That repair is WAY more than $500. Not just a little, way. I had a bumper (and his bumper plus trunk are damaged, not to mention whatever happened on the front) replaced on a maxima and it was $900.Uh, you're crazy to pay $500 deductive and get your insurance rate increased. Bumper cover costs less than that. Paint will be a bit extra. Get a total quote for the repairs, that trunk may be more expensive though.
Call and ask first if anything will happen to your premium if you file a comprehensive claim.
But the first thing you really should have done, which I assume you already did, is file a police report of the hit and run, and ask them to investigate.
That repair is WAY more than $500. Not just a little, way. I had a bumper (and his bumper plus trunk are damaged, not to mention whatever happened on the front) replaced on a maxima and it was $900.
Then $500+$300 comes close to my $900.If your actual bumper is not damaged (and that does not look damaged), most bumper covers (the entire plastic piece you see with dents in it) are not more than $300-$500. Painting it will costs $300 or so at most.
But the trunk is damaged too.
$500 deductible + how much increase per year? It could be more costly in a year's increase in premium than to pay out of pocket. It comes down to the numbers and what the insurance and the shop gives as estimates.
Fvcking WIN. Please God update this thread if the cops find out who did it and be sure you give this woman something for her effort.I need to see what insurance can do about finding the person who hit me. Two people left notes on my car including one who left her number telling me she chased the truck down. She couldn't get the plate number but she saw the name of the trucking company and got their phone number. The cops took all of the info down.
Fvcking WIN. Please God update this thread if the cops find out who did it and be sure you give this woman something for her effort.
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Glad to see you have some respectable people near you.
I need to see what insurance can do about finding the person who hit me. Two people left notes on my car including one who left her number telling me she chased the truck down. She couldn't get the plate number but she saw the name of the trucking company and got their phone number. The cops took all of the info down.
Uh, you're crazy to pay $500 deductive and get your insurance rate increased. Bumper cover costs less than that. Paint will be a bit extra. Get a total quote for the repairs, that trunk may be more expensive though.
Call and ask first if anything will happen to your premium if you file a comprehensive claim.
But the first thing you really should have done, which I assume you already did, is file a police report of the hit and run, and ask them to investigate.
. . . The interior of the trunk is bent and won't close without slamming it and the latch doesn't work. The trunk is bent. . .
I tried calling the company "Safeway"which the eyewitnesses said hit my car and they denied everything. They said none of their drivers got into an accident yesterday. Figures...
Went to an autobody place today.
He estimates it's around $2500-$3000 in damage.
I tried calling the company "Safeway"which the eyewitnesses said hit my car and they denied everything. They said none of their drivers got into an accident yesterday. Figures...
Left my car parked on the street and come back to see the rear is smashed and the front messed up too...
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