Today, I finished installing a brand new engine in my old car. It cost just over $6000. Later, I was waiting at a red light and an uninsured drunk driver smashed into it head on. It's completely totaled. I got to drive it 5 miles. The car is worth $1000, even with a new engine. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I paid $2300 to a mechanic for fixing my car. It's also the day I got into an accident and totalled said car. FML
Today, after my car got stolen and flipped on its roof three months ago, making it an insurance write-off, and getting a new car a week ago, a drunk driver crashed into my parked car, writing it off. In both instances the drivers were thankfully OK, it's just my insurance premiums skyrocketing, no biggie. FML
Today, I got the repair estimate for my car. It's going to cost me $3,000 to rebuild the front end. It was wrecked because a couple decided to have a lovers' spat in the middle of the freeway. I had that car for exactly four hours. FML
Today, my car was totaled. It was so new, I haven't even made the first payment on it yet. FML
Today, accustomed to dealing with my old car's faulty accelerator, I pressed the pedal way too hard in my new car and crashed into a pillar, totaling the engine, and giving myself a concussion. I could still see the dealership down the street. FML
Today, I bought my very first car that I spent years saving for. A few hours after I signed all the papers, I let my boyfriend go for a test drive. He totaled it. FML
Today, I had the lovely experience of witnessing a tow truck cause a couple thousand dollars' worth of damage to my broken-down car. FML
Today, I bought a new $10,000 car since my old one broke down. Today, I also found out the old one wasn’t starting because i never had it in park. FML
Today, I woke up to find the entire driver's side of my car wrecked. Front door, back door, front and rear bumper smashed to shit. A drunk driver had hit it the previous night and ran. Don't worry though, he stopped and left his insurance information. He keyed it into the undamaged side of my car. FML
Today, I hit a patch of black ice and totaled my car. The car is a month old. For the next 5 years I'll be paying for a car I can't drive. FML
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Top comments
Amkii 0
:( Ugh. I'm sorry. Your insurance should cover most of it, right? This is why we need to have stricter rules in the US about drunk drivers... esp. uninsured ones!
spiderman0606 0
Dude, if he doesnt have insurance that automatically means it's his fault (although it is his fault) and he has to pay for everything. But fyl until everything is taken care of.
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Comments (91)
ironhulk_fml 0
why dont u take the engine out the car that way u can recover some of the money since the engine would probably be worth something if it wasnt damaged
NorfolkDude 2
My only recommendation is to sue the driver. He might be in trouble for drunks, and it's doubtful he'll pay the 6k, but I would bet that you could at least ruin him financially and borrowing money or taking out a credit card.
devildog2287 2
ughhh I feel your pain. a drunk driver hit my car while it was parked and even though the damage is not that bad it still cost more money to fix it than my car is worth. it really sucks.
chasadilla 0
what kind of car is it? why would you let them rip 6k from you, why did you put a new engine in a crapcan?
gus3222 7
I think that putting a new engine in to a old car is a good idea simply because it increases the value of a car that is probably very old and valuable. ;)
mettakarama 0
I honestly shed a tear for this FYL dude FYL :'( </3
mhnilo88 0
sue the bastard.
FYlife604 18
why the hell would you spend 6x car value when u could of gotten a new car for a third of that .... YDI
dragonfightrz 3
maybe the car meant more to him maybe it has sentimental value to him....food for thought
TreySongz911 0
Spend $6k on a car that is only worth $1k? Can't fathom why someone would be that stupid. You deserved it.
redhedsaysrawr 18
No, dumbass, the car in its TOTALED state now (which means AFTER the crash) is only worth $1000. It was worth a lot more than that in the state it was before the other driver wrecked into his car.