Fair Price?

[merkyworks]

OP glad your okay and hope is all works out the way you want it to.

A friend of mine got hit recently, it was a major front passenger side impact. He was having similar issues with the insurance company not wanting to total the car and the estimated repairs were easily over half the valve of the car. Got me think, I wonder if all the insurance companies had to write off so many cars in 2017 due to all the crazy weather and natural disasters and they took a big hit. So now in 2018 there's a new criteria for writing cars off and the $$ threshold has been raised.

 

[07 Black Beauty]

OP glad your okay and hope is all works out the way you want it to.

A friend of mine got hit recently, it was a major front passenger side impact. He was having similar issues with the insurance company not wanting to total the car and the estimated repairs were easily over half the valve of the car. Got me think, I wonder if all the insurance companies had to write off so many cars in 2017 due to all the crazy weather and natural disasters and they took a big hit. So now in 2018 there's a new criteria for writing cars off and the $$ threshold has been raised.

I know each state is different for the thresholds. I was told it's 90% here in FL, in some states it's 100% which is ****ing crazy. My shop was very surprised they wouldn't total given the amount to repair it.

 

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[07 Black Beauty]

How the car looks after 3+ months

 

[2011 gtcs]

How the car looks after 3+ months

Damn, it's going to be another 6 months before it's all finished. Are you doing the super snake hood?

 

[07 Black Beauty]

Damn, it's going to be another 6 months before it's all finished. Are you doing the super snake hood?

Yeah going with the SS hood, splitter and stripes. I'm trying to get an adjuster to come reevaluate the claim and total cause this is taking way too long

 

[2011 gtcs]

Yeah going with the SS hood, splitter and stripes. I'm trying to get an adjuster to come reevaluate the claim and total cause this is taking way too long

Yeah it sucks dealing with insurance companies. The car should look awesome when it's all done

 

[M91196]

Did you pick the body shop?

 

[07 Black Beauty]

Did you pick the body shop?

Yes, I've used the same shop for the past 8 years. He does beautiful work but speed is definitely not his strength.

 

[fearthesnake]

How the car looks after 3+ months

Dang. Color me skeptical that car will ever be straight again. The front passenger side looks iffy.

Why it wasnt totaled is a head scratcher. I hope it gets back to perfect for you and keep us posted.

 

[07 Black Beauty]

I was @ a point where I was starting to accept that the car was being repaired and not totaled, I was even a little excited w/ adding the SS hood and striping until I saw it the other day and got to speak w/ my body guy. I didn't even recognize the car when I initially walked up and looked in the repair bay.

 

[fearthesnake]

I was @ a point where I was starting to accept that the car was being repaired and not totaled, I was even a little excited w/ adding the SS hood and striping until I saw it the other day and got to speak w/ my body guy. I didn't even recognize the car when I initially walked up and looked in the repair bay.

The repairs still at $35K estimate? Good possibility once mechanical and alignment starts the repairs continue.

It's going to be interesting to see if the Car aligns now. What did your body guy say that got you down the other day?

 

[07 Black Beauty]

The repairs still at $35K estimate? Good possibility once mechanical and alignment starts the repairs continue.

It's going to be interesting to see if the Car aligns now. What did your body guy say that got you down the other day?

Not sure where we are @ as far as repairs go. The shop was already cut a check for $30k, they paid $4,800 for my rims, approved another $1300 for my exhaust and another $3k for stripes, and that doesn't include the supplement coming from the body shop + repairs when it goes to the mechanic. What got me down was when I was talking to my body guy he mentioned that the rear of the car was tweaked way more then he initially thought, that along w/ the fact that the car was supposed to have been done and was still a good ways out.

 

[fearthesnake]

Not sure where we are @ as far as repairs go. The shop was already cut a check for $30k, they paid $4,800 for my rims, approved another $1300 for my exhaust and another $3k for stripes, and that doesn't include the supplement coming from the body shop + repairs when it goes to the mechanic. What got me down was when I was talking to my body guy he mentioned that the rear of the car was tweaked way more then he initially thought, that along w/ the fact that the car was supposed to have been done and was still a good ways out.

Dang man. Thats not good news for the rear end. I would still push fir the Ins company to total it. You are close to $40K in damages if my math is correct.

Thats just stupid on the Insurance company part, not sure why they are so stubborn.

 

[07 Black Beauty]

Dang man. Thats not good news for the rear end. I would still push fir the Ins company to total it. You are close to $40K in damages if my math is correct.

Thats just stupid on the Insurance company part, not sure why they are so stubborn.

Yeah I've got an adjuster going to the shop tmrw. After speaking with the shop it sounded like a large supplement is forthcoming, so hopefully that is made clear to my ins tmrw and they pull the plug. What's even crazier is that we don't know if the car will even run @ this point because it hasn't been to a mechanic yet.

 

[MG0h3]

Geez what a mess. After the guy has done all that work.


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