WTF So I just dick'd my butt

[HipHugHer]

That's assuming the other guy has insurance your collecting on.

 

[Amstel]

Then you go get you a junkyard fender and whatever else you need, fix it, pay a body shop to paint, and pocket the rest.

Or negotiate a cash price w/the body shop. I did that when my GF hit a deer in SC. IT wasn't a huge savings but put a couple bucks in my pocket & covered the deductible.

 

[HipHugHer]

Or negotiate a cash price w/the body shop. I did that when my GF hit a deer in SC. IT wasn't a huge savings but put a couple bucks in my pocket & covered the deductible.

That works too. Estimate is brand new everything and book labor. There's some room to deal.

Absolutely nothing wrong with salvage body or other non-wear parts either. Once in a while you get lucky and even find on the same color.

 

[Amstel]

Absolutely nothing wrong with salvage body or other non-wear parts either..

iirc, mine was front right damage & the plastic shroud under the fender was going to get replaced too. There was a bit of a crease in it. $300 part according to the estimate. Upon repair, I look it all over & the old shroud is in there with a very slight crease. No biggie. So I ask if that reduced what my ins co was paying. "nah. We just saw it was minimal damage so repaired it instead of replaced." me: We'll split that $300 then. Can we put it up on a lift, I need to inspect it a little more. . . .




They actually did a great job.
On my way out it's me and the owner in the parking lot as I'm getting in my car. Suddenly you can hear the long screech of a car over-braking on the street. I turn to look where it's coming from & the owner says 'music to my ears. . . '

 

[nukes]

If you got your repair estimates done I'd pull that shit out enough to be able to drive it. Kick it back in if the adjuster wants to see it in person again for some reason.

If you don't owe on it/own it outright, make them pay you, not a shop. Then you go get you a junkyard fender and whatever else you need, fix it, pay a body shop to paint, and pocket the rest.

Concur. One should be able to stop the friction then re-create it for the adjuster.

 

[HipHugHer]

Concur. One should be able to stop the friction then re-create it for the adjuster.

Ya. The fender will be a replacement in the estimate. Doesn't matter if it has one dent or two, or maneuvered enough to drive, it's still one fender replaced.

Have them price you two new tires as well. Can't have a single new un-matching one on one side and the old one on the other.

Oh, and when he hit you it made you spill your coffee too so you'll need a clean and detail.

And a new shirt.

 

[nukes]

Ya. The fender will be a replacement in the estimate. Doesn't matter if it has one dent or two, or maneuvered enough to drive, it's still one fender replaced.

Have them price you two new tires as well. Can't have a single new in matching one on one side and the old one on the other.

Oh, and when he hit you it made you spill your coffee too so you'll need a clean and detail.

And a new shirt.

You and I should open a body shop.
@Darth Handsome - "you and me".

 

[nukes]

Lol

 

[HipHugHer]

Don't forget to include the price of the coffee in the estimate.

 

[nukes]

Don't forget to include the price of the coffee in the estimate.

Prime rib dinner. Our "body shop" will in actuality be an insurance estimation house of Ill repute.
*We have to give 20% back to the car owner. And make the vehicle functional.
That is, no friction.

 

[Amstel]

Have them price you two new tires as well. Can't have a single new un-matching one on one side and the old one on the other.

& tbf, he should be able to call a dealer & see what the depreciation is due to the accident. Then, see if he can include that as well. [if it's an ins co paying]

 

[HipHugHer]

Prime rib dinner. Our "body shop" will in actuality be an insurance estimation house of Ill repute.
*We have to give 20% back to the car owner. And make the vehicle functional.
That is, no friction.

Didn't you know? Prime rib is for "the poors", nukes.

 

[Darth Handsome]

You two can barely wipe your own asses much less run a business

 

[HipHugHer]

You two can barely wipe your own asses much less run a business

We just need an estimator. Know anybody?

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

We just need an estimator. Know anybody?

I hear theyre a dime a dozen

 

[nukes]

You two can barely wipe your own asses much less run a business

Lend me your wallet.

 

[fly]

You two can barely wipe your own asses much less run a business

If I can run a business, the ability of wiping your own ass is a useless metric.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

If I can run a business, the ability of wiping your own ass is a useless metric.

if youre running a business and working from home wiping your ass is totally optional

 

[gee]

that's what the hot tub is for

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

that's what the hot tub is for

ah yes, the wade-in bidet