last night i was studying for my midterms and my little cousin walks up to me and says, would you be pissed if your car was dented? Questioning the little girls logic, i found out my little sister reversed into my aunt's parked car in the driveway which was directly behind the fit. The thing that got me is that my aunts car was a freaking Honda oddessy, how the freak can you not miss that. Her stupid argument was that it was dark and late and she couldn't see....... OMG my sister is an ignorant little 16 year old, how the hell can you be that blind and not see a freaking Oddessy for christs sake the damn thing is 3-4x the size of a fit. The damage wasn't serious though, but i now have a few screw indentures in the bumper along with a huge gash on the top of the bumper, scraping part of my bumper applique off. Now she scrapped that thing twice now, first it was bottoming out of my fit and scraping the underside of the bumper, but now this god my sister needs to stick with the accord and not touch my fit.

Having this car no more than 2 months and i see this crap and to add to insult i just waxed it the day before this happend....

pics will be posted later i just need to let out some steam and rant

 

dude don't let your sister near yor car.. sorry to hear that happened to u..i know how i am with my Fit and god help any one who damages it.... i will be so Irate... sorry again to hear about your car.. i feel you pain

 

Make her pay for it dude. SERIOUS

 

Yup, make her pay for the damages and she will NEVER touch your car again!

 

x2.plus pain and suffering

 

She needs to lose her licence. What if someone was standing behind the Fit? She could've seriously injured or even killed someone. Putting a vehicle into reverse without looking to see if there's something behind you should be an automatic suspension of one's licence IMO.

 

I know I'll upset many here when I say that in my opinion 16 is waaaayyy too young to allow anyone to have an unrestricted driver's license.

I know most parts of the US have pathetic (or non-existent) mass transit, but in most of the developed world the age for an unrestricted DL is a year or two higher.

And in case anyone is interested, I lived in Hawaii (with an excellent bus system) for my freshman and sophomore years of high school and had no real need to learn to drive. I got my DL a few days short of my 18th birthday, in Florida, just as I was starting my freshman year at UCF.

My husband is Australian, and was appalled by how easy his US driving test was, describing it (deservedly) as a joke, compared to those in the UK and Australia. I think it's safe to say that your sister probably would not have passed a driving test in either of those countries.

Any one who would do what she did *does not* deserve to have a DL at this point, and if the authorities don't take away her license, your family should (effectively) take it away by prohibiting her from driving for a loooonnnnnggg time.

And I'd make sure whatever insurance company you are with knows about it. Make her pay for all repairs/deductibles and then make her pay for her own insurance. And then if she can't pay, she doesn't drive.

I'm speaking as a parent (of a baby getting ready to turn one), and that is the way my husband and I would deal with it.

And last, but not least, you have my sympathy. In the same situation I would be fuming.

 

I agree with you totally. However, the USA is the land of entitlement. You would be stoned alive or burned at the stake for suggesting what you suggested above.

Most teens have no business sitting behind the wheel. A car is 2000+ lbs weapon. Every summer we have our slew of teen auto deaths. A lot of ricers who were racing or girls who were texting while driving. We lost 4 or 5 girls in one shot in spring in their SUV. They were texting when they ran into the semi

 

I wish there were more parents like you, seriously. I'm sick of all these spoiled $hits getting whatever they want...

 

That sucks man....I would just as pissed off..

 

Really sorry to hear about what happened to your car. Your venting is definitely understood. Hope you are able to sort it out quickly.

 

what is the best way to get screw indentures fixed? I had a neighbor's car bump mine and leave them in my bumper too.

Oh and my 16yr old sister barely even gets to sit in my car, much less drive it.

 

I agree with Golly 100%. simply make her pay for the damages. Doesnt have a job? too bad get one. and revoke the DL. only fair.

 

fully agreed with all of the above statements.

your sister needs to be taught responsibility. this is a good first step for that, sadly at the expense of your fit.

good luck w/ getting everything taken care of.

 

Wow, I am amazed that no one posting here did anything like this when they were first driving, no matter the age.

Within my first year of driving, with my mother in the passenger seat, I tried to back a car through a garage door (reved the car up the days of carbs and chokes), did a bit of damage to the door (wood doors back then), none to the car (metal bumpers back then) and my Macedonian neighbor felt sorry for me (while fixing and painting the garage door) so he gave me some home made red wine.......but that is another story of another era.

While it is unfortunate that she hit your car, at least no one was hurt. And at least she came in and told you about this situation, I know many kids at that age that would not.

While it is up to you, personally, I would NOT turn it over to the insurance like the one poster stated, everyone in the family's rates will go up, trust me, a co worker found that out the hard way. The majority of the price of a new bumper and paint will be under your deductable anyhow (most being $500).

 

i agree, dont go to insurence... my mom was n insurence agent for 20 years, your rates will go up. also i agree with Spule 4 it does suck you were a victim but no one got hurt... most teenagers accidents are lot worse... in the bast 2 months 2 carfulls of teenagers have been killed in car wrecks... due to them speeding and their lack of experience, just be happy no one was hurt

 

she didn't tell me what had happend at all. My little 11 year old cousin was in the car with her at the time and she was the one who told me. Threatening my sister with the damages was to no avail though since my parents were on her side.... I can understand though since i got in a couple fender benders when i was younger, the only thing they are making her do is to do most of my yard work and other miscellaneous chores .

The damage wasn't anything as bad i thought it was gonna be, even though i probably have do a little touch up paint an dto buff off that little gash on the applique + bumper. i would upload the pictures by now, but i cant find my card reader since my sister left it somewhere and i still have to look for it. , my sister is such a klutz, i need to smack her upside her head and make her realize sometimes theres more life than just myspace and "drama" world.

To the people who talked about insurance, i've already learned my lesson with the insurance company when i was a younger driver, and i if i dont have to i will no ever report anything to the insurance company. That is only a last resort.

 

I know how you feel. I went out to my car yesterday and found a ding on the front passenger door that looks like an f'ing door hit it. I tried to bring it out as much as possible using a hair dryer and some compressed air, but it is still there. I think it looks less apparent now.
This isn't as bad as your damage, but I CAN'T STAND IT! I have driven my car 600 miles in the past 5 months.

 

finally got the pics, finally found my sister's memory card reader. I should've probably cleaned the area to show it more, but its not as bad as you guys would think. Still im pretty pissed off about it.

 

Och! Poor Fit - yes could have been much worse. Sis should help you in paying for repairs. If she could get a part time job to help that would
really stress the importance of watching what is behind you before you hit reverse.

Hope it will be an easy repair.

Cat :x