9-25-10
This happened while I was at work at the restaurant. Car was parked perfectly straight in an end spot, and I come out to find it pushed over at least 6" and with the below damage.
Car was dropped off at the body shop on 10/6/2010
This is what the right 3/4 angle of my car is supposed to look like.
NOT LIKE THIS!!!
Oh, and btw, I HATE ****IN BODY SHOPS. So far I've had nothing but bad experiences with them.
On Tuesday afternoon the guy calls me to tell me about a couple of things he saw on the car.
He tells me that it looks like my car has been in a wreck before, or at least had body work done in the past, in the rear. He said that the car looks like it was backed over a rock or something because it was pushed in from the bottom where my hit occurred. He told me I could try to replace that spot, etc. I said that I had no money to do that, but wanted to know how much he would charge anyway. He said anywhere between $300-$500. I was like, yeah, ok, that's NOT going to happen.
If you look at the photos of the bottom 3/4 area, both right and left sides have surface rust due to water and salt that gets by the rear rain guard. I know this is why it's there because the area closest to the rain guard which is actually blocked looks perfectly fine.
So I get there and this dumb mother****er at the body shop tried to tell me over the phone that it looks like it was hit from UNDERNEATH because of the rust and such.
I was like, "ummm... did you look at the other side? It has the IDENTICAL amount of rust in the same exact spots!!! It's clearly because of rain/salt, etc." He replies, "oh, well I don't know how the insurance company is going to feel about that since there is already rust there, etc." I was like, you tell them that the surface rust was already there and that it is because of the hit that it has flaked off and the dent is because my car was HIT and pushed 6." He then tries to tell me that he wanted to have me look at the rusted area before they did any sanding, etc because he was afraid it might break through." After he said that, I called him over, knocked on the rusted area HARD AS HELL and POUNDED on it. It's rock solid. He said, "It might be fine for 6 months or so, but he doesn't know how much longer after that." I said, "that'll be good for another 5 years."
I've been around enough Honda's to know what rust is!!!
He then moves on to show me the rear bumper, and said he noticed something there as well. He said that it looked like the bumper was painted before because the paint was chipping/peeling. When he showed me where it was, it turned out to be EXACTLY WHERE THE ASSH0LE HIT ME!!! It was right where the rivets were for the bracket that the bumper attaches to!!! I was like, OBVIOUSLY it will be chipped/cracked. It's because that's where it was hit. Again I ask him, "Well what does the other side look like?" We walk over, and sure enough, IT LOOKS PERFECTLY FINE!!! I also looked at the rest of the bumper area that's kind of hidden when it's on the car and it's all perfect and highlighted that fact as well. He says to me, "well, if we start sanding it down, and it start to peel all the way around, I don't know if the insurance will cover it." I said to him, "My car was hit and before it was hit, the paint was perfect. If because of the accident, paint is peeling and it's going to peel all the way around, then the insurance company will have to cover it because it's the result of the accident. If it didn't get hit, it wouldn't have peeled." I then told him, "you tell the insurance company exactly what I said and that if they give you any issues, then call me up and give me the guys name and number and I will call and talk to them."
Soon after, this insurance company lobbying piece of sh!t shakes my hand and says he has to go and finish an estimate on a car. I said, no problem, take it easy.
This all happened on Wednesday so we'll see what happens. I plan on calling them tomorrow.
This ****in body shop definitely gets a cut, or just prey's on dumb mother****ers who will take their word as gold over the phone. Once I got there and viewed the damage and saw the bullsh!t he was trying to pull, he changed his attitude and tactics very quickly. If I get any slack out of this, I will get my insurance company involved and have this taken care of.
People are ****in stupid. For the first time in my life, I genuinely felt like, "did you really just ****in lie to me like this, bring me all the way out here at 7:30am before work, and waste my god damn time?" Dude was piece of dumb shit.
UPDATE 10/22/10
They got a new tail light, they are welding a new piece in where the lower quarter is bent, and after calling them today, it looks like the car will be ready this Wednesday. CROSS YOUR MO'FOCKIN' FINGERS! I feel that's still doubtful.
-Jalal
Can he not use the nail gun and slide hammer? haha
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