You've got enough going on. Let the shop fix it properly, and let her insurance pay for a rental while your car is being repaired. If they want to total it, in my experience their offer will be more than fair. I'd take it and move on. It's only a car.
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, at 12:26, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Last week they requested photos of the damage, which I sent. I let the > adjuster know in that email that I would be taking the car on Wednesday > (today) to get estimates from the local MB certified shop that the > dealer uses. Previous to that when I told him that is where I would be > going, he proceeded to say they overcharged customers for unnecessary > work yada yada. I also told him that they would need to inspect the car > in person and not rely on a virtual appraisal. Crickets. Called them > today and raised hell saying my time is valuable and today is the day > I’m taking it in. Long story short, I guess they have a rental car > reserved when I take car in. So, I’m wondering if I should get estimate > only and figure out if I am gong to fix it, or go ahead and get > estimate and leave it, then drive rental car until they figure it out. > My cheap instinct is to take the money and later fix it myself, but > with that small gap at the top of the door I’m afraid it has some > slight b pillar damage in which case there is no way I can fix it > properly. Or, get payout, sell this car as is, then buy something else > or pocket the money and get a different Okie acres car ready to go. I > guess there is also the possibility State Farm attempts to total it. If > that is the case then I guess I would do a buy back them either sell it > as is or try to fix it myself. > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > 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
