Black does look very nice, but only when it's spotlessly clean. And Honda paint is very soft, so it swirls very easily, and is a pain to polish. Believe me, blue is a much more practical colour, and still looks very nice. If you get black, wash it with care and unless you have lots of time and ability to detail it yourself, prepare to have it professionally detailed every now and again.
How are you going with the claim? Persevere, keep at them! Get as many pics as you can. There should be scrapes on the kerb where your wheels hit, get pics of that too to back up your claim. A witness would be best of all, but if you didn't have one at the time, then your best evidence is all the details from the crash site.
My sister had another young girl change lanes into her once while they were trying to pull around a car that was turning left. The other driver admitted everything, was quite prepared to pay, then the boyfriend (who was the passenger) tried to tell us my sister was the one at fault, and claimed that my sister was speeding (!!). A few anxious weeks wait, and finally we threatened to take them to court. Not sure what happened but they eventually capitulated and paid out, I guess the girl driver actually had a conscience and did the right thing.
- HZ
