Originally Posted by Diocletian For all you foreigners out there, the offending parties' insurance company will handle the damages, but the process will be long and annoying to get a
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05-09-2010, 12:09 PM | #46 (permalink) | |
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Now the real important thing to do is to make sure you get a claim for diminshed value as your car will probably show up on car fax and you will lose resale value. I was told to start at 10% of the cars original value new and go from there.
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The 3rd time driving my car I decided to take my son to school in it. While in line to drop him at the front entrance many of his friends came over to look at the new ride. The lady in front of me decided to back up and try to get out of line before the car in front of her. She backed right into me as I was talking to the guys about the car. Small dent i the nose and a scrape. I was fit to be tied.
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You don't have to pay any out of pocket, his own insurance company will be going after the other party's insurance for the full amount.
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even if you let her ins pay for it, you are suppose to let your ins know about it. Not sure if thats law or just so they know.
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This was the same thing I was saying and just wanted to make sure you didn't miss it. As they won't offer it up, but with a 2 week old car you have a really strong case and I would make sure you max this out... even 10% sounds low to me...
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I must have missed something cause I don't get how she could have "parked" her car in such a manner without noticing she was touching your car? This looks like it was done on purpose rather than just plain bad parking.
I also think I would have lost my nerve... well not physically (no need for that really) but verbally for sure. Why is it always nice cars that get damaged by fools? You don't see crappy cars getting damaged by bloody nincompoops |
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I just went out to my Z this afternoon and almost lost it....i still cannot believe this happened. I will taking the Z to the dealership tomorrow and going through the whole claims process...........this completely ruins it though, i will always be thinking now that i have a repaired car rather than a brand spankin new car.........ALSO i wanna thank everyone for the support, especially those who gave me some info on the claims process, i will definitely be making a claim for loss of value.....all you guys have made this entire emotional rollercoaster a little better with your support ---thanks guys, ill post more pics tomorrow---i will never be parking in a crowded parking lot again, if i do im going to surrond the car with barbed wire, steel poles, and pitbulls so that nobody can touch the car
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This might be totally over the top, but definitely something I would try and do...
But couldn't you take the damaged car, the money you get for the repairs and the money you get for the diminished value all to the dealer and say; "you can have this car as it is, all the money and I want a new 40th..." They might be able to get a cheaper rate on the repair. And have no emotional problem with it being a perfectly repaired car, which might just make it a good deal for them...
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It'll probably take you a few weeks before you forget about it completely and you start enjoying your car as if nothing happened. I was the same when some idiot drove into my car, 2 weeks after I had bought it...
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