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

Fri Aug 3 19:26:26 EDT 2012

I never said make a claim, I said let them know, because it may come down
to them fighting for you.

They frown on finding out months later after you have exhausted all normal
recourse and the matter has gone nuclear.

Michael

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:41 PM, John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>wrote:

> Steve just jogged my memory.  I agree with him to not tell your
> insurance company.  I remember now that my insurance company
> subsequently called me and admitted to have made an error in classifying
> my car.  Their fault, not mine. However, my premium would now
> quadruple.  Tough to complain as I had gotten an artificially low rate
> for 7 years.  Although, the proof in the pudding would have been had I
> had a claim.  Although, they also seemed prepared to pay. The premium
> increase motivated the change to Hagarty and the company now doesn't
> insure Panteras.  Anyway, had I not informed them, I would have been
> enjoying lower rates.
>
> JT
>
> On 8/3/2012 3:21 PM, shawkins777 at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > You don't want to make a claim on your insurance if you don't have to.
>  You don't want it on your claim history even if it's a non fault accident.
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> >
> > From: "Curt Hall" <cuvee at sbcglobal.net>
> > To: detomaso at realbig.com, "david tucker" <
> david.tucker at chesapeakepanteras.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 12:37:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Someone hit my Pantera. Looking for help in
> dealing        with their insurance.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4080805191077.155372.1610983728
> > <
> http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4080805191077.155372.1610983728&ty
> > pe=3> &type=3
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave Tucker
> >
> > Frederick, MD  21703
> >
> > 301-514-8358
> >
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