600 worth of damage, if memory serves me correctly.

 

[honda again]

Does Canada has a Touring 4 cylinder, I thought that the Touring was just on V6

GL getting the car fixed

Yes, Canada has a Touring trim for i4’s.


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[honda again]

So had it in to the shop and talked to my insurance company. Good thing is that it’s policy to use OEM parts on new vehicles up to 48,000 km.


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[meowcat]

So had it in to the shop and talked to my insurance company. Good thing is that it’s policy to use OEM parts on new vehicles up to 48,000 km.


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Wait! What? Why is *your* insurance paying for this?

 

[MikeNC]

Maybe they’re in a no fault state?

 

[honda again]

Wait! What? Why is *your* insurance paying for this?

I live in Ontario, Canada, and that's how our "no fault" system works. You claim through your own insurance company, but your rates won't go up unless you're deemed at fault for the incident.

You deal with your own company regardless of "fault". This is supposed to make the claims process less adversarial, and reduce excessive litigation which reduces costs and time in settling claims. (yeah right! lol)

 

[MikeNC]

doh, sorry - should have known that anyway from your plates in the pics in the first post. :wink