I hear ya on the bmw thing. I guess since bmw has branded it "the ultimate driving machine" every bmw driver thinks they have the best car out there. A coule weeks back I was driving down a back road going the speed limit and some middle aged woman in some bmw was tailing me. She had plenty of time to pass me, yet show chose to ride my a$$. I was looking in my rear view every so often and I noticed she threw her hands up as if she was saying ftw backwards so I applied the brakes, just enough to scare her. It was funny and after I did that she left some room. To me unless the bmw is an m series or dinan edition, these people need to back off.

Prediction: 1 series owners with the twin turbo are gonna be some of the most annoying owners on the road. They will be trying to race every person on the road. I do have to admit, I kind of want a twin turbo 1 series

 

CKE: In that case, I'd see how good the BMW's brakes compare to my Brembo's. After all, if they could afford such a pricey car, they could afford to get sued for whiplash damages for driving like an @$$hOl

 

And keep in mind...if they do rear-end you when you give them a "brake check" it IS thier fault. If you are asked "why did you slam on your brakes?" all you have to say is you sawa squirrel (or some other small animal)run across the road in front of you and you didn't want to hit it. Usually that question doesn't come up though. It's a waste of time for insurance adjusters to even ask it.
Scumbag claimantsdo it all the time. here's how they do it:
Immediately claimtheir neck & back hurts andthey have a headache. Have an ambulance transportthem from the scene. Recurring headaches are nearly impossible to prove or disprove. They keep going back to the doc as much as possible "because it hurts so bad."
They usually go ahead andget a lawyer to helpthem run up the medical bills.The lawyer triesget atleast the same amount oftheir medical bills as a settlement. i.e. $6,000 in medical bills = $12,000 settlement. The lawyer will get the medical bills reduced to around 1/3, so the settlement would= $2,000 to the medical providers, $5,000 to the lawyer, and $5000 inthe claimant'spocket.Their car repairs are not included in that settlement amount.They like it when their caris totaled because that would possibly make for a better settlement.
I'm not saying anyone should do this. I'm just telling you how it's done successfully by scumbags. And don't do it in Mississippi or I may be your insurance adjuster and I'll takeyou all the way to court cause I know you're faking.

 

LOL @ the disclaimer ..... again.

uhhhhh..... my best friend's dad is my lawyer

 

I edited some as well a minute ago after I re-read what I had posted

 

He should be able to verify everything I just said then!

 

Are you calling me a scumbag?!? ..... and don't tell me to calm down or I might just snap!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! (hands on head, elbows flailing wildly) ..... ok, I'm better now!



I know that the above is true.

 

C A L M D O W N

 

I've heard of that done on more than one occassion (people brake checking to get rear-ended). I just settled my claim for an accident from like 7 years ago and ran into an interesting issue... the lady was no longer with that insurance company, had moved and got married so they couldn't find her, which made it incredibly difficult to serve her court papers and was going to draw the thing out a lot, so I just settled. I also found out that attorneys take the total of the settlement amount, take their 30% (or whatever they charge) THEN pay out whatever needs paid, and give you the rest. That's how they get such a nice chunk of change.... I wish I would have fought it myself and not hired a lawyer.

I did learn that if your car is totaled and you don't have any medical issues you can just walk into or call the adjustors office, tell them you think you're fine but you want $xxx.xx for your car (ask for about $1,000.00 extra if someone else was at fault) and they will happily cut you a check to settle the whole thing rather than risk you going in for medical treatment.

 

falk, you forget to take the riddlin this morning?