[Christ]

Buddy backed into Cara... $2400 worth of damage, just to replace the outer 1/4 panel, realign the inner 1/4 panel, bumper cover, and paint.

She's only worth $1400 or so in "the book"... So if they're going to cover it, I'll get a check. I'm awaiting a call on the buyback value of the van, so I can decide if it's going to be worth it to buy her back or get another chassis to do project work on. Either way, if they cover it, and I get a check, I'm buying another vehicle, possibly a car trailer as well.

The caveat to the whole thing is that Nationwide is trying to find a way to cover the damages, even though the truck that backed into my van wasn't insured, and was in the name of the kid's Father, who I don't believe has Nationwide, and lives in NYS. It happened in the driveway, so the vehicle wasn't on the road. I was parked, noone was in the van. I was helping him move some stuff.