Well after a month, I finally got my baby back good as new. Total cost was over 13k (2k deductible for me), including 1k to redo ceramic coat. Interestingly, the body shop began preliminary work dismantling and ordering parts, including a new rear door, before the official appraisal was done by...
I donāt understand how those insurance bastards can justify jacking up the rate like that as if you have never previously paid into the pot with your monthly premiums for years and possibly decades!
went to the repair shop today and they are figuring the repair will run $7-8000 including a new door. I have a $2000 deductible and this will be only my third claim in 31 years, the first for vandalism and the second for parking lot damage to my wifeās VW Atlas just last August (be careful...
Iām embarrassed to say that I just sideswiped a parked car trying to park along the curb on my residential street to take a pic of the supermoon without wires in the way. I cut over too soon š”
And this is why I have never owned a new car. Iām sick.
I havenāt had as much as a scratch on my cars...
I have space white and chose it for thee reasons: 1) More reflective in summer sun, 2) has metallic flake (not a fan of these solid colors of late), 3) doesnāt show dirt as much, especially after having had it ceramic coated.