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I'd hope this would come down eventually. I got hit way back when in 2018 in my Model 3[0] and it was a pretty fresh car. Not many on the road and Tesla still
by darknavi 3y ago
I'd hope this would come down eventually. I got hit way back when in 2018 in my Model 3[0] and it was a pretty fresh car. Not many on the road and Tesla still figuring out how to scale the manufacturing.
I think part of the high repair price was that the Model 3 was so new, which also meant that there were only a few shops that could/would work on it (Tesla does not do body work, or at least not back then). I had to wait a month before they would even look at it and then they dropped the huge price tag. What was I going to do? Go the only other shop and wait another month? They had all of the leverage and could charge as much as I wanted.
The total bill was ~$28k. StateFarm only covered ~$22k so I have to pay ~6-7k out of pocket (it was an insane "uninsured driver" who car-jacked a teen and hit 4 other cars. Pictures in the album of him preaching on top of our car).
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- klyrs 3y agoHow kind of him to take his shoes off before climbing on your vehicle. Don't see little courtesies like that nowadays...
- dylan604 3y agoSome criminals had really great moms that raised them right
- irjustin 3y agoPart of the problem w/ the price coming down is the size of the panel, it runs front to back? I'm sure in design phase it makes it look SUPER nice, but.... is it worth it for removing one of the lines?
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- DaveExeter 3y ago>They had all of the leverage and could charge as much as [they] wanted. That's how it works! You got cheated. On an unrelated note, I upped my liability insurance from the $25k minimum to $100k just because of those crazy repair prices. It only cost like $17 or so more.
- darknavi 3y agoNot sure exactly how this worked, but StateFarm didn't actually max out on the claim but they maxed out on the hourly rate. The shop was charging something like ~$170/hr to work on the car because of "high voltage" or "EV" or some bullshit like that and StateFarm maxed out at like ~$120/hr. I will say the car is like-new repair but they still raked me over the coals.
- WirelessGigabit 3y agoDid you at least sue him for the damage?
- red-iron-pine 3y agoThere is suing, and there is collecting. You may win in court but never see a penny, and that's assuming you can find someone to summon. Might not even be worth the trouble.
- coffeedan 3y agoOr you might win in court and collect. For thousands of dollars, yes, it's worth my trouble to fill out a form and send in a court fee. Worked for me...