OT: Parking Lot Accident, 911 Hit by Errant RC Truck Options

[Eric_Shea]

Is it just me or is this not the funniest picture of the week...

"Reflections of a 914 Owner"
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That's right up there with the engine block in the dishwasher.

Jerry... check in with a paintless dent guy. You'll be the hero by saving the color and integrity of the car and your doofuss co-worker some coin.

[Spoke]

I got the check today from the tech. I talked with him for a while today. He's a real nice guy who made a stupid mistake by running the RC car in a parking lot filled with cars.

I asked the Porsche dealer about the paintless dent removal. They do that type of work but on my car the paint has been scratched and he feels the dent is too severe for paintless dent removal.

The metal bulges out a bit around the dent. The pictures do not capture the significance of the dent.

[germanv82000]

Nice day, I take the 911 to work. I get a call about noon to report to my car in the parking lot.

One of our techs was tuning his RC truck at lunch in the parking lot and on a full throttle run, he hit a curb and cartwheeled about 50 feet into the drivers door of my 911. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

Put a pretty good dent in the door. The scratch and dent are about 3 inches long about 6 inches from the bottom of the door just below the mirror. Sorry no pics.

Question: do I ask this dude to pay for full damages? An estimate of the damage for minor dent and full door panel paint was about $400-$500. He mentioned that he doesn't have much free money since he just bought a house. I hate to saddle this guy with the bill but he did cause the damage. Any thoughts on what I should do?

Oh, why couldn't I have taken the A4 to work today? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

You did the right thing. In a small company it would be painful for both of you had it been handled differently. You probably have his respect for not going off in some ballistic manner and he has probably learned something he needed to. I ad mire your handling of an unfortunate incident.

[Spoke]

Boy those jack stands multiplying like rabbits

I always allow my jackstands to invite his jackstand friends to hang out under my car and have a jackstand party. I ain't getting squished if a jackstand gets tired and wants to lay down.

[Spoke]

Got the car back from Knopf Automotive this afternoon. It's all better now. The guys did a real good job on it.

However, now my power door lock (using the key) doesn't work now. The passenger side didn't work before so now I can't lock the doors. Dumb Fucks! So I either fix it or take it back.

On the way home, about 6pm, we had a hell of a thunderstorm with hail. I've never heard such noise from a rain storm. I stopped under an overpass on RT22 along with about 30 other cars. When I stopped, I was in the 4th line of cars stacked up. Each line had about 5-6 cars. Same on the other side.

About 5 miles away, the hail was softball size and smashed windows in cars. One of my daughter's friends had a pic holding this huge ice ball. It was bigger than a softball. The ones hitting my car were about 1/2 in diameter. Luckily my car sustained no damage.

A tornado was detected in about the same place the dealer is located.

Morning Call Article on Tornado

[rsrguy3]

Jerry, I'm glad your satisfied with the result. I wish I had seen this thread sooner. Unfortunately....... I've had numerous experiences when it comes to claims. I'm a body, and paint guy, and, in this situation, provided your car was absolutely straight, I would have used my insurance company and given them the guys name and homeowners policy #. Next I would have required the body and paint estimate to include a door re-skin. I then would have taken the the repair check from the insurance, and gotten a paint-less repair, those guys have sick skills. I'm sure in the future you'll be noticing differentiation in the area of the repair, I don't care how good the blend job is. That would bug the S#%@ out of me! I know there were scratches but I would have lived with them and put the $$$$ difference in a savings toward a full and proper repaint down the road, but that's just me. I'm sure you can tell this kind of stuff totally pisses me off, your insurance would not have dinged you, instead subrigation would have dealt with his insurance for full compensation.

[Tom]

Just curious, but isn't what you are saying bordering on fraud? You are accepting payment for certain repairs, then doing something different.
Tom

[rsrguy3]

No, as, if the repair were properly done, it would have required a complete. Also, I've had this discussion with multiple adjusters, their priorities are 1.getting you off there claims list 2.making someone else pay the bill and lastly, making you whole. If you take payment as opposed to repairs they are less likely to get supplimentals,(usually an additional 1/3 to 1/2 the estimate), also a plus to them, they know this. The important thing to remember is that it's your responsibility to report to your agent for documentation of repair, as future claims will not be covered if this is not done. I'm extremely picky as to the finish on my nice cars, I can spot even an awesome blend job from quite a distance, I don't like them, or putting filler on a panel that didn't previously have it. Try to tell that to the dick that hit you though.

[Tom]

rsrguy3,
Thanks for the explanation. I don't like insurance companies as I truly believe they try really hard to low ball the repairs and I have never had a good result dealing with them. I am always looking for more information as how to "deal" with them. Hopefully I won't have to any time again soon.
Thanks again,
Tom

[rsrguy3]

Your more than welcome, I dislike dealing with them as well. I guess the most frustrating thing is the fact that they stall and stall, do everything to limit there own damages, and treat you like crap, on your vh's value. But they sure as hell expect your premiums (inflated) to be in on time every month. I swear, it's nothing more than legalized extorsion.