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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 2856162" data-attributes="member: 549629">First off let me say, Im no expert either! I have a buddy with a body shop and Ive seen/had explained to me alot of crashes over the years, but Im by no means any sort of expert. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Now on to me acting like one...Contact your insurance company asap. Explain to them your thoughts on the situation. Believe me, they&#039;ll want to find fault with the other party too. If the damage in person indicates the situation you think happened, tell them. They should be able to advise you from there what your next step should be. Speak to a claims agent Id guess.Laws of momentum wont allow her to simply stop dead in her tracks while you absorb 100% of her inertial energy. If she was moving at a decent rate of speed, her car should have pushed yours sideways while scraping down the side of it, and then probably continued abit. If hers impacted yours while she was going relatively slow, dragged down it as your car&#039;s momentum carried it along, she probably wouldn&#039;t have traveled far afterwards.Sometimes people forget how much weight/momentum a car can have in an accident, especially if someone panics and doesn&#039;t hit the brakes at the apropriate time (or ever).Lastly, Im totally guessing here, and from one picture over the internet. Take it with a grain of salt (obviously). Talk to your insurance agency (like now) and get the ball rolling. The sooner you do it, the more legit it will look imo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 2856162, member: 549629"] First off let me say, Im no expert either! I have a buddy with a body shop and Ive seen/had explained to me alot of crashes over the years, but Im by no means any sort of expert. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Now on to me acting like one... Contact your insurance company asap. Explain to them your thoughts on the situation. Believe me, they'll want to find fault with the other party too. If the damage in person indicates the situation you think happened, tell them. They should be able to advise you from there what your next step should be. Speak to a claims agent Id guess. Laws of momentum wont allow her to simply stop dead in her tracks while you absorb 100% of her inertial energy. If she was moving at a decent rate of speed, her car should have pushed yours sideways while scraping down the side of it, and then probably continued abit. If hers impacted yours while she was going relatively slow, dragged down it as your car's momentum carried it along, she probably wouldn't have traveled far afterwards. Sometimes people forget how much weight/momentum a car can have in an accident, especially if someone panics and doesn't hit the brakes at the apropriate time (or ever). Lastly, Im totally guessing here, and from one picture over the internet. Take it with a grain of salt (obviously). Talk to your insurance agency (like now) and get the ball rolling. The sooner you do it, the more legit it will look imo. [/QUOTE]

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