 donoreoPremium
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North York, ON | Accident update: since you could not keep the petty... ...bickering out of it and got it locked.
I left work Friday because I was feeling so bad. I laid down for a while which helped. Mostly it was the relaxing that helped. I went to the accident reporting centre on Saturday morning before I went to massage therapy.
The cop said we sould not have bothered reporting it.
His assesment, assuming the bumper does not need to be replaced on my car is about $200. The other guy must have gone to BMW to get an estimate to fix the scratched paint, his report lists $750. What a dumb shit. I will pass on my wife's guy for body work (recommended by her guy who does all the work on her BMW) to him.
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 ARPremium,ExMod 2001-04
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Toronto, ON | Well.....i wouldn't go to the BMW dealership if it was my money.
But if it's your insurance company's money, why not???!! 
That's the attitude here....he's not being dumb. |
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 A LurkerPremium
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Burlington, ON | reply to donoreo
said by donoreo:His assesment, assuming the bumper does not need to be replaced on my car is about $200. The other guy must have gone to BMW to get an estimate to fix the scratched paint, his report lists $750. What a dumb shit. I will pass on my wife's guy for body work (recommended by her guy who does all the work on her BMW) to him. Depends. I sent a friend to a body shop I trust (reasonable prices and did work for me on an old vehicle that the rust never came back on) for a minor scratch/dent. 200 is probably okay if it's just paint. However, with even a slight dent and needing to be pulled out their repair was (I believe was 400-something). 700 does seem pretty high though. |
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 DKSDamn Kidney StonesPremium,ExMod 2002
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The bumper on my Solara and my wife's Camry is $700 for any repair. It's the paint prep and what's underneath which gets damaged. $750 for a bumper repair sounds fair if repaint is necessary. I'm not sure I would trust a cop's input on body repairs, though. And glad you are feeling a little better after a lousy week. Let's hope this week is better.
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If my shiny new Beamer got scratched up by another careless at fault driver, I certainly wouldn't bend over backward to save him any money. Of course he went to BMW for the estimate. I'd get the whole frigging body panel replaced if they recommended it. It wouldn't be MY money paying for it.  |
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 J E F FWhatta Ya Think About Dat?Premium
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I think police do a piss poor job at estimating damage, no different than the average Joe who assumes damage is less than $1,000.
I got rear-ended last May by some dude in a van, basically all you can see is a puncture in the bumper from where the nut of his license place went through. It felt like he hit hard. Took it to the auto-body place, they estimated $1050. I really couldn't be bothered to go through with it. My last experience with the car rental place was a disaster, they gave me 2 broken cars before giving me a car with engine issues. Bad Chevy, bad Toyota and then a bad Chrysler.
BTW: As for yer head, have you at least gone to the doctor?
So I assume you were not charged. I'll also assume you'll not go through your insurance (since deductible would be $500 anyway).
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donoreoPremium
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North York, ON | My head was much better just after laying down (I took a Robax too). I think I just needed to relax, mostly. I have not been to a doctor and would have cancelled the massage except I could not give 24 hours notice since I only booked it 18 hours before. |
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| said by donoreo:My head was much better just after laying down (I took a Robax too). I think I just needed to relax, mostly. I have not been to a doctor and would have cancelled the massage except I could not give 24 hours notice since I only booked it 18 hours before.
Glad you're feeling better donoreo. . As others have said, its a Monday, so...countdown to Friday is on its way...by my clock the week is 10% over! . |
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donoreoPremium
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North York, ON | said by nitzguy:said by donoreo:My head was much better just after laying down (I took a Robax too). I think I just needed to relax, mostly. I have not been to a doctor and would have cancelled the massage except I could not give 24 hours notice since I only booked it 18 hours before.
Glad you're feeling better donoreo. . As others have said, its a Monday, so...countdown to Friday is on its way...by my clock the week is 10% over! . There will probably be a Friday countdown. Speaking with someone that started here just over two months ago he said he did nothing for the first month 
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said by donoreo:The cop said we sould not have bothered reporting it.
His assesment, assuming the bumper does not need to be replaced on my car is about $200. The other guy must have gone to BMW to get an estimate to fix the scratched paint, his report lists $750. What a dumb shit. I will pass on my wife's guy for body work (recommended by her guy who does all the work on her BMW) to him. That sounds like what several dealers have quoted me for on a bumper, so its not exactly unusual. If someone hit me and I had a new car, I'd take it to my dealer too.
That being said, there are a lot of people who can do great work at a great price (like you found). The only problem are they're in a sea of people who offer that same great price for a really crappy job. If you know you have a good body guy, passing along his name is mighty decent of you. |
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peterboroPremium
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Peterborough, ON | reply to donoreo
So you will have an at fault for under 1K. That sucks cause in a few weeks you will feel fine and 5 years from now you will still have an insurance hangover. |
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| But if insurance pays, you want original replacement parts from the manufacturer, installed by an authorized mechanic and those are not cheap when you're talking german luxury cars.
Back in 1989, I had a colision with a car. I had over $600 worth of damage on the bike. (but caused some mighty impressive dent on the side of car and shattered the windshield).
