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Originally Posted by L8Apex
You will forever deal with "diminished value" after the damage is recorded, minimum 10% of the vehicles value. I personally would never buy a car this had happened to, it would sell for significantly less after the repair and the buyer is wise to the details.
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In Illinois, at least, you can sue for diminished value. A friend had his Tesla Model 3 rear ended and he sued the guy and won $8,000, even though the car was repaired.
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Originally Posted by Camaro_QC
He will not get a new car.
The employee will not be fired.
The car will be fixed. It will be just like it was before.
The dealer accepted the liability, no need for a lawyer.
End of story.
It's a Camaro, not a Bugatti.
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Originally Posted by mikeman
Exactly! No new car and the service advisor will still have a job.
No it won't. It will now have non OEM factory paint on half the car because they will have to "blend" into the rear quarter panel too. And, this is assuming no damage was done to the door aperature section where the door hinges are attached.
They might have accepted responsibility, but now the OP has to deal with diminished value, wrecked resale value, loss of collectibility and now has a fixed up car with a repaint on half the car. For most people, that's recipe for "sell it after it's repaired" and get something else.
Unfortunately, it's this very attitude that gets these cars wrecked at stealerships. To the owner though, it may be his personal Bugatti.
Just my $.02.
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Agreed!!
Tell them you want an awesome trade on a new car instead of a diminished claim lawsuit ????