Celica Forums General Discussion General SON OF A B*TCH! (rant plus question)

ok I got into a small accident about a month ago. the damage was to the hood, front bumper, and some of the radiator. they estimated about 2 and a half weeks to repair the damage. its now been almost 5 weeks and now its at the dealership bodyshop b/c they said the car was overheating. now the Toyota dealership is telling me its b/c of a blown head gasket.

my question is: can you blow a headgasket from a minor accident?

all i want is my car back b/c my rental car goes back tomorrow and now i dont have a way to get to work.

Fuck alamo body and paint.

lol good luck

yes, you can get a blown headgasket from a head on minor accident...I was in one a few years ago, and my radiator got pushed back into my engine fan, and my car overheated...due to a blown headgasket...you may have severed a radiator line, or the radiator itself, but either way its gonna cost you probably around $1,200 to fix...good luck bro

well my insurance is covering it, but it pisses me off that it took them 4 and a half weeks to repaint and repair everything, then find a blown gasket. thanks for the info.

that happened to me before...had to get my front bumper, hood, and radiator fixed, but lucky for me i didnt get a blown headgasket...toyota had my car for over a month

Do you have rental car coverage?

When my Hyundai burned to the ground (mechanical failure), I had a rental car for 6 weeks. That poor sunfire had 2,000KM when I picked it up & I returned it with a knocking engine.

Yea I've had the rental car for a month, but they called sayin the insurance coverage time was up. Now the dealership has to call the rental car place b/c they said I wont get my Celi back till the end of the week. A damn week to replace a headgasket.

ARGH! that blows

LOL, looks like you blew a headgasket because your radiator wasn't fixed correctly.

tell the dealer to give you a car, there the ones taking for ever to fix ur car, so bitch at them and get a car from them, i have the same proble, my car has been at the dealer trying to get a new transmition, its been 3 weeks, and all they tell me is, call back tomorow and shit, i do have a car from the dealer, but i do want my car back, i miss it so much, so i know wat you mean, try to get a car from them, they have to give you one sence there taking for ever to get it fix, hope you still got waranty, because thats wats covering for my car, and the rental. good luck

That's nothing I bent a valve and just barely got my car back after 8 months.

^^Drifter, i wouldnt last if i were u.
Deseck, if it takes them longer than they told u, they should give you a rental. if not, ask them to. be glad that they are fixing it for free, they should, its 800$ job easily

That sucks dude...good luck to you and your car