This is what I am afraid of. I have seen so many paint jobs come out looking so noticeable. Not what we want on our new car with only 4K miles on it. We will see what happens.
Car wreck, lowball offer.
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Greg look up Paint Society on YT. I think he's in your area and he does excellent work. His shop is at an Acura dealership but I forget which one.
Completely understandable. I would have an honest conversation with the body shop manager and explain that your car is nearly new with 4K miles and you want it to look brand new.
Yes, I'd like to do that.
Make sure they pull the rear quarter glass and de-trim the rear door as well. It's pretty easy to get a good paint job if the prep is done correctly, especially on a car so new.
Title is kinda clickbaity but I understand your anguish after the last car with paint imperfection.
An extremely minor fender bender? tapper? And not even getting a quote
doesnt exactly equal CAR WRECK WITH LOWBALL PAYOUT.
In the end its a car in a world of other people who dont care. This isnt a garage queen rare car.. move on with life after doing the best you can getting it fixed.
My 2002 ranger 4x4 4.0 offroad with 3k miles on it.. I had just finished a marathon 6hour wash and detail on it.. and some bozo hit both driver doors somehow at home depot.. i was last car in the lot with giant concrete around 2 sides of car.. That did make me mad.
I only stopped because I was early for dinner and was grabbing some bolts or washers (I forget) I was in home depot 10min.
An extremely minor fender bender? tapper? And not even getting a quote
doesnt exactly equal CAR WRECK WITH LOWBALL PAYOUT.
In the end its a car in a world of other people who dont care. This isnt a garage queen rare car.. move on with life after doing the best you can getting it fixed.
My 2002 ranger 4x4 4.0 offroad with 3k miles on it.. I had just finished a marathon 6hour wash and detail on it.. and some bozo hit both driver doors somehow at home depot.. i was last car in the lot with giant concrete around 2 sides of car.. That did make me mad.
I only stopped because I was early for dinner and was grabbing some bolts or washers (I forget) I was in home depot 10min.
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In high school I worked in a warehouse next to a body shop, 1980. Was a high end car independent body shop.
During breaks I would talk to the owner of the body shop. He was a perfectionist and could not keep body men employed because he expected high standards- he payed the most in town yet all that worked for him wanted to take short cuts.
One of many lessons he taught me was to always "smell gas" after any accident. Have the car at the shop of one's choosing, and when contacting the insurance company tell them its at "ABC body shop", and you think you smell gas. The insurance company will send a adjustor to that body shop, and the body shop will do the negotiations with the adjustor.
Number one rule of negotiations- never have the decision maker (owner of the car) be directly in the negotiation-, if so they will lose. That is why car dealers avoid having the decision maker on the dealer part work directly with the car buyer. The new car dealer has a middleman- so should the buyer when feasible.
Finally, I never ever make a insurance claim unless it is a catastrophic loss. As others have posted in this thread, lots of second and third results from filing a claim. Even if the claim was not covered, insurance company paid out no monies, there will be a direct or indirect cost to the person filing the claim, possibly for many years. For a homeowner, a prior claim may come up when going to sell the house many years later.
During breaks I would talk to the owner of the body shop. He was a perfectionist and could not keep body men employed because he expected high standards- he payed the most in town yet all that worked for him wanted to take short cuts.
One of many lessons he taught me was to always "smell gas" after any accident. Have the car at the shop of one's choosing, and when contacting the insurance company tell them its at "ABC body shop", and you think you smell gas. The insurance company will send a adjustor to that body shop, and the body shop will do the negotiations with the adjustor.
Number one rule of negotiations- never have the decision maker (owner of the car) be directly in the negotiation-, if so they will lose. That is why car dealers avoid having the decision maker on the dealer part work directly with the car buyer. The new car dealer has a middleman- so should the buyer when feasible.
Finally, I never ever make a insurance claim unless it is a catastrophic loss. As others have posted in this thread, lots of second and third results from filing a claim. Even if the claim was not covered, insurance company paid out no monies, there will be a direct or indirect cost to the person filing the claim, possibly for many years. For a homeowner, a prior claim may come up when going to sell the house many years later.
My planet of New Hampshire
They were blowing them out for $16,800 out the door for the S model with a stick when I leased mine in 2019.Today - who knows. Let's look ....
Nothing, No Inventory.
What a difference a day makes. VW must be loving this car shortage. This dealer was sitting on almost one hundred cars not long ago
That looks pretty sharp! Local or chain shop?
We now have the drop off date set up. Hopefully they will start about 2 weeks from now. Initially they said they were booked out until August due to a local hail storm but were able to squeeze us in a bit sooner. I'll post up updates as they come.
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It was a local shop, heard about them on the radio all the time and rated good
https://orlandoautobody.com/
That still somehow seems kid of low.
I can only imagine how this is going to end up.
Yea-no matter what kind of work the body shop does-it will not be good enough for the OP.
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Same thing happened to me in the same spot. 500.00 about 5 years ago. Paint color was a black pearl metallic.
Did you see the quarter damage?
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No, I dident. On my work PC I cant expand pics from this forum.
I have since moved and retired. But where I lived in Southern California, I had a long standing relationship with a local good quality body shop. More than once-when I needed their services, I simply dropped off the vehicle-signed a form and left. In a reasonable amount of time my vehicle was done. No sweat on my part.Yeah, I agree.
The amount of unnecessary effort and stress gives me a headache just thinking about it.
And yes-one of those time was for an expensive Silverado with just a few miles on it. I was kind of broad sided and scrapped by somebody on their cellphone in a small car. Their insurer was Geico and that's a whole other story.
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why did you switch from USAA? I search every few years and can’t find anyone even close to the same rate for the same coverages!
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