meGrimlock
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Well, my wife and I were driving home from a nice lunch at Texas Land and Cattle, when a girl about our age hits us with her Taurus. We were stopped at a light behind a BMW, and when the light turned green, he took off and BOOM, I am looking at the roof of my car for some reason. I get out of the car, and the girl gets out and is real apologetic, she said her flip-flop got stuck under the brake pedal, and she couldn't stop. Nobody was hurt, I have a couple of sore muscles, and my wife said her lower back was hurting, so if it is still hurting today, we are going to get her to a doctor.
We figured that she hit us going about 15-20. Upon first inspection of the car, it only looks like the bumper is damaged, but after getting home I see that the hatch opening is tweaked a little, the hatch is pushed in a little (there is no sheet metal damage to the hatch). The taillights are out of alignment, but not damaged, and a piece of interior trim is buckled and there is a mysterious plastic fastener laying in the middle of the hatch floor.
She has Allstate insurance, so I am not worried about getting it repaired, what I am worried about is finding a competent body shop to do the repair. I have already told my claims representative that I am very picky, and I will not accept the car back if it does not look exactly like it did before it was hit.
So, any suggestions on where to go? I have seen the job that Mister Collision in Dallas did to Scottwax's Accord, and if he is satisfied with the work, they are definitely good enough. Any other suggestions on body shops in the Dallas area? I know that Allstate likes Service King, but after seeing what they have done to a friend's car, I will not be trusting any of their shops to do the repair.
Oh yeah, I will post pics, but they are on the computer at home, so it will be later tonight when I get to that.
*edit* Forgot to add that it just turned over 10,000 miles earlier that day.
*edit2* Ok, here are pics:
Oh, and a funny addition to the events that took place over the weekend: My insurance adjuster called the girl's house to talk about the inurance claim, and her mom answered. The adjuster started to ask her mom about what had happened when she said "My daughter was in a car accident?" Evidently she was borrowing her dad's car to go out of town (she lives in Jacksboro), and hasn't yet told her parents about the accident.
On a good note, the insurance agency said my car will be evaluated on Thursday and could possibly be in the shop on Monday. I wonder what kind of high-quality rental I will get...
We figured that she hit us going about 15-20. Upon first inspection of the car, it only looks like the bumper is damaged, but after getting home I see that the hatch opening is tweaked a little, the hatch is pushed in a little (there is no sheet metal damage to the hatch). The taillights are out of alignment, but not damaged, and a piece of interior trim is buckled and there is a mysterious plastic fastener laying in the middle of the hatch floor.
She has Allstate insurance, so I am not worried about getting it repaired, what I am worried about is finding a competent body shop to do the repair. I have already told my claims representative that I am very picky, and I will not accept the car back if it does not look exactly like it did before it was hit.
So, any suggestions on where to go? I have seen the job that Mister Collision in Dallas did to Scottwax's Accord, and if he is satisfied with the work, they are definitely good enough. Any other suggestions on body shops in the Dallas area? I know that Allstate likes Service King, but after seeing what they have done to a friend's car, I will not be trusting any of their shops to do the repair.
Oh yeah, I will post pics, but they are on the computer at home, so it will be later tonight when I get to that.
*edit* Forgot to add that it just turned over 10,000 miles earlier that day.
*edit2* Ok, here are pics:
Oh, and a funny addition to the events that took place over the weekend: My insurance adjuster called the girl's house to talk about the inurance claim, and her mom answered. The adjuster started to ask her mom about what had happened when she said "My daughter was in a car accident?" Evidently she was borrowing her dad's car to go out of town (she lives in Jacksboro), and hasn't yet told her parents about the accident.
On a good note, the insurance agency said my car will be evaluated on Thursday and could possibly be in the shop on Monday. I wonder what kind of high-quality rental I will get...
