Hello everyone.
I got a Tesla Model Y last Thursday and sadly someone hit me from behind today…
I was at a stop sign and the other car was stopped behind me. According to him, his foot slipped from the break. Not sure exactly what happened, but whatever it was, his car was probably moving 2 or 3 miles an hour tops.
There are a few pictures attached, the first two pictures are how the car looked right after the scratch, most of the white came out just wiping it with my hand. The third picture is after I wiped the scratch with my hand (the scratched area is inside of the white circle). The last one is a zoom of the scratched area.
Being such a minimal scratch I’m not sure if it’s convenient to put a claim to the insurance. My car might get tagged with an accident even though this was insignificant, and I understand my insurance could go up even though I wasn’t at fault at all.
The guy (besides the fact of hitting my new car) was very nice, he gave me all his information and he told me that he was ok with whatever I wanted to do. So I was wondering if it would be better just to take it to a detail shop and get it fixed (he would pay for it).
My obvious concern with the last option is the chance that there’s more damage that what I can see (sensors for example).
Do you know if in such a small impact in that area could cause any problems? What would you do in my place?
Thank you!
I got a Tesla Model Y last Thursday and sadly someone hit me from behind today…
I was at a stop sign and the other car was stopped behind me. According to him, his foot slipped from the break. Not sure exactly what happened, but whatever it was, his car was probably moving 2 or 3 miles an hour tops.
There are a few pictures attached, the first two pictures are how the car looked right after the scratch, most of the white came out just wiping it with my hand. The third picture is after I wiped the scratch with my hand (the scratched area is inside of the white circle). The last one is a zoom of the scratched area.
Being such a minimal scratch I’m not sure if it’s convenient to put a claim to the insurance. My car might get tagged with an accident even though this was insignificant, and I understand my insurance could go up even though I wasn’t at fault at all.
The guy (besides the fact of hitting my new car) was very nice, he gave me all his information and he told me that he was ok with whatever I wanted to do. So I was wondering if it would be better just to take it to a detail shop and get it fixed (he would pay for it).
My obvious concern with the last option is the chance that there’s more damage that what I can see (sensors for example).
Do you know if in such a small impact in that area could cause any problems? What would you do in my place?
Thank you!