[DeTomaso] Someone hit my Pantera. Looking for help in dealing with their insurance.

[bill gaino]

David, I hate if for ya. Good news is I fix dents and paint cars and deal with the insurance people every day. They should pay for a new fender, and the install, blending on the hood and door.That is about $7500 Really it should be an easy fix. The lamp door can be removed, the front wheel and sheilding, then using a stiff rod, hammer the dent out from behind. Smooth it up and paint the corner. $1000 for me to do it. You can try the 'diminished value" rutine. If there is the tinyest scratch on that bumper, you get paid for that. They should write you the check for $7500. NOT a body shop. 

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Tucker <david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com>
>Sent: Aug 3, 2012 12:06 PM
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Someone hit my Pantera. Looking for help in dealing with	their insurance.
>
>Ok, so I've had the car for 11 years. Driven about 150,000 miles in 45
>states. Saturday night on my way to a car show I stop at the liquor store to
>buy Lottery tickets (a weekly ritual and no, I don't drink) so I come back
>out and while putting things away in the glove compartment BAM! The car
>rocks. I look up and a Dodge Dakota has backed into the front left corner.
>The driver parks and she and her mother get out to converse with me. The
>young lady just got this car from her Grandmother on this day and she is
>driving on a learners permit. She didn't see my car. I guess you can't see
>it out the back of an SUV. Side mirrors anyone? Anyway, we had the most
>civil, friendly, and calm discussion a first accident driver could ever hope
>for. Dang, I'm nice. My Brothe and I went home afterwards. I didn't want to
>be seen in this car any longer than I had to. 
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>Her insurance company called me within an hour after the accident (GEICO)
>and was very friendly with me. I explained how this was a 40 yr old classic
>car that you couldn't just order new fenders for and it would take a lot to
>get it back to acceptable. No one has ever been able to match the paint
>fixing little dings and such and I tried to explain that the whole car may
>need to be painted. She didn't have a big problem with that and set me up
>with an appointment tomorrow morning with their appraiser to get things
>started.
>
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>I'm looking for thoughts/experiences in dealing with the other guy's
>insurance company on this matter. And what kind of shop might best serve
>this purpose. That fender has to come off to fix this. And that will just
>open another can of worms.
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>Dave Tucker
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>Frederick, MD  21703
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>301-514-8358
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