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wparsons · 09-29-2018, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantedTaken

Do not conflate the bloated insurance quote with the actual cost paid by a retail customer, who is paying with a wad of cash, out of pocket.
Just like medial billing. You think uninsured paying under the table pays the same as the HMO?

$7500 is the inflated book price paid by insurance.
In actuality, you can get that work done out of pocket under the table for under $5000. Or, typically about 60%-70% of retail robo-quotes.

My estimate, $4000, was for paying cash to get it fixed, at a competitive indy shop.
Not the inflated insurance quote, which individuals do not pay in real life.
Others were saying it's totaled, despite book value being at least $15k

1) This is in Canada - $7500 usd is about $9700 cdn, it's also really hard to find a shop that'll do cash work for significantly less up here, typically the most you'll save is the tax (13% in Ontario).

2) It is going through insurance, so your backdoor shop theory doesn't matter

MaximS · 10-02-2018, 03:22 PM

Update: Got a call from insurance today. Body shop has all the parts and is starting repairs today. Estimated to be completed Oct 18 funny enough the completed estimate went from $7500 to $7200. So we'll see in a few weeks.............. 49 days later.......

MaximS · 10-22-2018, 04:18 PM

Update: Suspension parts on back order. Body shop "hopes to have it done by the end of the week"... rental extended. Currently 52 days with the Sonata and put ~4k km on it.

Ultramaroon · 10-22-2018, 05:44 PM

Just curious. Has the shop shared with you details about the damage? Maybe it's a good sign that they are taking their time with the work. I know little about the business side of these things.

Fingers crossed for you. Hope it comes out perfectly.

Tcoat · 10-22-2018, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaximS

Update: Suspension parts on back order. Body shop "hopes to have it done by the end of the week"... rental extended. Currently 52 days with the Sonata and put ~4k km on it.

OK so the shop didn't have all the parts so the price can still go up.

MaximS · 11-01-2018, 04:44 PM

Final update: I got the car back yesterday ~4pm. Final cost $7218.XX CAD. I spent quite a bit of time driving it yesterday to get a feel for it and honestly it feels exactly how I left it, and it looks brand new. Obviously that's only half the story, I'm still taking it back to Toyota to have it inspected. Yesterday made 2 months exactly.

GrantedTaken · 11-01-2018, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaximS

Final update: I got the car back yesterday ~4pm. Final cost $7218.XX CAD. I spent quite a bit of time driving it yesterday to get a feel for it and honestly it feels exactly how I left it, and it looks brand new. Obviously that's only half the story, I'm still taking it back to Toyota to have it inspected. Yesterday made 2 months exactly.

That's $5500 USD.
Damn good estimate.
Totalled. LOL

MaximS · 11-01-2018, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrantedTaken

That's $5500 USD.
Damn good estimate.
Totalled. LOL

Well it looked a lot worse to me lol!

Spuds · 11-01-2018, 09:36 PM

Tcoat · 11-02-2018, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrantedTaken

That's $5500 USD.
Damn good estimate.
Totalled. LOL

No it is $7218 Canadian. He didn't pay in US$ so exchange rate means nothing. It would have cost just as much in the US not less because of an artificially generated dollar value. Just consider it the same no matter which country.

highway7 · 11-03-2018, 02:03 AM

I would be pissed if my car got repaired instead of written off with that much damage

GrantedTaken · 11-03-2018, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by highway7

I would be pissed if my car got repaired instead of written off with that much damage

Wasn't bad at all.
Glad they saved it.

MaximS · 11-03-2018, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by highway7

I would be pissed if my car got repaired instead of written off with that much damage

Well yeah but hard to justify a new $30k car over a $7k repair to insurance...

10-22-2018, 05:44 PM	#60
Ultramaroon 義理チョコ Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: a 13 e8h frs Location: vantucky, wa Posts: 31,868 Thanks: 52,132 Thanked 36,520 Times in 18,921 Posts Mentioned: 1106 Post(s) Tagged: 9 Thread(s)	Just curious. Has the shop shared with you details about the damage? Maybe it's a good sign that they are taking their time with the work. I know little about the business side of these things. Fingers crossed for you. Hope it comes out perfectly. __________________ service manuals

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MaximS Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Drives: 2017 Toyota 86 Location: Ontario Posts: 105 Thanks: 37 Thanked 44 Times in 31 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Update: Got a call from insurance today. Body shop has all the parts and is starting repairs today. Estimated to be completed Oct 18 funny enough the completed estimate went from $7500 to $7200. So we'll see in a few weeks.............. 49 days later.......

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MaximS Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Drives: 2017 Toyota 86 Location: Ontario Posts: 105 Thanks: 37 Thanked 44 Times in 31 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Update: Suspension parts on back order. Body shop "hopes to have it done by the end of the week"... rental extended. Currently 52 days with the Sonata and put ~4k km on it.

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MaximS Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Drives: 2017 Toyota 86 Location: Ontario Posts: 105 Thanks: 37 Thanked 44 Times in 31 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Final update: I got the car back yesterday ~4pm. Final cost $7218.XX CAD. I spent quite a bit of time driving it yesterday to get a feel for it and honestly it feels exactly how I left it, and it looks brand new. Obviously that's only half the story, I'm still taking it back to Toyota to have it inspected. Yesterday made 2 months exactly.

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