it went to TCC aka thoroughbred collision center. they came with good recomendations and are part of the Kirmac auto coll group which also was recomended. they are close to the house and i can see the progress eaisly. still dont know if frame is damaged till they get into it. the lame a$# inspector missed so much its crazy he must be a blind auto ins inspector

 

Gee... can they take any longer!!!!!!!

 

come on it the "busy" time of year...

 

Steve...my insurance inspector quoted us $4000 for repairs...they always low-ball. What did TCC quote for the repair? Is it reasonable?

 

i don't have the updated info from TCC yet but one shinning light came in the mail today. i hope its a sign of things to come. it slipped my mind that they were on the way. now i'm going "mod" crazy w/nothing to put things on.
coming to a "TORCHED PENNY" near you.

 

NICE! "That was so good it should have been mine" -Jack Black, High Fidelity

 

I think my buddy is working on your car I am not sure tho he said something about it the other day I will ask tho!

 

Steve...any update on this? How long did they say it would be out of commission?

 

i hate to wait, another 2-3 weeks and the rental runs out in 8. i wont be able to afford 35.00 a day for the rest of the time my car is being fixed. the shop called out the inspector to show the extras he missed. they said up to 7500.00 now w/ mechanical not added if any.

 

Ouch...I knew they were low-balling on purpose. We were out the car rental money too. Our xB was in the shop for 6 weeks (we maxed out our insurance at 30 days) and after paying for the 5th week in rental fees we just went out and bought the green box because we figured two week's rental = one month's car payment.

You should be able to negotiate a better car rental rate. Toyota Rent-A-Car even gave us $22/day for the Carolla. Sometimes if you get the lower rate the insurance will allow extra days because you haven't reached the cost cap yet.

I'm hedging a bet that when all is said and done your $7500 will balloon up like ours did.

 

man that really sucks hope things work out for you. If they lowball you like that and it turns out to be so much...couldn't you just argue that it was basically totalled and possibly get something out of that?

 

went to TCC today they are making progress and did re-skinning of doors and tear down
they found more in the mechanical were up to 10,500.00 plus. this includes pulling motor for a frame rail replacement. still two weeks away. and the good news extras ordered and on the way!!!!!!! i like the crew at TCC

 

WOW! Thats a ton of work!

 

and in the last pic... that looks like a black cherry pearl or salsa red..... not the normal brown/copperish it normally takes on...... very cool

 

dang i sure hope it drives good when its all done...although i do know where there is an auto rs4..

 

those first pics made me wanna cry and its not even my car lol good luck cant wait to see finished pics

 

I know where there's an auto rs4

 

its been a while since last post and my car is done at the body shop
they just sent it out to do suspension work getting it back tuesday or wensday
the complete front from firewall out is new except one frame rail
it was only thing still straight. here is some progress pics
] and the guys at TCC did a good job

 

I just had them do some paint work for me last week too! They are always great!

 

it looks like they did a really good job color matching it and all. Congrats man and can't wait to see the finished product