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Originally Posted by Bristecom
That's why I try to avoid dealers/repair shops at all costs and do stuff like oil changes myself. Honestly, I don't think there's ever been a time where I walked out of a shop without other issues created by the service people.
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With how easy an oil change is on the BRZ, there really is no reason to pay someone else do it. On the other hand, I live in an apartment with no garage and couldn't pass on a free oil change. Guess nothing in life is free
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Be careful going after diminished value. If no insurance company has been involved it will not show up on a report and therefore no value is diminished. From your description of the damage the value would drop a few hundred dollars at best so any settlement could work against you in the long run. I would push for the letter stating that the repairs will not effect trade in at that dealer if I went for anything at all. Don't let your emotions run the situation stay cool and get the most you can back out of them.
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The insurance thing is what I was wondering actually. Doesn't the dealership report everything they do to Carfax anyway? I guess I will ask them tomorrow and not worry about diminished value if they don't report it.
I put minor repairs/blemishes in the sales ads on CL anyway, and most people with real interest don't care about a changed bumper and fender as long as they see before/after pics to verify minor damage. I just don't want this thing to bite me in the *ss if I want to trade it in and the dealer gives me a generic valuation based on Carfax.