Ouch, that's no fun to deal with. Poor car is ruined, guess you'll have to sell now...
I call dibs! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On October 10, 2016 7:04:53 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >I park in a parking garage at my office. The space I park in is one of >two that are sandwiched between two block walls. There is room for two >vehicles to fit in the area without having to squeeze out of the door. >I normally park well to the right against a wall so the person in the >other space has plenty of room. This is usually another employee I work >with, or if they’re late, some guy with a big red Dodge pickup truck, >who swings wide because he won’t back up and straighten out to pull >into the space. > >So today as I’m pulling out of my garage I hear a big “pop” sound and >realize I forgot to clear a plastic container with a set of old H4 >bulbs in it. Realizing that the metal part of the bulb might have >damaged my right front tire, when I pulled into my parking space this >morning I moved towards the middle of the space, evenly spacing my car >between the yellow lines, with a good 8”-12” on each side of the car >between the car and the painted lines. That way if I had to change a >tire should it have been damaged and leaked down during the day I can >get to that side of the car. > >Wife had doctor’s appointment I was attending, so about 9:40 I go down >to get in the car. There’s a note stuffed in the gap between my doors: > >"Sorry, but I scrapped (sic) against your car this morning. It doesn’t >look bad, but please let me know what to do and I’ll work things out >with you.” (phone number) > >Arrgh. > >Left rear quarter is scuffed and left rear taillight is cracked. When >I got it out in the sun I could see a dimple in the middle of the >panel. The trailing edge of the fender where the tail light opening >starts has the paint rubbed down to the primer. I took plenty of >pictures of my car, its’ position and the big red truck, which was >clearly swung way over into my space when it pulled in and had black >paint on the bumper where it had rubbed against my car. > >So I called the guy and he was pretty contrite. He said if it was >below his deductible he would just give me the money, otherwise I could >file a claim with his insurer. I told him to put it in writing in an >email, which he did, even admitting fault and including his insurance >contact information and policy number. (Nice!) > >So I went to the local ding and dent place, a chain called >“Carsmetics”, for a quick estimate. > >Around $475 for the paint work. LKQ has no left rear taillights for my >car, so the only other choice they have is to go with new from MBUSA. > >+$1100.00!!! > >I had them write up an estimate with and without the tail light. I’m >thinking if his deductible is $500 I’ll ask him for $550 and I’ll >source the tail light assembly (easily found on eBay for $60-$80.) > >But only after I give him the $1700.00 estimate. > >Dan >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
