Shawn's 2018 Trackhawk
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Carfax really does suck, I understand the benefits they bring to the table, but honestly they haven't progressed AT ALL in their reporting over the last 5-7 years. IMO they have a responsibility to provide significantly more detail on the repairs that took place.
I'd make sure to take pics of the "damage" in case you eventually sell private party. If it gets traded in the dealer won't care whether you rear ended a semi or got clipped by a vespa, their lowball offer won't change. bad carfax is bad carfax
The funny thing is you can buy a new car off the dealer lot and it has bodywork and paint done to it. It won't show on the Carfax.
Carfax is just one of the many tools that people have available when making a buying decision. Many buyers getting higher-end cars or limited cars will get a Pre Purchase Inspection from a certified shop. They do a pretty thorough job looking over the car, taking pictures, and documenting everything. Including a complete inspection inside and out, under hood, under the car, and so on. Including testing all the panels for paint thickness in several places. These PPI can find a lot of things a good walk around won't see. There are companies that specialize in doing this as well as some dealerships will do this as well. Sadly, I heard last year that Porsche stopped doing PPI for customers.
But in the Trackhawk's case, take pictures of the damaged parts, document repairs, have copies of the invoice. All that stuff helps ease a potential buyer's mind or is helpful to someone doing a PPI. It sucks the truck got hit. It isn't the end of the world but yes, there are many drawbacks to accidents. Re-sale value can be one of them.
Carfax is just one of the many tools that people have available when making a buying decision. Many buyers getting higher-end cars or limited cars will get a Pre Purchase Inspection from a certified shop. They do a pretty thorough job looking over the car, taking pictures, and documenting everything. Including a complete inspection inside and out, under hood, under the car, and so on. Including testing all the panels for paint thickness in several places. These PPI can find a lot of things a good walk around won't see. There are companies that specialize in doing this as well as some dealerships will do this as well. Sadly, I heard last year that Porsche stopped doing PPI for customers.
But in the Trackhawk's case, take pictures of the damaged parts, document repairs, have copies of the invoice. All that stuff helps ease a potential buyer's mind or is helpful to someone doing a PPI. It sucks the truck got hit. It isn't the end of the world but yes, there are many drawbacks to accidents. Re-sale value can be one of them.
Damn bro...sorry for your loss.
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You’re stuck with your TH now, like herpes! Might as well throw a Kenne Bell on her?!
Seriously considering diminished value claim on my badcarfaxbondopos Hybrid Jetta since I got rear ended. The car, that is.
Welcome to the Badcarfaxbondopos Club
You’re stuck with your TH now, like herpes! Might as well throw a Kenne Bell on her?!Seriously considering diminished value claim on my badcarfaxbondopos Hybrid Jetta since I got rear ended. The car, that is.
Jesus, and here I thought he has Allstate, I'm in good hands, lol. After reading some of these posts earlier, called my buddy with the body shop. He pretty much said the same and I dont feel like searching but someone said they would rather deal with Geico over Allstate. He said he would rather deal with Eagle vs Allstate, lol. He is fairly confident they wont authorize a new bumper cover. He said he has had bumpers with a 3" split and they had him repair it. He also said the same as Dave said, being a 3 stage with pearl they are going to fight the blending. I can accept a repair on the bumper cover vs a new one now that I see its not that bad. But I will fight like hell including using my insurance to have it blended. I cleaned up the bumper area a little with a microfiber and the crack/damage isnt as bad as I thought. Hairline crack and cant get it in a pic. So if need be I will pay out of pocket to have the license plate bracket holes filled in.
Square is where damage is, circle is what I'm talking about on the flare. So if they were to paint up to the circle (end of bumper cover) you dont think that fender needs to be blended to match?
Yeah, I'm sorry guys I got hardcore side tracked. I'd split the insurance shit off but my powers don't work here
EmersonHart13 you got the magic stick in this area?
Let me get it poppin
I work in the collision industry mostly on the OEM side of things as the middle man between dealerships and collision shops.
if they write it for a used bumper a good body shop has the opportunity to price match the used price with a new oem one from a dealer at a lower price which makes it easy for the shop not want to use the used or aftermarket one. I have a customer who does rebuilds and price matches all his parts on estimate to use oe parts
in this case insurance will want a repair cover, no shop wants to repair any bumper covers ever, the estimator will work the insurance company and get a replacement one used, I don’t feel the used market has many trackhawk covers on hand ready to go. All it takes is for the shop to make 2-3 ample attempts locating a used part then they can go OE.
Royal coach Bartlett and A&L in Palatine are great shops To work with and will fight to use OE parts for repairs.
as for CarFax...they grab data on your car from many sources, collision parts inquiry with a vin search, police reports, estimates etc... I have a high line shop where a customer freaked out that the repair to his Porsche which he paid out of pocket was listed on carfax, found out it was due to a police report filed. Sneaky sneaky.
if they write it for a used bumper a good body shop has the opportunity to price match the used price with a new oem one from a dealer at a lower price which makes it easy for the shop not want to use the used or aftermarket one. I have a customer who does rebuilds and price matches all his parts on estimate to use oe parts
in this case insurance will want a repair cover, no shop wants to repair any bumper covers ever, the estimator will work the insurance company and get a replacement one used, I don’t feel the used market has many trackhawk covers on hand ready to go. All it takes is for the shop to make 2-3 ample attempts locating a used part then they can go OE.
Royal coach Bartlett and A&L in Palatine are great shops To work with and will fight to use OE parts for repairs.
as for CarFax...they grab data on your car from many sources, collision parts inquiry with a vin search, police reports, estimates etc... I have a high line shop where a customer freaked out that the repair to his Porsche which he paid out of pocket was listed on carfax, found out it was due to a police report filed. Sneaky sneaky.
Yup, never made a claim on my first Raptor where a guy merged into me because it was just scuffing on both fenders and scuff remover got rid of 90% of it. Found out Carfax cocksuckers used the police report to add the "FRONT LEFT AND FRONT RIGHT IMPACT".
Fuck Carfax
I think you should rearrange the letters to say CHARGER and really confuse people.
I would remove it for the clean look.
I would remove it for the clean look.
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