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Finally heard back from my insurance claim person. This certainly is not off to a great start. Update: I recieved a response to the questionair i answered. I am to be the joyous recipient of a new claims manager who might contact me with in the next two buisness days. | |||
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Met with my insurance adjuster today. We put the car on my neighbors lift. He was able to see the wonky driver rear suspension, the drive shaft. misaligned door gaps. I should have his estimate monday or so. The short of it is, that the car will get frame jig time, and if the suspension drives wonkey then new rear suspension. This is all in addition to replacement of all the bent and broken bits. Which is as good as I could have wished for. | |||
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Can you find a new time to listen to my experience suing people in district and pcircuit court, and now with the car accident I found several things that get a settlement that is fair. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Reply sent, sorry for the delay. | |||
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Just don't blame the guy that hit you when the head gasket pops. | |||
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Most of who pays for what has been sorted out. It is being towed to the repair shop today. Hopefully to be in the que next week. | |||
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Hope it all gets sorted & back to like-new. Hoping to pick my tuck up today, was luckily just in for a sunroof repair & to fix the tailgate alignment. Was eyeballing the 5 RS they had on the lot when I dropped it off. I'd probably go for the gray over the blue or white. But, they also have a $5k markup on them all. In the 5 door/hot hatch market, the RS would probably get my #1 spot (having not driven any of them outside of the 6MT 2.5 Mazda3 Hatch), since a GLA43AMG is way out of a realistic budget. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Not a cheap proposition, but here you go. https://m.facebook.com/story.p...512529&id=1550121451 | |||
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Yowsa, much more power (can there be too much) than I would need for a DD car. Highly doubtful that my F150 is going anywhere anytime soon, though we may be selling our trailer, which would eliminate the original reason for getting it. But, there may be a few things on the horizon that make keeping the truck practical. Maybe in a few years, a toy/practical DD will be in the cards. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Well, car is at the shop. We recieved their estimate of the damage. The total comes to 8100. Some parts are on back order till at least the 15th. Should we seek diminished value? | |||
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With frame damage, I would pursue diminished value. It certainly reduces appraised value. Carmax, for instance, looks for it and will not retail ANY vehicle with any evidence of frame damage. Which shop did you pick? "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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Conner brothers in chester. It is one my researched based on rec9mendations here and on the RS forums | |||
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Seek diminished value, most definitely. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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Yes you should. I wasn't able to on my F350 because repairs and the rental RAM 2500 totaled $24,500 and the guy that hit me only had $25,000 property damage coverage. I looked at trading my truck in on an a new F450 and they said the accident cost me $7,500 or so on the trade value. | |||
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Well, I picked up the car today. First impressions is that it was done very well. Normal road driving it was superb, and no longer tracking. I need to put it up on the lift again to put the winter wheels and tires on this sunday. I will do my best to take a few photos then. Next week i am headed up to get the car inspected for the diminished value claim. The final bill 8900 | |||
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If it was mine, I'd seriously consider trading it in on a new one. Before any issues appear. | |||
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Yeah, no way I would keep that car long term. I would have fought the insurance tooth and nail to total it with the frame damage. If not successful I would get out of it asap with documentation of the diminished value to pursue immediately upon selling/trading. That car has a high likelihood of gremlins popping up until the day it dies. Sorry for your troubles OP, it sucks that happened. ______________________________ “I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.” ― John Wayne | |||
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Glad it's back together. Luckily, if you do decide to get out of it & trade into a new one, The RS isn't as much of a hot commodity on the lot as it was. Local dealer still has 3-5 on the lot & they're actually PDI'd now. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I'm going to disagree - the car did exactly what it's designed to do in any impact over 5MPH. It absorbed almost all the energy in parts between the collision and the passenger compartment. The video shows relatively little shock to the passengers, but the damage shows where the energy went. Once you start designing cars to do that, they can't make a judgement call of "Oh, this is only 15MPH impact so I don't need to collapse parts." Still, hurts to see and I feel for the OP. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Hopefully it is someone that's not Randy Baker. | |||
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