e30 vs ignorant truck = :(

[mikeedler]

sounds good.

I can only say 1 thing........ live and learn.
I had a similar crappy thing happen to me once too, now my answer to everything like this is "that's why we have insurance" noone is going to try to help you or save you money if the rolls were reversed.

[mkcman17]

pleasantly surprised with what i saw today....they pulled the core support out by what they called a tiny amount and everything seems to line up again. repainted the bumper and valance, looking at least passable now.

[ethrtyiS]

what is sarcasm vivek?

[RUFFLZ]

what is sarcasm vivek?

[Vivek]

^Because you wouldn't be pissed at all if you were in his shoes?

[ethrtyiS]

hey, calm down mkcman.

[JK_E30]

Squeaky wheel gets the greese. Don't give up man, keep pushing them to fix it right, because that's what you are owed. Good luck man, I hope everything works out.

[mkcman17]

part of what makes this difficult is that my dad is being very in-supportive of me through the process. he's very disapproving of my efforts to press charges or go through insurance. i took him with me to the paint shop to talk about the obvious flaws and he actually told me to calm down and apologized to the owner for me raising my voice. i need to stop involving him on this, but he is primary on the insurance. i'm old enough to deal with this on my own, but not old enough to get taken seriously by anyone.

[Rsully70sev]

[PNWDan]

I would for sure be pressing state farm to annihilate this guy and his BS. You do damage to a car, you fix it as it was or better. Not half ass

[mkcman17]

something's going to have to give soon. grills weren't replaced because the guy that hit me is refusing. he's saying 'we had a deal, i'm wiping my hands of it. i offered to pay for lots of other things, so i'm not liable for anything over the agreed settlement.' the shop requested another car to compare body lines. the owner acknowledged possible core support damage and is going to respray the bumper and valance, as well as fix the paint runs/tape markings on both fenders and the flat spot in the hood. we'll see how that works out. going to state farm tomorrow to talk about opening a claim against the shop as well as the other party. i had those euro grills shipped from the UK. i'm not paying for another set out of pocket. from a moral standpoint, that is where i absolutely draw the line.

[PNWDan]

Im sorry to see that this isn't going any better for you. I think if you think it out, there will be something more to do about it. Somebody has to be held accountable for it. Even if you plant your butt in front of his business with a sign about their poor quality.

What does your insurance have to say after all of this has transpired ?

[Rsully70sev]

now you're being naive. i won a $1700 case against a tenant that bailed on a lease THREE YEARS ago. after nine trips to the courthouse, two JDEs and two civil motion to arrests, i have been able to collect just over $200 of that judgement. some people do not give a fuck about their credit, that's simply a middle-upper class concern. the judicial system doesn't really care about enforcing a thousand-dollar claim either.

whatever the fuck, i don't want to argue about that anymore. you're out to pick a fight and that's the last thing i feel like doing right now. so kindly take your criticisms and holier-than-thou attitude and get the fuck out.

I can agree with that. My parents are landlords for several properties and this has happened. However given the factors of the guy owning a new Denali, owning up to it, etc, I wouldn't place him in the slum tenant catagory.

Yes I was being a prick, but you have a beautiful car-it's not going well for you and I feel like you have more options than you're willing to consider. And yeah my "holier-than-thou" attitude comes from my mother being an attorney for 30+ years in Marin. I've heard and learned this shit my entire life, so I'd like to see you do it the proper way with proper results. Once again, sorry for being a douche with my aggressive comments, but man. This shop needs to correct it's mistakes.

[RUFFLZ]

i'm going to deal with the situation and get it taken care of.

bawse

[mkcman17]

I would just take a step back and calm down a bit. It's really not worth getting upset over.... the argument I mean.

Honestly, I'm tired of it. I'm tired of people getting upset with me about this. Obviously, trusting this shop was a poor idea. I get that. But now I feel like the system turned against me. The paint shop is rude to me, the guy that hit me is unfriendly and unwilling. Last thing I want is to go back and forth in hindsight about what I could have done differently with some asshat that wasn't even here and thinks he knows how to work the system.

I'm going to deal with the situation and get it taken care of.