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Apr 18, 2024
8:23:04am

Fdnman All-American

There are all kinds of sensors in there if it is a decently new car. Guaranteed

almost that the shop will say the whole thing needs to be replaced and it will be expensive.

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Fdnman

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First timer with this issue. Yesterday, my daughter got rear-ended. It wasn't too bad, but her back bumper has a large

Jimo Dashen We few, we happy few

Apr 18, 8:08am

Get an estimate from the shop asap. send it to the guy and ask if he wants

volleyjiver

Apr 18, 8:12am

No deals. You never know if there is unseen damage in there. I'm no mechanic.

gangbusters

Apr 18, 8:13am

Get a police report and contact your insurance

Apr 18, 8:13am

Yup. Contact your insurance.

Ragnar Danneskjold

Apr 18, 8:14am

Police wouldn't give a report because there were no injuries and it was minor.

Jimo Dashen

Apr 18, 8:18am

I was still able to get some kind of an incident or report number from them.

Shawarma

Apr 18, 9:14am

Good to know. I wasn't there just talking to my daughter on the phone and what she said happened.

Jimo Dashen

Apr 18, 9:49am

There are all kinds of sensors in there if it is a decently new car. Guaranteed

Fdnman

Apr 18, 8:23am

Call your insurance and get it fixed. They should coordinate with the other one.

Fdnman

Apr 18, 8:24am

Nothing is $500 when it comes to a cheap, plastic bumper.

Corn Pop

Apr 18, 8:23am

My daughter barely scuffed a bumper, it was ~$1,400.

Ragnar Danneskjold

Apr 18, 8:26am

500.00 for me to buy it and install it myself. Nothing else. I know going into a shop increases that cost dramatically

Jimo Dashen

Apr 18, 8:29am

Not sure why you would do that when the other person is responsible to fix it.

Corn Pop

Apr 18, 8:37am

I've had three of these where someone hit my backend.

AF_Puma

Apr 18, 8:29am

Wow… 3 in one year? Crazy. You are the expert

ZuluBlue

Apr 18, 8:49am

I thought the two insurances talk to each other either way. I might be wrong

Fdnman

Apr 18, 9:11am

So my personal experience with that is that if you have an agent that wants

AF_Puma

Apr 18, 9:52am

I got side swiped last year. I went to 3 body shops and got quotes. I then took

Magneto

Apr 18, 8:46am

Contact their insurance.

reagan21

Apr 18, 8:56am

Always through insurance. Let the pros take care of everything.

OmahaOmaha

Apr 18, 9:10am

Contact your insurance. Hopefully the other driver’s insurance accepts fault but

Shawarma

Apr 18, 10:27am

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