Audi Vs Pole

**PCYC** · 03-09-2010 09:29 PM

Well I went in reverse out of a spot.
http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/h...ostuploadshare

should I take legal action against the university? the pole is obviously in the road... This fing sucks. no reflector on the pole, and it was below my windows. It was also pitch black and installed yesterday. I literally back out this way every night when i get off work... Bull shit. the officer said that what I did was legal.

does anyone know where i can get new door panels and front fender for cheap?

thanks Fritz

**PCYC** · 03-09-2010 09:30 PM

they photos are in reverse

**KOTO** · 03-09-2010 09:32 PM

hmm i say def take legal action somehow. talk to your insurance. and then give me your wheels :D

**T0M3K** · 03-09-2010 09:33 PM

I think there is no such thing as door panels. I was under impression that doors are one part and our audis dont have door skins as most cars. I would just hunt for parts on junkyards. Fender I dont thing is that expensive. Unless u want OEM

**AvantJunkie** · 03-09-2010 09:39 PM

Dude, that sucks ass! I would definitely try to get the University to at least split the cost of damages. That pole should be marked and NOT in the road!

**PCYC** · 03-09-2010 09:44 PM

yeah I mean i am looking for both doors. Like the metal parts, so I can just spray and replace. I would like oem cause the fitment is always Perfect.

Ive got a set of 19" tires if anyone needs those. The wheels are new, and frankly I am in love with them...

i am tired of my bad luck...

**PCYC** · 03-09-2010 09:45 PM

yeah I mean i am looking for both doors. Like the metal parts, so I can just spray and replace. I would like oem cause the fitment is always Perfect.

Ive got a set of 19" tires if anyone needs those. The wheels are new, and frankly I am in love with them...

i am tired of my bad luck...

**JoshDub** · 03-09-2010 09:45 PM

fender is 140 +45 shipping from shokan. Id also see what else they have.

**ElCapitan464** · 03-09-2010 09:49 PM

damm that sucks, i would read up on ur state laws and what is required by the state when installing road signs and on street poles, im pretty sure it has to have a reflector by law if its in a street, do ur research but i highly suggest taking legal action against the school or who ever installed the pole

-nick

**JoshDub** · 03-09-2010 10:16 PM

and who the hell puts a pole on the street. what is its purpose?

**PCYC** · 03-09-2010 10:22 PM

Events like games, they block off the lot, it was literally put in yesterday or earlier today. I was told by a friend that they saw them put it in. It's just a truly dumb spot. And I have to pay for it...

**carvinc980** · 03-09-2010 10:36 PM

college campus = gaysauce Also, my car got hit while i was at work saturday night. there isnt any parking around my work unless you pay but i got a spot that is coned off every day for me and the lot is full always cause i work at a lounge. well someone in a white vehicle hit me. how do i know!? there is a lovely white dent on my red car : (

i once was arrested on campus for riding bmx. did a manual to 180 off a set of stairs and did a week and jail for resisting arrest. by resisting arrest a cop hauled ass up to me and flip his lights on and i just did a 180 so i'm riding backwards fast so i spin back around forwards and stop...

then got tackled for resisting arrest. LAWLZ!!!

avoid college campus at all cost unless on foot!! i was banned from my school ha now my job is going to pay for me to go back : )

fuck ballstate

**97YellowA4** · 03-09-2010 11:28 PM

I would get the doors off ebay. I requested a price from shoken on my B5 for a rear door and they wanted $700 for just the rear door. No interior door card, window, or electronics. I found a rear door from someone on ebay for $80 bucks shipped. Which is a steal if you ask me. I would also take legal action, if there is something in the road IT HAS TO HAVE A REFLECTOR on it. Good luck with it bro, I am sure you'll win.

-Anthony.

**Kwarner** · 03-09-2010 11:56 PM

wow that pole is really just out there and hidden. thats some grade A fucking bs.

