Give you $500 for it. Seriously glad you had,an honest hitter. Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 1990 300D Wickford RI
On Oct 10, 2016 8:50 PM, "Max Dillon via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Ouch, that's no fun to deal with. Poor car is ruined, guess you'll have > to sell now... > > > I call dibs! > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On October 10, 2016 7:04:53 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >I park in a parking garage at my office. The space I park in is one of > >two that are sandwiched between two block walls. There is room for two > >vehicles to fit in the area without having to squeeze out of the door. > >I normally park well to the right against a wall so the person in the > >other space has plenty of room. This is usually another employee I work > >with, or if they’re late, some guy with a big red Dodge pickup truck, > >who swings wide because he won’t back up and straighten out to pull > >into the space. > > > >So today as I’m pulling out of my garage I hear a big “pop” sound and > >realize I forgot to clear a plastic container with a set of old H4 > >bulbs in it. Realizing that the metal part of the bulb might have > >damaged my right front tire, when I pulled into my parking space this > >morning I moved towards the middle of the space, evenly spacing my car > >between the yellow lines, with a good 8”-12” on each side of the car > >between the car and the painted lines. That way if I had to change a > >tire should it have been damaged and leaked down during the day I can > >get to that side of the car. > > > >Wife had doctor’s appointment I was attending, so about 9:40 I go down > >to get in the car. There’s a note stuffed in the gap between my doors: > > > >"Sorry, but I scrapped (sic) against your car this morning. It doesn’t > >look bad, but please let me know what to do and I’ll work things out > >with you.” (phone number) > > > >Arrgh. > > > >Left rear quarter is scuffed and left rear taillight is cracked. When > >I got it out in the sun I could see a dimple in the middle of the > >panel. The trailing edge of the fender where the tail light opening > >starts has the paint rubbed down to the primer. I took plenty of > >pictures of my car, its’ position and the big red truck, which was > >clearly swung way over into my space when it pulled in and had black > >paint on the bumper where it had rubbed against my car. > > > >So I called the guy and he was pretty contrite. He said if it was > >below his deductible he would just give me the money, otherwise I could > >file a claim with his insurer. I told him to put it in writing in an > >email, which he did, even admitting fault and including his insurance > >contact information and policy number. (Nice!) > > > >So I went to the local ding and dent place, a chain called > >“Carsmetics”, for a quick estimate. > > > >Around $475 for the paint work. LKQ has no left rear taillights for my > >car, so the only other choice they have is to go with new from MBUSA. > > > >+$1100.00!!! > > > >I had them write up an estimate with and without the tail light. I’m > >thinking if his deductible is $500 I’ll ask him for $550 and I’ll > >source the tail light assembly (easily found on eBay for $60-$80.) > > > >But only after I give him the $1700.00 estimate. > > > >Dan > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
