crashed my 8, waiting on parts. pics
12-04-2006, 09:37 AM
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crashed my 8, waiting on parts. pics
Had a head on collision with my 8. Hit a Golf, or he hit me. It's in the bodyshop now.
Question,
How long have you waited for parts? Bodyshop told me the parts were to arrive last Wednsday but I'm thinking they don't know when they'll come in. Has anyone waited very long for a part?
Question,
How long have you waited for parts? Bodyshop told me the parts were to arrive last Wednsday but I'm thinking they don't know when they'll come in. Has anyone waited very long for a part?
12-04-2006, 02:07 PM
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Had a head on collision with my 8. Hit a Golf, or he hit me. It's in the bodyshop now.
Question,
How long have you waited for parts? Bodyshop told me the parts were to arrive last Wednsday but I'm thinking they don't know when they'll come in. Has anyone waited very long for a part?
Question,
How long have you waited for parts? Bodyshop told me the parts were to arrive last Wednsday but I'm thinking they don't know when they'll come in. Has anyone waited very long for a part?
if you order a part from most mazda dealers, and mazdusa has it, its 2-4 days away. although this is subject to things like ups, or the sales dept parking cars in front of the parts door etc.
the way it usually works is the following, and it does vary. depending on who's involved, and how bad the cars damaged
1. you crash the car
2. estimate is made/car dropped off
3. parts ordered
4. nothing
5. nothing
6. parts show up, car is put into the que to be worked on
7. car is torn apart, and fixed, most of the time it needs more parts/work
8. more parts ordered
9. nothing
10. nothing
11. order #2 shows up
12. goes to paint
13. car is assembled
14. car is delivered, you made appt to bring it back to redo everything cause they screwed it up the 1st time...
so while mazda is a little slow, they arent really the big hold up.
12-05-2006, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
it depends. on a lot of things.
if you order a part from most mazda dealers, and mazdusa has it, its 2-4 days away. although this is subject to things like ups, or the sales dept parking cars in front of the parts door etc.
the way it usually works is the following, and it does vary. depending on who's involved, and how bad the cars damaged
1. you crash the car
2. estimate is made/car dropped off
3. parts ordered
4. nothing
5. nothing
6. parts show up, car is put into the que to be worked on
7. car is torn apart, and fixed, most of the time it needs more parts/work
8. more parts ordered
9. nothing
10. nothing
11. order #2 shows up
12. goes to paint
13. car is assembled
14. car is delivered, you made appt to bring it back to redo everything cause they screwed it up the 1st time...
so while mazda is a little slow, they arent really the big hold up.
if you order a part from most mazda dealers, and mazdusa has it, its 2-4 days away. although this is subject to things like ups, or the sales dept parking cars in front of the parts door etc.
the way it usually works is the following, and it does vary. depending on who's involved, and how bad the cars damaged
1. you crash the car
2. estimate is made/car dropped off
3. parts ordered
4. nothing
5. nothing
6. parts show up, car is put into the que to be worked on
7. car is torn apart, and fixed, most of the time it needs more parts/work
8. more parts ordered
9. nothing
10. nothing
11. order #2 shows up
12. goes to paint
13. car is assembled
14. car is delivered, you made appt to bring it back to redo everything cause they screwed it up the 1st time...
so while mazda is a little slow, they arent really the big hold up.
12-05-2006, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by chrism
if it was the other guys fault why wouldnt you get a rental car? I would persue his insurance first....
12-05-2006, 03:44 PM
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NEWS FLASH!!!!!!
Just heard from the body shop and was told car is going into paint today and should be ready tomorrow. Thank God! It's no fun trying to drive a 99 Galant like a 04 RX8 only to keep scaring the heck out of oneself when she almost loses it in the corners. Also, getting used to the extra braking distance is also a scare.
Just heard from the body shop and was told car is going into paint today and should be ready tomorrow. Thank God! It's no fun trying to drive a 99 Galant like a 04 RX8 only to keep scaring the heck out of oneself when she almost loses it in the corners. Also, getting used to the extra braking distance is also a scare.