Fixing the frame was ok. Just sent it to the local custom bike manufacturer who rebuilt the frame, changing some bent tubes and repainted it. The expensive parts were the brake levers because when you buy those individually, the prices are very high. I had Dura Ace equipment on the bike, so it was natural that the replacement parts would be Dura Ace, not some cheaper ones. (Dura Ace is te top of the line for Shimano)
In the case of an expensive german car, the onwer must think about resale value. If all repairs were made with the OEM parts, it will have greater resale value than if the owner started to put cheaper 3rd party replacement parts.
If you have a cheap Lada, you don't really mind if you put non-original part in it since it might in fact increase the value of the car. But when you invest in some very expensive luxury car, the logic changes. |
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| said by jfmezei:In the case of an expensive german car, the onwer must think about resale value. If all repairs were made with the OEM parts, it will have greater resale value than if the owner started to put cheaper 3rd party replacement parts.
If you have a cheap Lada, you don't really mind if you put non-original part in it since it might in fact increase the value of the car. But when you invest in some very expensive luxury car, the logic changes.
I've noticed its similar even when the third party part is better, stronger, more expensive and higher performing. Most people won't pay more for that -- and many will think performance = you beat the hell out of the car.
That's why a lot of people will take out those performance parts, sell them, install all OEM parts and then sell their car. More money that way. |
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Long before no-fault insurance and ABS brakes, I once got rear-ended by an asshole who didn't know how to drive for the road conditions. I was waiting at a green light to make a left turn into Pearson Airport from Dixon Road. In my mirror, I saw a car coming up behind me, and I just knew he was going too fast to stop in time given the icy road. The light turned amber and I tried to get out of the intersection before he reached me, but despite my best effort, he smashed into the back of me.
He was a cab driver whose ethnicity was similar to that of the Quicky Mart proprietor on The Simpsons. He kept repeating "I hit the brakes, but the car would not stop" over and over in the same accent as the aforementioned Simpson's character. I saw no visible damage to my car because the impact was mostly absorbed by propelling me forward ( I thought ). I let him go without exchanging information.
A few weeks later, I heard a ruckus from under my car. The exhaust pipe was buckled between the catalytic converter and the muffler; likely a result of the impact. I had to foot the whole bill for the repair. |
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| said by WhaleOilBee:He kept repeating "I hit the brakes, but the car would not stop" over and over in the same accent as the aforementioned Simpson's character.
Some people (of any ethnicity) just don't get it.
Many years ago I was in a traffic court in Virginia.
A woman was before the judge for causing an accident, she changed lanes without looking, and another car was already in the lane.
She kept saying, "I put on my turn signal and I switched lanes...."
The concept of LOOKING in the mirror first seemed totally alien to her.
In her mind, putting on the turn signal was sufficient.
It was so blatant that the judge----a real oldtimer----was speechless. |
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said by WhaleOilBee: I let him go without exchanging information.
Big mistake, as you now know. And if the situation had been reversed, you can damn well bet that [he] would have taken all YOUR information, just in case he might suddenly be afflicted by Pain & Suffering™ due to being rear-ended. And just a few days later, you might have found yourself responsible for a major and very lucrative (but not to you) case of whiplash. |
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Peterborough, ON | said by Wolfie00: And if the situation had been reversed, you can damn well bet that [he] would have taken all YOUR information, just in case he might suddenly be afflicted by Pain & Suffering™ due to being rear-ended. What do you mean just he, the car had 7 people in it all crippled for life and the car was a write off including the Van Gogh and Picasso pieces in the trunk destroyed by fire that erupted much later. You think too small time Wolfie and would never make it as a career criminal. |
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said by PX Eliezer:Some people (of any ethnicity) just don't get it.
Many years ago I was in a traffic court in Virginia.
A woman was before the judge for causing an accident, she changed lanes without looking, and another car was already in the lane.
She kept saying, "I put on my turn signal and I switched lanes...."
The concept of LOOKING in the mirror first seemed totally alien to her.
In her mind, putting on the turn signal was sufficient.
It was so blatant that the judge----a real oldtimer----was speechless.
I'm seriously not surprised because I see people driving like this every single day. They think the turn signal is used either to a) brute force their way into a lane/turning or b) to signal the obvious (like people turning it on when they're already 1/3 the way through a lane change or other maneuver). |
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kudos:4 | said by ruddypict:They think the turn signal is used either to a) brute force their way into a lane/turning or b) to signal the obvious (like people turning it on when they're already 1/3 the way through a lane change or other maneuver).
(a) can be legitimate because there are times when you have to be cautiously aggressive to cut into a lineup through no fault of your own (for instance, you've just turned onto a street in which cars are already lined up to kingdom come), though I see morons abuse the practice all the time based on the philosophy "I come first because I'm more important than you". 
(b) is really hilarious. I see it all the time. The idea seems to be that a turn signal is part of the turning process instead of an advance warning, so they put it on just as they are turning the wheel or maybe a little bit later! Like the purpose of a turn signal is to say to the other drivers, "hey, look at me -- I'm turning a corner!"  |
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donoreoPremium
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North York, ON | said by Wolfie00:(b) is really hilarious. I see it all the time. The idea seems to be that a turn signal is part of the turning process instead of an advance warning, so they put it on just as they are turning the wheel or maybe a little bit later! Like the purpose of a turn signal is to say to the other drivers, "hey, look at me -- I'm turning a corner!"
You have driven in Toronto
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