So...some of you might have seen my thread from a few months ago about how I was hit by a drunk driver (his 3rd DUI in 4 years!). So this is just a update/rant.
The car (2010 300C SRT8 with 35k mi.) sustained $15,000.00 + in damages. And my insurance company will not total it out. I made a BIG fuss about not wanting the car back because it will NEVER be the same and the diminished value it will now have when I go to sell/trade it in.
The wreck happened on April 23....and I still do not have my car back!
I had to turn in my rental car 2 weeks ago because the rental fees were cutting into my repair budget!?!?! That was according to my insurance company.
So I am driving a borrowed vehicle and need to return it. With still no firm date on when I will get my car back.
Well I went to check in my car yesterday, just to see where they are at. It was just getting back from having the window retinted because they broke the window reinstalling it.
Next the paint has buffer swirls all over it! I told them NO WAY! My car has never seen a buffer....I always hand was and wax my cars...and I will not accept it with swirls.
They tell me they will....wait for it....buff out swirls with a buffer!?!?! Oh...so your going to cut more if the clear coat...great.
Next...all the bolts where they disassembled the car are now galled and not paint matched like the other bolts on the car. Someone with a keen eye is bound to ask why the bolts where taken out when I sell the car.
Then I discover that there is a good size rip in the door panel...looks like it was dropped when reinstalling it. And a hand size white stain on the drivers seat...rubbing compound???
The car is covered inside and in the engine compartment with "sanding dust" looks like I drove across a dessert with all the windows down.
The headliner has hand stains all over it.
Let's see...the gas filler door is not flush with the panel and the front clip does not line up with the hood.
And these are just the things I noticed giving it a quick once over.
Oh...and the CARB sticker for the Mopar CAI is absent because they had to replace the radiator cross member where the original sticker was.
I have had some many people tell me, "they are a great body shop and it will be as good as new and you won't be able to tell"... LOL....yeah....good as new.
That's it....just needed to vent a bit. I really feel I have no options but to accept my car back knowing it will NEVER be the same. And that sucks.
The car (2010 300C SRT8 with 35k mi.) sustained $15,000.00 + in damages. And my insurance company will not total it out. I made a BIG fuss about not wanting the car back because it will NEVER be the same and the diminished value it will now have when I go to sell/trade it in.
The wreck happened on April 23....and I still do not have my car back!
I had to turn in my rental car 2 weeks ago because the rental fees were cutting into my repair budget!?!?! That was according to my insurance company.
So I am driving a borrowed vehicle and need to return it. With still no firm date on when I will get my car back.
Well I went to check in my car yesterday, just to see where they are at. It was just getting back from having the window retinted because they broke the window reinstalling it.
Next the paint has buffer swirls all over it! I told them NO WAY! My car has never seen a buffer....I always hand was and wax my cars...and I will not accept it with swirls.
They tell me they will....wait for it....buff out swirls with a buffer!?!?! Oh...so your going to cut more if the clear coat...great.
Next...all the bolts where they disassembled the car are now galled and not paint matched like the other bolts on the car. Someone with a keen eye is bound to ask why the bolts where taken out when I sell the car.
Then I discover that there is a good size rip in the door panel...looks like it was dropped when reinstalling it. And a hand size white stain on the drivers seat...rubbing compound???
The car is covered inside and in the engine compartment with "sanding dust" looks like I drove across a dessert with all the windows down.
The headliner has hand stains all over it.
Let's see...the gas filler door is not flush with the panel and the front clip does not line up with the hood.
And these are just the things I noticed giving it a quick once over.
Oh...and the CARB sticker for the Mopar CAI is absent because they had to replace the radiator cross member where the original sticker was.
I have had some many people tell me, "they are a great body shop and it will be as good as new and you won't be able to tell"... LOL....yeah....good as new.
That's it....just needed to vent a bit. I really feel I have no options but to accept my car back knowing it will NEVER be the same. And that sucks.