Its been a very sad month. I rear ended someone who was taking a right turn and stopped suddenly to wait for a pedestrian. It didn't help that I was busy trying to find out what the light looked like as the sun was right into my eyes (i wish the sun visor was not this thin on our Teslas)
The fix needs a lot of parts but mostly cosmetic (no structural damage, frunk is intact). The battery is perfectly intact and so are all electricals. The airbag deployed but the tesla approved shop says that is all fixable. The tesla approved shop quotes 49K to repair! Insurance just came in and says the salvage value is 44K since the rest of the car is intact. Market value was quoted by insurance (rear seats, tech package, tan leather, blue exterior, 9K miles) is about 85K. That means i will have to pay extra to get it repaired. Since its my fault, i don't think diminished value comes into play.
I am so bummed by the whole thing. The tesla approved body shop is so backlogged (there were 10 already when i got my car there), it took them about 4weeks to get an estimate as they had to take things apart. Plus the labor rates are very high ($115/hr labor).
Tesla service did mention to me that if I buy back a salvaged car and repair it, the warranty is void and they may not service it. So the only options i have is convince the repair folks to get the repair cost down OR get a new car.
I do plan on writing to Tesla to reconsider the sun visor design. I drove back on the same route at the same time using my ICE and noticed that the visor did protect my eyes.
Can anyone advise on what i should do? Just take the money and get a new car?
thanks
The fix needs a lot of parts but mostly cosmetic (no structural damage, frunk is intact). The battery is perfectly intact and so are all electricals. The airbag deployed but the tesla approved shop says that is all fixable. The tesla approved shop quotes 49K to repair! Insurance just came in and says the salvage value is 44K since the rest of the car is intact. Market value was quoted by insurance (rear seats, tech package, tan leather, blue exterior, 9K miles) is about 85K. That means i will have to pay extra to get it repaired. Since its my fault, i don't think diminished value comes into play.
I am so bummed by the whole thing. The tesla approved body shop is so backlogged (there were 10 already when i got my car there), it took them about 4weeks to get an estimate as they had to take things apart. Plus the labor rates are very high ($115/hr labor).
Tesla service did mention to me that if I buy back a salvaged car and repair it, the warranty is void and they may not service it. So the only options i have is convince the repair folks to get the repair cost down OR get a new car.
I do plan on writing to Tesla to reconsider the sun visor design. I drove back on the same route at the same time using my ICE and noticed that the visor did protect my eyes.
Can anyone advise on what i should do? Just take the money and get a new car?
thanks