Hey yall, so i am sort of in a bind here. sorry for the word salad.
I am a professional student, currently in San antonio for a month. I am not from there but im from a neighboring state. I decided to go to austin to check it out, especially since it is ACL weekend. I went there, had fun, parked my car on the street. I come back at 10pm and the driver mirror is smashed and broken, the gas tank cover has been ripped, and there is a huge fender bender on my car. It is a 2010 lincoln mkz, looks great, ive had it for 2 years and ive only spent quallity money on synthetic engine oil to change it. No other money on maintenance, its been good.
so now for my dilemna. this happened on saturday. The person who hit my car with a RV left a business card. A witness also left a note and i called him and he gave me the license plate of the RV. I immediately called the cops to put in a report of location, phone number on business card, license plate etc. The dude called me back and gave me his name, didn't really give me his insurance deets but i suppose he'll be making a call to them on monday?
My question is now what do i do? im incredibly busy and my schedule is inflexible so i won't have much time to deal with this BS for my remaining 2 weeks here. Since im out of state, how does it work?
the car has 120k miles roughly on it, and KBB estimates it around 3-4k. I doubt damage is going to cost that, but it for sure with labor will be significant. The damage was extensive. Im afraid insurance company might cut me a check for 3k, but on craigslist a similar car with similar mileage is running for 8k. Basically i am clueless about how this works?
When i return home to a different state (neighboring state), how will that work out? any advice is appreciated and welcome.
EDIT: I only took 2 photos. It was dark. caption caption Should I go take more?
tldr; probably drunk dude hit my car and car behind me. I am not from austin or even saTX, and do not know what is in my best interest here. This is already stressful enough, i don't want to get screwed.
Submitted October 06, 2019 at 06:06PM by spikesolo https://ift.tt/2OoKD4Z
