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Alright gang.
Somebody backed into my car today and left a nice new dent in my hood (and also absolutely wrecked the latch system in there). Whoever hit me either didn't notice or didn't care to stick around, and I doubt I'll ever know who it was to swap insurance with them.
It's not pretty.
I am absolutely decidedly not a car guy - I think they're cool and in my dreams I drive a nice jet black '90s Mercedes sedan. Beyond that, I've got no real idea of how to fix most things or if I should even bother attempting to... the latch system does hook back in, but when you open the hood it takes like four to seven tries to get it to close properly. I'm sure that after enough opens & closes, it won't latch again. Not an expert, but the whole thing is displaced in there.
Is there any way I could reasonably fix this myself? Should I bother trying to take it to a guy? I really did intend to drive this until the wheels fall off, but I feel like that suddenly just got moved up in time and I'm honestly stressing pretty hard about it. I'd rather not old yeller this thing yet if I could help it.
EDIT: Also, if it helps - 2007 Ford Fusion
Somebody backed into my car today and left a nice new dent in my hood (and also absolutely wrecked the latch system in there). Whoever hit me either didn't notice or didn't care to stick around, and I doubt I'll ever know who it was to swap insurance with them.
It's not pretty.
I am absolutely decidedly not a car guy - I think they're cool and in my dreams I drive a nice jet black '90s Mercedes sedan. Beyond that, I've got no real idea of how to fix most things or if I should even bother attempting to... the latch system does hook back in, but when you open the hood it takes like four to seven tries to get it to close properly. I'm sure that after enough opens & closes, it won't latch again. Not an expert, but the whole thing is displaced in there.
Is there any way I could reasonably fix this myself? Should I bother trying to take it to a guy? I really did intend to drive this until the wheels fall off, but I feel like that suddenly just got moved up in time and I'm honestly stressing pretty hard about it. I'd rather not old yeller this thing yet if I could help it.
EDIT: Also, if it helps - 2007 Ford Fusion