Diminished Car Value

[Riftur]

Originally Posted by SquadRon

How did you get the dealership to fix the car? Which dealership is this??

I am allowed to take my car to wherever I want to have it fixed according to Progressive insurance. I was on the phone with progressive and we 3 wayed the dealership (Lexus of Pembroke Pines does the repairs for Toyota of Hollywood) to schedule the appointment. I am very happy that a Lexus dealer is fixing my car and not Toyota of Hollywood. I was not impressed with the service people at Toyota of Hollywood.

[SquadRon]

Originally Posted by Riftur

I am allowed to take my car to wherever I want to have it fixed according to Progressive insurance. I was on the phone with progressive and we 3 wayed the dealership (Lexus of Pembroke Pines does the repairs for Toyota of Hollywood) to schedule the appointment. I am very happy that a Lexus dealer is fixing my car and not Toyota of Hollywood. I was not impressed with the service people at Toyota of Hollywood.

I went to Seidners in the same building of the dealership, because the dealership repairs only go to a certain extent and then stop. I was impressed, but honestly any damages to a car truly is not stock anymore. Technically unless you did not suffer too many damages you may still be admitted in as a member of stock society. Honestly what would be cheaper? A. Sell the resources of the car and have toyota assemble another one with the assembly line or B. Get a mechanic to repair it. I think assembly lines in a mechanics workplace would be neat because lets face it what the fuck is salvaged? I've driven in salvaged cars they are nothing tied together like stock cars, because they are loose and untightened not as good of quality as an assembly line. The assembly line has the perfect quality that nobody can even top. Why not have man build more assembly lines and producing more competition for car companies making the prices cheaper for us to buy cars? Why? Because people want people to die trying, while we let the machine dust. People need to think smarter not work harder. For every 5000 cars man repairs we could build and have an assembly line down the block, which will perfectly repair over 10000 cars perfectly.

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[Braces]

Wat?

[SquadRon]

Originally Posted by Braces

Wat?

Tldr; I would rather have my car assembled/repaired at the dealership/manufacturer than anywhere else.

[KR-S]

Originally Posted by SquadRon

Tldr; I would rather have my car assembled/repaired at the dealership/manufacturer than anywhere else.

Because there aren't dealers that half-ass the job as well...

As for the manufacturer, if you can somehow ship your car to Subaru's plant in Ota, Gunma in Japan, then by all means.

[Riftur]

Originally Posted by Braces

Wat?

thats what I was thinking. lol

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by SquadRon

I went to Seidners in the same building of the dealership, because the dealership repairs only go to a certain extent and then stop. I was impressed, but honestly any damages to a car truly is not stock anymore. Technically unless you did not suffer too many damages you may still be admitted in as a member of stock society. Honestly what would be cheaper? A. Sell the resources of the car and have toyota assemble another one with the assembly line or B. Get a mechanic to repair it. I think assembly lines in a mechanics workplace would be neat because lets face it what the fuck is salvaged? I've driven in salvaged cars they are nothing tied together like stock cars, because they are loose and untightened not as good of quality as an assembly line. The assembly line has the perfect quality that nobody can even top. Why not have man build more assembly lines and producing more competition for car companies making the prices cheaper for us to buy cars? Why? Because people want people to die trying, while we let the machine dust. People need to think smarter not work harder. For every 5000 cars man repairs we could build and have an assembly line down the block, which will perfectly repair over 10000 cars perfectly.

Oh Squady you just get better all the time. Assembly line repairs would be the very worst possible solution that could ever be conceived when it comes to car repairs. That $49.99 belt replacement would cost about $800. Just because cars can be built well on an assembly line does not mean that is an effective way to repair them. It works for building simply because the stages are sequenced precisely. How do you sequence repairs when they are not all the exact same issue?
Depending upon the skills of the rebuilder salvage cars can be as good or even better than when they rolled off the line. The reverse also applies and some cars that roll off the line brand new should go straight to the scrap bin since the quality is so bad.

[SquadRon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Oh Squady you just get better all the time. Assembly line repairs would be the very worst possible solution that could ever be conceived when it comes to car repairs. That $49.99 belt replacement would cost about $800. Just because cars can be built well on an assembly line does not mean that is an effective way to repair them. It works for building simply because the stages are sequenced precisely. How do you sequence repairs when they are not all the exact same issue?
Depending upon the skills of the rebuilder salvage cars can be as good or even better than when they rolled off the line. The reverse also applies and some cars that roll off the line brand new should go straight to the scrap bin since the quality is so bad.

Likewise, but then explain why my car did not come back in the same(perfect) condition it was after it got "repaired"?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by SquadRon

Likewise, but then explain why my car did not come back in the same(perfect) condition it was after it got "repaired"?

I am not even going to bother. I will be wasting my breath (finger muscles) if you don't already understand the concept of damaged/used vs new/unused.

[SquadRon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I am not even going to bother. I will be wasting my breath (finger muscles) if you don't already understand the concept of damaged/used vs new/unused.

Best calculate it to the diminished value OP

[Riftur]

From what I have read online my car probably lost 1500-2k in value from the accident. The insurance company should try to offer me about $500 and the fight begins.

[Braces]

Interesting dichotomy.

A house that is damaged and repaired "properly" does not distract from the value of the house. Many times ... the repair (i.e new roof after hail damage; new water heater; etc.) actually adds value to the house.

A car becomes damaged and is repaired "properly"with OEM panels, new paint, etc ... but now it is worth less. I'm not talking about older collectible cars. Modern cars mostly.

[SquadRon]

Originally Posted by Braces

Interesting dichotomy.

A house that is damaged and repaired "properly" does not distract from the value of the house. Many times ... the repair (i.e new roof after hail damage; new water heater; etc.) actually adds value to the house.

A car becomes damaged and is repaired "properly"with OEM panels, new paint, etc ... but now it is worth less. I'm not talking about older collectible cars. Modern cars mostly.

Consider the warranty has been voided and there is no warranty on houses?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by SquadRon

Consider the warranty has been voided and there is no warranty on houses?

Is that a question or statement .. ??

If it's a statement, it's not quite correct ....... some builders do warrant their houses.

If it's a question, yes, some builders do warrant their houses......


humfrz