llavalle
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Wow, that's got to be the weirdest tow job I've seen in my life. One of the front ball joint is clearly sheared off and they still decide to pull the car using the wheel?!? Something I'm not seeing here?
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Man, what a nasty story. Almost turns my stomach, seeing such a beautiful car that way (one of ours is black as well, so it hits too close to home)
I guess I'm confused about one thing - even if they did damage the fenders during towing, wouldn't that then also get covered? I mean, the car is already going to need a lot of work, wouldn't they just add that in to the job? I'd not think that you would be returned a car in any less shape than perfect when you got it back. Am I missing something?
WOW didn't know/understand that. HORRIBLE.It usually doesn't work that way. If the OP can prove (and he can, since he has photos) that the tow truck company screwed up the fenders while towing, they should cover it.
Otherwise, the insurance company is only going to pay to get fixed what was damaged during the accident. My friend hit a deer a while back, insurance paid for everything related to the deer accident. He had a small dent not too far from where the deer hit was, but far enough that it was clearly not part of the accident -- the body shop refused to fix it as it was clearly not related to the deer accident (which makes perfect sense).
Man, what a nasty story. Almost turns my stomach, seeing such a beautiful car that way (one of ours is black as well, so it hits too close to home)
I guess I'm confused about one thing - even if they did damage the fenders during towing, wouldn't that then also get covered? I mean, the car is already going to need a lot of work, wouldn't they just add that in to the job? I'd not think that you would be returned a car in any less shape than perfect when you got it back. Am I missing something?
That's really the key. Those rear quarters are phenomenally expensive. If you go on the factory tour or check out body in white pictures online you'll see why, as they are the basis for practically the whole side of the car. And this poor vehicle may have one damaged by the accident. The rear door is bent pretty bad, and if it affected the rear quarter (essentially the entire interior of that door including B pillar mount points but not the B pillar itself), it'll need replaced. And given the way it was towed, one or both might have been damaged by the straps.The one thing with mine that may have saved the vehicle from being totaled was that there was no body damage: no panels needed to be replaced, repaired, or repainted.
Damn. Swiss tow companies don't mess around.