A few days ago, my legally parked car was side-swiped while I was out for dinner. The man who hit my car talked to my girlfriend's parents, gave his insurance info, and left. A witness soon came by, gave a report on what happened, and left contact info.
The car was hit from the rear bumper surround, and has damage all the way up to the front bumper surround. The driver's side fender and rear quarterpanel are quite dented and have the paint scratched off in about a 2-inch tall strip, with the driver's side door also being pretty badly scratched. The mirror was destroyed, and is currently being held on with duct tape. On my way home from my girlfriend's house, the iS lip of my car fell off on the highway, and I was not able to retrieve it. It has always had issues staying on, and I'm not sure the collision caused it to fall off this time. but it still did less than an hour later.
Later that night, I was contacted by the man who hit my car's insurance company, saying he assumed responsibility for the collision. As soon as I arrived back at the house, I took a huge amount of pictures, including a few showing how far away from the road I was (about two feet). Safeco, the other man's insurance company, gave me a shop to check out.
Upon arriving there, the guy working with me walked around the car, took notes, and a bunch of pictures of the damage. After calculating out the repairs, he said it would come to around $2,000, with the other man's insurance company handling the entire bill.
BUT, he did says that all of the replacement parts will try to be found used, and that the dents and damage done to the entire side of my car will be repaired with a combination of dent-pulling and bondo. I understand this being the case for the quarterpanel, as it is a very difficult part to replace, but am not quite sure about the door and fender. Both are reasonably cheap to find replacements for, and are easy to swap out. He also said that the lip was not going to be covered, as it's loss could not be explained by the collision.
My car was in near-perfect condition before this happened. While a good body shop, which this definitely is, could bring back just about anything with some muscle and bondo, I do not think it holds up to the quality that the car was in before. When someone else hits your car, I don't believe it should be repaired in a sub-standard way. Remember that HE claimed FULL responsibility for hitting ME, and that his insurance company is the one to set this up. My insurance company is involved, but not handling the repairs. Should I bring it up with my insurance company?
What does everyone think?
The car was hit from the rear bumper surround, and has damage all the way up to the front bumper surround. The driver's side fender and rear quarterpanel are quite dented and have the paint scratched off in about a 2-inch tall strip, with the driver's side door also being pretty badly scratched. The mirror was destroyed, and is currently being held on with duct tape. On my way home from my girlfriend's house, the iS lip of my car fell off on the highway, and I was not able to retrieve it. It has always had issues staying on, and I'm not sure the collision caused it to fall off this time. but it still did less than an hour later.
Later that night, I was contacted by the man who hit my car's insurance company, saying he assumed responsibility for the collision. As soon as I arrived back at the house, I took a huge amount of pictures, including a few showing how far away from the road I was (about two feet). Safeco, the other man's insurance company, gave me a shop to check out.
Upon arriving there, the guy working with me walked around the car, took notes, and a bunch of pictures of the damage. After calculating out the repairs, he said it would come to around $2,000, with the other man's insurance company handling the entire bill.
BUT, he did says that all of the replacement parts will try to be found used, and that the dents and damage done to the entire side of my car will be repaired with a combination of dent-pulling and bondo. I understand this being the case for the quarterpanel, as it is a very difficult part to replace, but am not quite sure about the door and fender. Both are reasonably cheap to find replacements for, and are easy to swap out. He also said that the lip was not going to be covered, as it's loss could not be explained by the collision.
My car was in near-perfect condition before this happened. While a good body shop, which this definitely is, could bring back just about anything with some muscle and bondo, I do not think it holds up to the quality that the car was in before. When someone else hits your car, I don't believe it should be repaired in a sub-standard way. Remember that HE claimed FULL responsibility for hitting ME, and that his insurance company is the one to set this up. My insurance company is involved, but not handling the repairs. Should I bring it up with my insurance company?
What does everyone think?
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