Honda Car Forum

ravelation wrote:
> Well, it would appear that Frankenstein will get a face lift,
> compliments of an Excursion with a big hitch on it.
>
> I get the call, "You need to come to the school. A guy just hit me and
> it'll need a bumper, headlight, and hood."
> Parts needing replacement:
>
> Impact bumper
> bumper stiffeners
> Bumper cover
> Passenger light (the one I *just* had mounted last week!! Argh!!)
> Hood
> Fender wells, both sides. (Thankfully they didn't get to the new fender
> I *just* had installed. <whew>)
> grill and badge ($20. just yesterday... down the drain)The grill mounted
> was a '98. Will be replaced with '99.
> >
> Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>

Since he's in high school you could even opt for "kid stylin'" Carbon
fibre hood, projector headlights and even a Honda Civic Hybrid bumper
cover (stock JDM I've heard). Really surprised he hasn't hit you up for
these instead of OEM parts.

Good Luck,
AL

> You still wanna go to court and try to defend your 16 year old idiot son
> that drove recklessly in his lifted Excursion thus causing damage to my
> son's vehicle?
> Huh? Do ya punk?
>
> Ravl

Don't waste your time, the guy is the local asshole.
Just browse through the NG and you'll see that he is the first one to reply
to most of the post with some stupid comment.

ravelation <ravelation@webtv.net> wrote:

> that the other two had on them. Amazing how the prices for the parts are
> all exact.

They all use the same computer program, loaded with the same parts data,
and the same flat labor rates. The only real difference seems to be which
parts different shops think need to be done.

One shop wanted to paint the full doors, which required replacing some
decals and pinstriping. Another wanted to paint a section of the doors,
stopping at a clean edge, and avoiding both the pinstriping and the decal
replacement. The costs were all identical for the parts they agreed on.

notgonnasay@webtv.net ('03OBSMHybrid) wrote:

A webtv'er who knows how to cut and paste!! We're few and far between!

>Since he's in high school you could even
>opt for "kid stylin'" Carbon fibre hood,
>projector headlights and even a Honda
>Civic Hybrid bumper cover (stock JDM
>I've heard). Really surprised he hasn't
>hit you up for these instead of OEM
>parts.

Oh, he's tried. He'd LOVE a body kit style Civic, but we hate
them. And since we paid for the car, he listens to us. I fear those
things are like a red sports car...they scream "Pull me over!! Pull me
over!!"

>Good Luck,

Thanks. We're meeting the 'liable' party at the body shop today. They
want to go over all the charges the shop saw fit to repair the vehicle.
Should get interesting.

>Oh, he's tried. He'd LOVE a body kit style Civic, but we hate
>them. And since we paid for the car, he listens to us. I fear those
>things are like a red sports car...they scream "Pull me over!! Pull me
>over!!"
>
>>Good Luck,
>
>Thanks. We're meeting the 'liable' party at the body shop today. They
>want to go over all the charges the shop saw fit to repair the vehicle.
>Should get interesting.

It must be hell for him, living with an overbearing witch.




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ravelation wrote:
> Oh, he's tried. He'd LOVE a body kit style Civic, but we hate
> them. And since we paid for the car, he listens to us. I fear those
> things are like a red sports car...they scream "Pull me over!! Pull me
> over!!"

At least he tried. I was thinking he might not be normal if he didn't.
You're right, they do scream that. I work with a few kids with the
kits and it seems they get pulled over at least once a week. Sometimes
they even get approached by the police when they are parked, had one guy
last week get harassed at a closed dealership on the weekend.

Hope it all goes well,
AL

notgonnasay@webtv.net ('03OBSMHybrid) wrote:

>Hope it all goes well,

Welp, things changed yesterday. Daddy got home, decided it was too much
money to put out, and they have decided to claim the damages through
their insurance, All State. I've heard stories about All State being
notorious for undercutting jobs. Can they do that to us? Because they
are accepting 100% liability, there is no need to inform our insurance
company, correct?

ravelation <ravelation@webtv.net> wrote:

> Welp, things changed yesterday. Daddy got home, decided it was too much
> money to put out, and they have decided to claim the damages through
> their insurance, All State. I've heard stories about All State being
> notorious for undercutting jobs. Can they do that to us? Because they
> are accepting 100% liability, there is no need to inform our insurance
> company, correct?

I would use my insurance company. That way you don't care about the other
company's practices, if they are inferior to your company. I posted a
note about my experience earlier in this thread. AAA is very "clean"
when it comes to claims. Sometimes you can just take the car to the shop
of your choice, get a computerized estimate, take that to AAA, and get a
check made out to the body shop. Then they collect from the other party.
If the other party admits responsibility in a phone call from your agent,
you don't even pay deductible. If they don't admit responsibility,
you pay deductible, which is reimbursed when the claim is settled with
the other company, assuming they eventually admit fault.

That did not show up as a claim on my record, although one minor crash
that I never got fixed did show up (?).

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

dold@UpdateXXTh.usenet.us.com
wrote:

>I would use my insurance company. That
>way you don't care about the other
>company's practices, if they are inferior
>to your company. I posted a note about
>my experience earlier in this thread.

You've been very helpful! I went back and reread your advice and will
take it, if on examination of the car, they try to backpeddle the work
that TWO shops have said the car needs.

>AAA is very "clean" when it comes to
>claims. Sometimes you can just take the
>car to the shop of your choice, get a
>computerized estimate, take that to
>AAA, and get a check made out to the
>body shop. Then they collect from the
>other party. If the other party admits
>responsibility in a phone call from your
agent, you don't even pay deductible. If
>they don't admit responsibility, you pay
>deductible, which is reimbursed when
>the claim is settled with the other
>company, assuming they eventually
>admit fault.

Even though the 'at fault' party has accepted liability, All State wants
to investigate. The person we talked to said some people think they're
at fault when they really aren't. "But I'm not saying that's what
happened here, I'm just saying we need an investigation." Yeah right.

We'll play 'good cop' and see how easy they make it for us. Any hassles,
and we'll call our insurance.

Thanks again, Clarence, for all your helpful advice.

ravelation <ravelation@webtv.net> wrote:
> We'll play 'good cop' and see how easy they make it for us. Any hassles,
> and we'll call our insurance.

That's what I meant to say. You didn't mention who your insurer was. If
you think the other company is not doing the right thing for you, that's
part of what you pay your insurance company for.
In my case, I didn't really think about it at all. I called my insurance
company to tell them I'd been in an accident that wasn't my fault.
The lady that hit my car admitted that she couldn't see the front end
of my RX7 at all from her Lincoln Continental and clipped the left front
edge of my car. And, as I mentioned, my car was fixed and home before the
other company even called.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5