Accident to the Z
 

Well on my day off I was awakened to a knock on the door by two ladies that worked for meals on wheels. They informed me that they hit my car. I asked them of they were ok and checked the damage. Still drivable thankfully. Got the accident report which stated she was going about 25MPH and the officer labeled the damage as severe. Anyone think this amount of damage would hurt the trade-in value? I don’t ever plan to get rid of my Z but still I am not happy with the possibility of a loss in value due to someone’s lack of attention.

Sorry for the image being angled weird. I can’t seem to get pictures on here to look right.

You won't know until you take the cover off how much damage was done.

It'll hurt the trade-in some, but some shops don't even report it. My previous car was hit twice, and neither showed up in the carfax.

Yeah I am fixing to call the womans insurance company (Geico) so I can go ahead and start this process.

It always amazes me that people manage to hit parked cars :/

Fixed.

I feel your pain op. I just had someone hit my car and take off. People suck....Oh well $800 dollars later my car looks good as new.

I had just washed it so I understood how hard it must have been to concentrate on everything but the car lol. I was looking at my car still half asleep and the other woman says “Sorry this had to happen to your nice sports car”. I like immediately realized what had happened and said “Oh yeah let me get an officer over here so we can do a police report”

I figure new bumper + new panel to kick off the summer. Here in Louisiana people normally hit cars then automatically drive off....I consider myself one of the lucky ones lol. Glad you got yours fixed!

Get them to give you an estimate for the damage and then make them add some for depreciated value. Chances are they won't give you much but anything is better than nothing.

If their insurance is handling it, make sure you take it where you want. Geico will try to use some cheapo shop.

You're looking at a $2-3k quote I'd guess.

I have an appointment Monday to get an estimate. They tried to get the estimate and the car in their recommended shop the same day and I told them that wasn’t necessary.

I am wondering for example I am quoted in the 3k-4k range how much that would factor into the cars overall depreciation value?

Accident to the Z
 

So.... unless the car suffered structural damage usually you’ll get next to nothing for depreciation.

Pssst, I was an auto adjuster not too long ago. Switched roles within the same company but yup I can help you out with any questions you may have

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Probably ask for $500-1000 and be happy with $100-200 would be my uneducated guess. Better than nothing.