**a4darkness** · 03-10-2010 12:16 AM

That is garbage. I would be all up in the dean's office over that one. In a suit and a tie with a letter from my attorney, of course. Okay, like I had an attorney in college but letterhead always gets their attention.

That is horrible Fritz, really sorry man. Hope you get it sorted and settled in a positive manner.

**PCYC** · 03-10-2010 05:40 AM

Thanks guys! This always happens to me. Once I get good news(getting a job in atl) and now the car... O well hopefully my dads lawyer can figure it out

**FORCE_FED_DUB** · 03-10-2010 06:02 AM

when i saw the pics and then you said college campus i was totally thinking that the pole in the road is a prank

**road_tripper** · 03-10-2010 07:30 AM

should have called the cops to get a police report and pics for your impending insurance claim.

Oops, just saw from your original post the "officer" said no illegality...

If your insurance company is anything like mine, they take the path of least resistance. If they can get you to pay the deductible and also 'find no one else at fault', they'll have you pay the full amount (in the future by jacking up your rates next time around). It's cheaper (for them) than finding and harassing the 'other party' to pay up.

As soon as you get a lawyer involved, they'll start looking around for other pockets to pick (University?). At any rate, make sure you (or your lawyer) makes it clear that accident is not your fault, try to avoid paying the deductible and getting the accident on your insurance company's database as 'your fault' which will up your rates in the future no matter which insurance company you use as they share accident info with all their competitors.

If you don't have insurance to cover the damage, i guess you need to find out the cost of repair and the cost of lawyer, and see if the lawyer thinks he/she can get repair money+laywerfee out of the responsible party/parties. I think in most small claims courts, you can't include the lawyer fees in the damages award, so maybe the only way to avoid paying the lawyer is to hire one that can get things settled out of court.

Good Luck!

**[email protected]** · 03-10-2010 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by road_tripper

should have called the cops to get a police report and pics for your impending insurance claim.

I see pics and cops above...

Sorry about your bad luck. So they installed this while you were parked there yesterday?

**PCYC** · 03-10-2010 07:54 AM

Haha thanks for the help, insurance is a bitch all the way around. I am very familiar with it, my family was affected by hurrican Katrina, it took our house with 33feet of water... Crazy. But the INS company did everything they could to not pay a fair amount. But yes I am going to try for a lawyer to see what I can get. I really don't care about what the lawyer cost I am the type of person that just wants things to be fair and done correctly, (such as the pole on the sidewalk...)

The pole was there when I parked, but I came from a different direction when I parked and never saw it obviously. But my coworked said he saw them installing it yesterday morning or the day before. So essentially very recently.

**hbodo08** · 03-10-2010 07:59 AM

i wanna know why that pole is there in the 1st place lol there has got to be a good reason for this... was there a fire hydrant around? so people dont park in front of it...

but i would take legal action to get your car fixed for sure

**hbodo08** · 03-10-2010 08:03 AM

ok nvm i know why the pole is there.... its because they were lazy to buy a longer wire to run to the other side at night so they put the pole in the road and put a cone by it lol... thats my guess

**PCYC** · 03-10-2010 08:04 AM

no there was no cone. I put the cone on top of it so no-one else would do what I did. I wish there would have been a cone there...

i ran across the street after the accident report and put it on top. the officer even said thats a good idea.

**hbodo08** · 03-10-2010 08:07 AM

ya i feel ya but id make them pay for the car and thats all you can prob get out of it.. because its there property and they can put shit where ever they want too.. for example: at my college they have a pole like that in the middle of the road and that splits the traffic from right to left and there is no reflector on it and ppl hit it all the time... but its still there soo hopefully you can get something out of it

**Sublimize23** · 03-10-2010 08:08 AM

...How did you not see it when you were walking over to get in the car? I can't figure out where your car was originally parked from the pictures.

