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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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MINI HURT

Today was a pretty awesome day until 5:45 PM, my mini got rear ended. we exchanged all the insurance information and what nots. Next step, finding an awesome body shop?









 
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 11:35 PM
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Ohh that bites!
Try Autobahn Body & Paint, 778 Yuba Drive, Mountain View, CA‎ (650) 966-1840‎ behind MINI of Mt. View, they do all the work for for dealership. Lots of MINI experience.
Brings back bad memories of when mine got it.
 

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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 11:46 AM
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OUCH!!! i'm glad you're okays, definitely thanks for the reference!
 
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 07:34 PM
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Good time to paint the black plastic fender trims too. (if you like that look)

 

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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 07:49 PM
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Distracted driver at fault by any chance?
 
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 09:26 PM
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When you get the Mini Repaired, try installing the center brake light pulser.

It works great and gets the driver behind you to notice you faster before you get crunched.

It may stop a accident like this from happening one and for all ! ! !

TK
 
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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Install a 3rd brake light pulser.

Easy to install and will get you noticed before you get crunched.

Got mine at WebElectric.com
 
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 12:40 AM
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Oh yeah not a pleasant sight at all, good luck on the repairs.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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OOOOHH i want to get my fender trims painted, that looks sickkk! but yeah man i don't think i can ask them to add the lights or do the paint til after cause they don't want to deal with paper work or w/e?? cause it's going through insurance? but i'll definitely add them afterwards at the shop in mt. view (:
 
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by howsoonisnow1985
OOOUUUCHHHHH......

That looks even worse for me because mine is BRG with S-lites. I'm going to take a wild guess and say it was totalled?
 
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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Yup Howsoon. You're going to need an alignment










I joke because I know you have long since solved the problem (and then some, Mr. GP)
 
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by minirooferS
OOOUUUCHHHHH......

That looks even worse for me because mine is BRG with S-lites. I'm going to take a wild guess and say it was totalled?
yup, like totally totaled
Originally Posted by Helix13mini
Yup Howsoon. You're going to need an alignment



I joke because I know you have long since solved the problem (and then some, Mr. GP)
Hey how ya'll doing?
Gonna do AMVIV?
 

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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 06:58 AM
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We're contemplating a little commando run to AMVIV Phillipe, it depends on how much we got going on here. Glad to see you're back where you belong, and doing well
 
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