12-06-2006, 11:39 AM
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NEWS FLASH!!!!!!
Just heard from the body shop and was told car is going into paint today and should be ready tomorrow.
Just heard from the body shop and was told car is going into paint today and should be ready tomorrow.
In the end they claimed they "lost money on the job" after my insurance company paid them over $10,000 and they failed to correctly install the passenger front airbag, failed to reinstall my front temp sensor properly and missed a cracked driver's side foglight lens. All that on top of charging me some miscellaneous $20 fees for swapping my snow tires on (by the time they'd had my car 6 weeks it needed the winter tires to get home) and wasting several of my vacation days and several $30-in-gas round trips that amounted to nothing.
Dude, if you really get your car back today it's a miracle.
12-07-2006, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Cool-Blue-Dad
That's amazing. Vincent Mazda in Rochester, NY took a couple of weeks to get all the parts. Then they discovered the core-support didn't fit correctly so they had another one shipped from Japan - add one more week. In the end they had my RX-8 about 6 weeks and had me drive the 70-mile one-way trip up there (thus, missing a full day of work) once on a false alarm (waited around all day and they couldn't get the car ready for me so I went home without it) and then I had to return twice more to try to get them to fix the passenger side airbag.
In the end they claimed they "lost money on the job" after my insurance company paid them over $10,000 and they failed to correctly install the passenger front airbag, failed to reinstall my front temp sensor properly and missed a cracked driver's side foglight lens. All that on top of charging me some miscellaneous $20 fees for swapping my snow tires on (by the time they'd had my car 6 weeks it needed the winter tires to get home) and wasting several of my vacation days and several $30-in-gas round trips that amounted to nothing.
Dude, if you really get your car back today it's a miracle.
In the end they claimed they "lost money on the job" after my insurance company paid them over $10,000 and they failed to correctly install the passenger front airbag, failed to reinstall my front temp sensor properly and missed a cracked driver's side foglight lens. All that on top of charging me some miscellaneous $20 fees for swapping my snow tires on (by the time they'd had my car 6 weeks it needed the winter tires to get home) and wasting several of my vacation days and several $30-in-gas round trips that amounted to nothing.
Dude, if you really get your car back today it's a miracle.
They did tell me they had a rough time matching the color, but everyone agreed that it was a pretty blue. With the full detail (inside and out) the car looks brand new.
12-07-2006, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Cool-Blue-Dad
That's amazing. Vincent Mazda in Rochester, NY took a couple of weeks to get all the parts. Then they discovered the core-support didn't fit correctly so they had another one shipped from Japan - add one more week. In the end they had my RX-8 about 6 weeks and had me drive the 70-mile one-way trip up there (thus, missing a full day of work) once on a false alarm (waited around all day and they couldn't get the car ready for me so I went home without it) and then I had to return twice more to try to get them to fix the passenger side airbag.
In the end they claimed they "lost money on the job" after my insurance company paid them over $10,000 and they failed to correctly install the passenger front airbag, failed to reinstall my front temp sensor properly and missed a cracked driver's side foglight lens. All that on top of charging me some miscellaneous $20 fees for swapping my snow tires on (by the time they'd had my car 6 weeks it needed the winter tires to get home) and wasting several of my vacation days and several $30-in-gas round trips that amounted to nothing.
Dude, if you really get your car back today it's a miracle.
In the end they claimed they "lost money on the job" after my insurance company paid them over $10,000 and they failed to correctly install the passenger front airbag, failed to reinstall my front temp sensor properly and missed a cracked driver's side foglight lens. All that on top of charging me some miscellaneous $20 fees for swapping my snow tires on (by the time they'd had my car 6 weeks it needed the winter tires to get home) and wasting several of my vacation days and several $30-in-gas round trips that amounted to nothing.
Dude, if you really get your car back today it's a miracle.
