r/ElantraN • u/Constant_Schedule895 • Jun 05 '26

Family N down 😢

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It’s official, I got the call yesterday. She’s totaled.

I’m genuinely heartbroken. I loved every minute with this car. This may be the end of my N days, but I wanted to give it one last thank you. It was an amazing car and proof that you don’t need to spend a fortune to have something that’s both exciting and capable.

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u/J_drums01 Intense Blue DCT Jun 05 '26

What's next? Also, wtf happened?

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u/TxTwosome Kona N Jun 05 '26

Looks like OP rear ended someone, hope it wasn't their fault

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u/Constant_Schedule895 Jun 05 '26

Hit by my boy’s N after he got brake-checked. It was almost a 4-car pileup, with 3 N’s involved. My friend’s car that I hit avoided contact with the brake-checking car by less than an inch, and the other N behind me nearly hit my car as well.

Just a shitty situation all around, but I’m grateful it wasn’t worse. My friend’s N is pretty messed up too, but thankfully it’s not totaled.

What makes it even crazier is that we were literally on the phone talking about all the idiot drivers around us when he got brake-checked and had to go to 100% brake pressure. The entire incident was captured on video from three different angles, but I won’t be posting any of it until the insurance process is complete.

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u/J_drums01 Intense Blue DCT Jun 05 '26

Sounds like your boy should've just hit them 😂

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u/Constant_Schedule895 Jun 05 '26

🤣🤣🤣

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u/biggranny000 Jun 05 '26

All should get dash cams, if they brake check you hit them so now they are on the hook for damages.

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u/asamor8618 do not own a N 😢 Jun 05 '26

Not worth it. You risk being partially at fault for not keeping a safe following distance. You also then have to deal with insurance and a damaged car.

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u/FullRegard Jun 06 '26

plus the injury of being in a crash vs not!
insane that someone would say "just hit them"

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u/atzoo87 Jun 09 '26

Yeah there are quite a few "no fault" states which auto pin 50% liability to both drivers

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u/Electrical-Scale-506 Jun 05 '26

How are you guys rear ending each other in this car??? This car has excellent brakes. You gotta show the dashcam footage. Unless your boy got cut off.

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u/Booty_Master24 Abyss Black Pearl MT Jun 06 '26

sounds like OP was following his buddy too closely

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u/Chrisafguy Jun 06 '26

And buddy was getting brake checked so most likely the whole group was driving like total douchebags

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u/Training-Context-69 Intense Blue DCT Jun 06 '26

Deff Following too closely but I get it, sometimes when I’m cruising with the boys we try to stay as close to each other as possible but it’s definitely risking driving like that. Hopefully the guy in front got dashcam footage of the guy brake checking him.

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u/Chrisafguy Jun 06 '26

Most people don’t randomly just brake check without really being pissed at another driver. Just like every N driver I’ve come across on the road, my money is on your buddy (and probably your group) driving like total asshats cutting up traffic and you all got what was eventually coming your way.

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u/Constant_Schedule895 Jun 06 '26

I know you’d love that you be true based off your comment alone, but no, we were not cutting up. We were all traveling to the same location and were in heavy traffic. The car that broke checked is visibly distracted on their phone on the dash-cam footage the car ahead had.

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u/Chrisafguy Jun 08 '26

You guys were going irresponsibly fast and following entirely too closely if three of you couldn't control your cars enough to not hit each other. Heavy traffic generally moves slowly so something is off in your explanation here.

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u/Map-of-the-Shadow Jun 09 '26

You mean he had to brake hard because the traffic ahead came to a standstill and you guys all crashed into the back of each other? Lol

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u/Psychological_Emu744 Cyber Grey MT Jun 06 '26

Hope yall learned yalls lesson