Bad Afternoon - Page 4

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@Noel7 wrote:
@Moonchilde

I googled "Lexus out of control" and there are several reports on it happening a lot. It has to do with the mat under the gas pedal.

I don't know if that's her model but it't worth checking into.

You might be able to sue the company.

Interesting, @Noel7, thanks. I do feel bad for the woman even though I'm like, the car DOES have brakes......

I'm assuming SHE will sue and I won't have to.

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@Pearlee wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@Pearlee wrote:
Maybe the restaurant had video surveillance to help the police figure out the sequence of events and see what happens.

Sadly, there may be some depreciation to the value of your car since it's been "in an accident" so to speak. Hopefully it's just body work which should devalue it much. Thing is you want new and not after-market parts which you may not get. The insurance companies control that. You may have to cough up more for new parts.

I'm not sure about the restaurant, but some business may well have had something going. Fingers crossed. My niece has recommended a body shop they were highly satisfied with.
Might be best to take it to the dealer or dealer's collision center where you can insist on the right parts for your car from the manufacturer or secondary market. For instance, if you go to the dealer's body shop and you have a Toyota, you'll get Toyota parts put in. If you have an extended warranty on your car that you purchased, you'll need to be sure you don't render that void by getting non-manufacturer's parts and you can't be sure of that elsewhere.

@Pearlee, will have to check with Hyundai dealership. My niece (with whom I live) has a Sonata and she has a local body shop she was very pleased with for her car when someone hit her. Will go with that one unless the local dealer does their own body work (which I don't think they do).

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
@Moonchilde

I googled "Lexus out of control" and there are several reports on it happening a lot. It has to do with the mat under the gas pedal.

I don't know if that's her model but it't worth checking into.

You might be able to sue the company.

Interesting, @Noel7, thanks. I do feel bad for the woman even though I'm like, the car DOES have brakes......

I'm assuming SHE will sue and I won't have to.

@Moonchilde

There have been a lot of car out of control accidents where brakes couldn't stop the car.

Some years ago in SO CAL a guy on the freeway called for help from his speeding car where the brakes, hand brake and shifting gears did nothing.

I hope the injured guy makes it.

DiAnne · ‎09-22-2010

@Noel7

I think Toyota had to pay a billion+ fine a few years ago because gas pedals on their Lexus automobiles were sticking. Several people were killed.

makena · ‎10-29-2016

A harrowing experience all around. I sure hope the man that came to her aid will pull through. What a brave act.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@DiAnne wrote:
@Noel7

I think Toyota had to pay a billion+ fine a few years ago because gas pedals on their Lexus automobiles were sticking. Several people were killed.

Hi @DiAnne

How horrible. A lot of it happened 8 or so years ago it seems. I wonder how old this woman's SUV was.

jackiejenny · ‎10-23-2011

@Moonchilde~~~I am sorry this happened to you, but glad you were not in your car. Yes, I do that futile exercise of the "what if" game when bad things happen through no fault of your own. It doesn't help a thing, but I think it's human nature to go back and try to analyze things we could have done differently to have prevented it.

Prayers go out to the severely injured good samaritan for his full recovery.

Good luck with all of the insurance red tape and hoops you may have to deal with....on the other hand, it may go very smoothly.....I hope for you the latter.

jubilant · ‎06-10-2010

Yes, I have had that "what if" or more often..."that could have been me if it had happened 5 minutes earlier" type thoughts. I am glad you weren't in your car. I think things happen for reasons we don't understand but there is always some kind of lesson in it for us.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

How horrible for all of you. Today, someone I know is taking their car in for service, and I keep worrying that it might breakdown on the bridge or on the busy highway and she could so easily be hit by a speeding truck. My DH says it will be fine, but I have a tendency to think "what if".

nun ya · ‎03-09-2010

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
@Moonchilde Was the driver elderly? There seem to be frequent parking lot incidents where older driver put their foot on the gas instead of the brake. I'm not sure how that happens but it's very common.

A couple years ago a elderly man here came out of Applebee's, got in his car, went to back out of parking place and shot straight ahead mowing over a landscape employee who was trimming a hedge. The poor victim died.

I can't be sure, because people dye their hair, but by what I saw I'd say in her 50s. She had called out for help before the accident saying she coudn't control/stop her car. What I don't understand is why not hit the BRAKE?

Or put the car in neutral and shut if off! Did she exit her vehicle while it was out of control? I was curious how the door hit her?