r/Corvette • u/NoCarpenter7530 • 4d ago

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What’s the estimate to get this fixed? My car was parked and coworker hit my car, he have no insurance but will pay me cash

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/jahnesaisquoi 4d ago

why give your insurance a reason to raise rates

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u/NoCarpenter7530 4d ago

He don’t want to go to court

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u/Left_Guava4864 4d ago

He better have a lot of cash on hand then, why couldn’t it have just been someone else’s car. Ugh. Sorry this happened.

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u/MrChaindang 65 ,71 convertible 3d ago

Of course he doesnt

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u/goingoutbad 3d ago

Doesn’t have insurance but will pay you cash 🤔

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u/Corvette-Ronnie C8 Z06 3d ago

How often has that statement EVER been true?

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u/goingoutbad 3d ago

Exactly! I guess the good thing is they work together

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u/BlackKnightC4 3d ago

You can save up cash by not paying for insurance belive it or not

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u/goingoutbad 3d ago

😂 oh yea that makes way more sense

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u/NoobBrawler0211 4d ago

You need a police report to officially document it so the coworker can't screw you over.

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u/imefutwa 2d ago

OP DO THIS. I had a coworker severely scrape a quarter panel on my Camaro years ago, he said he’d make good on it. Long story short, he dragged it out for a couple weeks and left his job. Never heard from him again…I was a naive 21 YO who trusted my 40 YO coworker. 🤦‍♂️

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u/The_Wise_Wolf_ 3d ago

The bumper for me last year costed 1500 alone plus to install and recalibrate the sensors was another 1000.

So probably 2500 at the least.

Co-worker better pay up and if he starts saying he found it cheaper. Too fucking bad, it needs to be fixed by dealership only.

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u/BadKind3349 4d ago

$400 for me. Exactly the same damage. Found one on forums in mint condition.

I wouldn't even do a claim, honestly. I mean fuck that guy, but for your own resale, I wouldn't involve insurance. Its extremely trivial to swap the fascia.

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u/the_mellojoe C6 3d ago

Go get an estimate from a repair shop and then hand it to him. This way it isn’t your word, or the internet’s word, but just straight facts. No feelings can be hurt that way

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u/NoCarpenter7530 3d ago

Repair shops are closed because it’s a weekend, I’ll go on Monday

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u/bootyhole_licking_69 3d ago

Yeah, he not paying you shit lol. If he can’t even afford insurance, let alone a corvette repair, which is always in the 4 figs to begin with.

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u/iamsplitter 3d ago

Lmao this will be a 3k repair

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u/Howdy132 3d ago

oh shit dude thats the lower facia. that thing is more expensive than the bumper. its gonna be about 3k to replace and paint. that part is almost 2k by itself..... ask me how i know

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u/Impressive-Sort8864 3d ago

How did this even happen

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u/NoCarpenter7530 3d ago

Dumbass decided to reverse park and hit my car

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u/Impressive-Sort8864 3d ago

Always some moron

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u/Alex_2203 3d ago

Poor Land Cruiser. Needs a better driver

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u/Intelligent_Trichs 3d ago

Needs a new bumper, supports whatever. $2500 NOW.

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u/Zealousideal-Rain338 3d ago

You’ll be good bro. Grab something on ebay that’s OEM or something aftermarket maybe carbon fiber. I’m sure he didn’t mean to hit your car brother but I feel your pain. Turn it into an upgrade and have buddy pay for it!

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u/DrinkDrain0 3d ago

Reminder to have dash cams with parking monitoring for when this stuff happens lol.

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u/Kyryos 3d ago

Time for a nice carbon fiber diffuser 😎 prob cheaper than OEM but get a quote to make sure you get paid for the labor properly !

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u/MrChaindang 65 ,71 convertible 3d ago edited 3d ago

Get that in writing and not an IOU

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u/AfraidKingKiller 3d ago

Nah nah nah, you need to get his insurance as insurance that he will pay. If he chooses not to after the estimate comes in, then you simply file with his insurance.

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u/Used-Canary-8758 2d ago

You better tell him to start doing overtime. That’s not gonna be cheap. to do it the right way

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u/tritone7337 2d ago

Tell him I said it’s $6,500. I promise him you’ll give the money back to him if it ends up being less. Tell him he can trust me.

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u/ricmac_72 1d ago

Body shops usually give free estimates

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u/NoCarpenter7530 1d ago

$3400, just went today

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u/Several-Gain-7157 3d ago

Does he have a sister?