I have to totally respectfully disagree with your comments, however it is a challenge for paint techs to "dumb themselves down" so to speak to try and match the robotic paint jobs. Duplicating the factory orange peel being just one issue. I am familiar with high quality PPG solventborne base coats and 2 K ceramic clear coats and IMHO in no way does the factory paint compare in both quality of application and quality of product in the hands on an experienced tech.
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we have a poster in this thread who works for the family Ford dealership. He says some repairs do not need to be reported and are routinely fixed on untitled units before selling the vehicle. I have no reason to doubt him, and if I understand it correctly not ALL repairs would show up on a Carfax report. This is why I brought up the Carfax report early in this thread to see how it works in a situation like OP experienced and possible later affect from Carfax report on resale value.
Quite possibly but I would certainly not want to buy a new vehicle with 5 miles on it that had been in a collision of any kind. That appears to be a few thousand dollars of damage when all is said and done. Who knows what lies beneath.
As I understand the insurance company insures the vehicle not the owner nor the driver. The driver can take a claim on his policy as it would become insured on his policy when he took possession not necessarily ownership and the driver has several days to provide the vin etc to his ins agent. Then the drivers insurance will arrive at a mutually acceptable as to the dealerships insurance companies amount due. Whether all, part or none.
I have to totally respectfully disagree with your comments, however it is a challenge for paint techs to "dumb themselves down" so to speak to try and match the robotic paint jobs. Duplicating the factory orange peel being just one issue. I am familiar with high quality PPG solventborne base coats and 2 K ceramic clear coats and IMHO in no way does the factory paint compare in both quality of application and quality of product in the hands on an experienced tech.
One might want to duck to tell the techs I personally know that their methods are sub par to a Mexican robot using waterborne paints. . (bad joke
At any rate, hey you do you when it comes to paint. I will do me.
https://www.lawyers.com/legal-info/...get-into-an-accident-during-a-test-drive.htmlAfter waiting 11 months and 1 day, my Maverick Hybrid XLT was ready for me. It was beautiful, had 3.4 miles on it. The salesman suggested I take it for a drive while he finished getting the paperwork together. My wife and I went down the nearby freeway to the next exit and turned around to come back to the dealership. I stopped at a yield sign on the service road (less than 1/2 mile from dealership) and was rear ended by a kid in a jeep. Bumper, tailgate and bed wrinkled. Fortunately the kid has insurance. So the Maverick I ordered is in the body shop with 8 miles on it.
But here is where I need advice from this forum... I haven't signed anything yet to take possession. So I thought the dealer would pursue the insurance claim, but they think I should do this since it is my order. Can I even collect insurance for repairs on a car that was not titled to me? Should I be paying full MSRP on a car that has been in an accident and the trade-in value is diminished? Or should I wait until after it is repaired and test drive it again before taking it?
From the link I included previously. You should report the accident to the police and your insurance company. The dealer should file the claim with the at fault persons insurance.
Any insurance claim for anything goes into a nationwide database complete with damage reports what's paid or not paid for, etc. On any subsequent event that data is accessable including any pictures, etc. My son just processed a roof hail claim that was made on a 25+year old roof. He figured up the replacement costs and deducted the amount the owner was paid for the prior THREE claims. Said balance was well below the insureds deductable.
