Glad to hear that it's finally working out O.K. for you. Now for the
future: has all this aggravation convinced you to carry collision
insurance from now on? I hope so.

InsuranceHelp2004 wrote:

> Good Day to Everyone,
>
> First off I wanted to thank all of you for your invaluable advice
> (except the idiot that told me to take this as an expensive lesson in
> life). The advice all of you gave was dead on with what my lawyer had
> said. Car # 1, which set in motion the accident is fixing my car. Car
> # 2 insurer denied all liability for the accident, but was the car
> that had impacted into my car. I was not expecting car # 1 insurer to
> agree to fix my car, but they did I am extremely relieved. All I
> wanted was for my car to be repaired safely. I plan on keeping the car
> for the next 5 years.
>
> Now the song and dance, of the shop and the insurer. I decided to go
> with a direct repair facility of their own which happened to also be
> one of the top 3 shops I wanted to go to. The shop DOES ONLY OEM parts
> and has lifetime warranty on paint job in writing. I wanted to show my
> good faith of working with the insurer by going to one of their
> facilities. The shop sent me over estimates for the repair of the left
> driver side door. Fortunately, they say the frame wasn't bent,which
> was my biggest concern. For those who remember my first post, when my
> car was impacted on the driver side door my car was parked next to a
> curb. The estimate I received from the insurer's shop did not mention
> anything of any damage to the right passenger rim or damage to the
> area around it. I've told the insurance adjuster and the shop, I am
> worried about that drive axle be slammed into the tranny or the whole
> right side wheel area being bent. The reason I was worried about this
> is the 2nd parked car in front of me was totalled because the axles
> slammed into the curb and bent to the point the car couldn't even be
> towed away. I feel my concern of this is valid especially since that
> was the 2nd car hit, we can only imagine how hard it hit my car since
> it was the 1st parked car hit.
>
> The shop's own adjuster told me the insurance company told him to
> repair on the side of the impact. The insurance didn't mention
> anything about the right passenger side. I told him what I posted
> about the car being parked on the curb and he told me he would look at
> it, but the insurance company said to repair only the driver side door
> at that point. Of course, not exactly, what I wanted to hear, so I
> sent over a letter in writing to the shop to look at the damaged area
> and to send over a new estimate including any damage to the passenger
> side. I haven't heard from the shop yet about any new estimate and the
> insurance adjuster is on vacation now. I would rather have all damage
> repaired and replaced at the same time, so