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

[boyd casey]

Something I forgot to mention , Don't sign a release! Allot of the time
they will send you a settlement check (before the repairs are done) and the
fine print has a release that absolves the insurance company from making
any additional payments. It is quite often necessary to get additional work
done and additional payments to cover damage and work undiscovered in the
original estimate.
Boyd

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I think I would talk with your own INS.Co. first. Then like others have
> said, take the car to someone your happy with to be repaired! Just make
> sure the repair shop does NOT put you and your Car on THE FOREVER PLAN!
> Let your INS.CO deal with GEICO!
>
> Good Luck
>
> --- On Fri, 8/3/12, David Tucker <david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> From: David Tucker <david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Someone hit my Pantera. Looking for help in dealing
> with their insurance.
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Friday, August 3, 2012, 9:06 AM
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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
>
> Frederick, MD  21703
>
> 301-514-8358
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