[darkpuppet]

Drivesthebeast,Jul 11 2007, 02:57 PM Wrote:Mine was over $3800 in repairs...I only paid the $300 deductable, and was on my merry way.  Also, since I had premium protection, and other insurance on my car, I got this accident as a "freebie"....my rates will remain the same, and the accident will only remain on file for 5 years.

Hope things get taken care of for you....
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I'm really happy you got your car sorted out man.. Fortunately, this is one not-my-fault incident, so there should be no cash out of pocket for me.

I know a new fender costs $250, new headlight is $200, so it's never the parts that kill ya..it's the paint/refinishing that'll take that $500 worth of parts and turn it into a $1700 repair... a shop that can do a factory-like paint job makes the biggest difference in the final quality of the work and the price.

So for the door ding, I know I can trust the dealership (never thought I'd say that!) to fix it right... so for a ding like this which is more difficult to fix to brand new, I think the price is fine (most of it is removing/masking/painting/refinishing).

even if I had to out-of-pocket it, I'd just work the overtime and get it done right...

in this case, i just have to be careful of getting talked into doing it the insurance's way... I'm good at arguing if I know things for certain, but stuff like this that I'm not 100% on, I do take people at face value, and it's not always to my benefit.