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05-31-2012, 06:08 PM | #1 |
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Minor Accident with repair quote
My poor little Z4!
An elderly gentleman backed his car into my back driver side bumper. He did not want to go through insurance and has agreed to pay for the damages himself. Bob Smith BMW quoted $1691 for repairs. |
05-31-2012, 06:18 PM | #2 |
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Ouch, sorry to hear and see the damage to our precious Z4.
At least it wasn't a hit and run and you'll have your Z4 good as new w/o any out of pocket on your end. The bad part is not having your Z for a while. Price is actually surprisingly fair, is that with a new bumper or are they just repainting it? And is the $1691 with labor? If it's new bumper & taillights plus paint to match the car, I think it's pretty good.
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05-31-2012, 06:19 PM | #3 |
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What a bummer! Hope you can get it fixed quickly.
I just got my Z4 two weeks ago and I already damaged the right rear side panel. I've gotta take it in for a quote tomorrow. :-( |
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Best of luck getting your baby back to new!
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05-31-2012, 07:13 PM | #7 |
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This seems fair. Very consistent with similar front-end damage (bumper cover + fog light) to my Lexus IS when I hit a large racoon a while back.
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Poor raccoon. Did it survive?
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In CA, it seems the minimum is $750 worth of damage to report the accident to the DMV.
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In your case though, since you didn't go through the insurance companies but did go through the dealership, they might still report it as damaged and it might still go to the carfax record. I know this wouldn't be the case if you went with an independent shop who is willing to overlook it but in your case, I am not sure.
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I scraped the bottom of the front bumper within the first 2 weeks.... Since then, I always turn on the PDC no matter how silly it looks. Figure I won't have it repaired until lease end and only if they make me. If I fix it now, I'll just scrape it again the very next day!
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Did you scrape the bumper itself to just the bottom? Because I can't imagine them charging you when you return your lease for a scraped bottom.
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Then you can probably get away with it unless they become real picky with it. That was the case with my friends G35 when he returned it, it might be a case by case basis though.
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The same should be done for drivers. Medical & driving test every 5 years, every 3 over 60. Some people, like my own father, drive quite well in their 70's. Some suck even at 30.
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OMFG you taken money from old folks..MItt Robme is that you....Naw man just joking...ouch 1600.....well hope it looks as good as new when ya get her back..so hack took a whack at my car dealer did an awsome
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Hope you got his agreement to pay for the damage in writing. My elderly Mom had a similar incident where a young girl backed into her car and then pleaded with her to not report the accident to the police. Started crying- the whole nine yards....The girl said she would pay for all repair costs.
Mom was such a nice person that she felt bad for the girl and agreed not to report the accident . When she gave the estimate to the girl, everything changed ! You can guess what happened- the girl now claimed the accident wasn't her fault, and wasn't going to pay anything. What a mess- I think Mom had to go through her own insurance company to get it fixed. Don't remember if they ever went after the girl or not, but it was definitely a good lesson in getting things in writing.... |
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