**PCYC** · 03-10-2010 08:15 AM

i was directly ahead right next to the car in the pictures

**Sublimize23** · 03-10-2010 08:30 AM

I don't know man I wasn't there or anything but I feel like I would have noticed it before getting into my car. Good luck with the university, but get your $500 deductible ready would be my guess.

**PCYC** · 03-10-2010 08:42 AM

I have a 1000 dollar deductible, Well I am glad your more observant than me.

**pa4ul** · 03-10-2010 08:45 AM

i would make em pay all of it. That pole shouldnt be in the road in the first place.

**PCYC** · 03-10-2010 09:09 AM

It really not a matter of who pays what, i just want the f'ing pole moved...

**Sublimize23** · 03-10-2010 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by PCYC

I have a 1000 dollar deductible, Well I am glad your more observant than me.

I didn't mean it that way, sorry about your luck, but be more careful next time. I imagine you will have a difficult time getting them to pay. Do you go to Ole Miss?

**idiotSavant** · 03-10-2010 09:19 AM

Pole definitely shouldn't be in the road, but why did you back out so far straight? Why wouldn't you turn the vehicle around by that point? Also, not all insurance companies are out to screw you, at least car insurance ones. That being said though, really hope you get it sorted out.

**blmlozz** · 03-10-2010 09:22 AM

If the roads on the university are designated as private property(which unless it's a state run university it is), they can do whatever the hell they want. Comprehensive should cover you, but the officer was correct, there's nothing illegal about that pole. Unless it's directly in the middle of the road and impossible to maneuver around (like a 12" high speed bump) and *then* damages your vehicle you'd have a case, but that would be the only way.

**h2o-pr00f** · 03-10-2010 09:57 AM

I know it sucks.. but think of it this way:

Maybe out of all of this you'll get painted lowers

**jaustin** · 03-10-2010 11:05 AM

Get a lawyer and get it settled.

**JEENYUS** · 03-10-2010 11:19 AM

i would never pay for that damage. the school should pay. even in the pic i could barely tell there was a poll. no reflector and in the street is a mental and dumb idea. get something done about this. seriously, dont pay.

**PCYC** · 03-10-2010 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by h2o-pr00f

I know it sucks.. but think of it this way:

Maybe out of all of this you'll get painted lowers

No i go to Mississippi State University. My family lives in Oxford which is where Ole Miss is at.talked to the Body shop there doing the lowers for $350. Every lawyer i talked to said litigation isn't worth it and to turn it over to the INS company to pursue litigation. The pole was magically removed today. I was talking about the way i backed up, wasn't illegal. But the parking lot is laid out funny, i would have turned around no matter in the parking lot with cars. I usually reverse out the entrance part and go on my way ill draw it in paint to show you.

yellow is reverse green is Forward red is the pole Black is the shape of the parking lot. grey is my car

not to scale of course

**a4darkness** · 03-10-2010 11:44 AM

The fact that they removed the pole is a clear indicator of wrongdoing to your ins company and will give the lawyer more leverage. Stoked to hear it'll only set you back $350, that's awesome.

**Dan1969** · 03-10-2010 05:13 PM

Who the fuck puts a pole in that part of the street!? Fucking cheap labors....

**ocod** · 03-10-2010 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by PCYC

No i go to Mississippi State University. My family lives in Oxford which is where Ole Miss is at.talked to the Body shop there doing the lowers for $350. Every lawyer i talked to said litigation isn't worth it and to turn it over to the INS company to pursue litigation. The pole was magically removed today. I was talking about the way i backed up, wasn't illegal. But the parking lot is laid out funny, i would have turned around no matter in the parking lot with cars. I usually reverse out the entrance part and go on my way ill draw it in paint to show you.

yellow is reverse green is Forward red is the pole Black is the shape of the parking lot. grey is my car

not to scale of course

Thats why I always park in reverse.
Sucks it happened.
Question them why it was removed? You'll probably not even get an answer?
Have you spoken to your insurance company?

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