12-07-2006, 09:27 AM
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Is is possible to get a quote from a auto repair place, have the insurance pay and instead have the shop order mazdaspeed or other body mods and pay the difference in cost? Anyone ever heard of someone doing this?
12-07-2006, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Atrain
Is is possible to get a quote from a auto repair place, have the insurance pay and instead have the shop order mazdaspeed or other body mods and pay the difference in cost? Anyone ever heard of someone doing this?
12-07-2006, 09:34 AM
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Is is possible to get a quote from a auto repair place, have the insurance pay and instead have the shop order mazdaspeed or other body mods and pay the difference in cost? Anyone ever heard of someone doing this?
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That's pretty impressive. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess that by "body shop" you mean independant body shop. I would guess that even the best dealerships would not have this quick a turn around. Glad to hear it worked out ok.
I believe that federal legislation was passed preventing insurance companies from pulling the 50/50 fault BS. Look into it - especially if they try to say both parties were equally at fault.
Good luck with the new baby. And the child on the way! lol.
I believe that federal legislation was passed preventing insurance companies from pulling the 50/50 fault BS. Look into it - especially if they try to say both parties were equally at fault.
Good luck with the new baby. And the child on the way! lol.
12-07-2006, 09:35 AM
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I've got nothing bad to say about Geico! They took care of me. The #2 adjuster in NJ had offices in the auto body shop that my car was in. They even offered to feed me while I was waiting. They really turned what would normally be a bad experience into a pleasant one.
12-07-2006, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Cool-Blue-Dad
Yeah, happens all the time. You have to talk to your body shop about it right away as early as possible so they don't order the OEM parts first, but it's really no prob. In hindsight I wish I'd done a kit at the time of my crash, but I'd only had the car 5 WEEKS so I hadn't researched kits and didn't know what I'd like so I just let them restore the full OEM (with aero package).
You can't get the insurance company to pay for the full price of the aftermarket parts can you?
12-07-2006, 10:33 AM
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You can't get the insurance company to pay for the full price of the aftermarket parts can you?
However, if the bid to replace OEM parts is $10,000 and you have another bid to get the damaged repaired with an aftermarket kit installed for $10,001 you'd happily pay the difference out of pocket. It helps to have a cooperative shop.
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Originally Posted by Cool-Blue-Dad
Wow! What was the body shop - give `em a good-guy plug here. Sounds like they did an outstanding job.
12-11-2006, 03:22 PM
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That's pretty impressive. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess that by "body shop" you mean independant body shop. I would guess that even the best dealerships would not have this quick a turn around. Glad to hear it worked out ok.
I believe that federal legislation was passed preventing insurance companies from pulling the 50/50 fault BS. Look into it - especially if they try to say both parties were equally at fault.
Good luck with the new baby. And the child on the way! lol.
I believe that federal legislation was passed preventing insurance companies from pulling the 50/50 fault BS. Look into it - especially if they try to say both parties were equally at fault.
Good luck with the new baby. And the child on the way! lol.
Thanks for thinking of my babies.
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Originally Posted by TALAN7
NEWS FLASH!!!!!!
Just heard from the body shop and was told car is going into paint today and should be ready tomorrow. Thank God! It's no fun trying to drive a 99 Galant like a 04 RX8 only to keep scaring the heck out of oneself when she almost loses it in the corners. Also, getting used to the extra braking distance is also a scare.
Just heard from the body shop and was told car is going into paint today and should be ready tomorrow. Thank God! It's no fun trying to drive a 99 Galant like a 04 RX8 only to keep scaring the heck out of oneself when she almost loses it in the corners. Also, getting used to the extra braking distance is also a scare.
12-12-2006, 03:31 PM
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Saw a black 8 today on the Garden State Parkway. Looked like it rear-ended an suv. The front end looked pretty bad. Looked like the driver and passenger looked at me as I drove by. I felt bad.
I wonder if it's anyone on this forum?
I wonder if it's anyone on this forum?
