i can hardly believe my luck, i just bought my infiniti 3 months ago. it was used, but looked brand new, only 15,000 mi and was immaculate inside and out.

stupid idiot woman (to be fair, it could have been a stupid idiot man) backs into me in a parking lot and damages the rear bumper and right side quarter panel. only minor damage is done to her stupid scion.

to her credit, she is apologetic and assumes responsibility, as it was clearly her fault.

so any good body shop recommendations in the peninsula or south bay area? the only shop listed on the sticky was SCD in santa clara -- anyone have good experiences there? i obviously want the car to look just like it was before it was hit. i hope they just replace the two panels rather than pull it out and re-paint, b/c i'm worried about the paint matching.

so this may sound like sour grapes but it just happened earlier today and maybe i'll mellow out tomorrow...but i feel slighted even tho her insurance is paying for the repairs and car rental. i just feel that i'm losing the most out of her negligence: my time taking it for an estimate, my loss of work time today, having to take it in to the body shop for the repair, and worst of all, my loss in re-sale value of the car, as now it will show up on the carfax and i'm sure i'll be low balled b/c of it. if things don't go well with the repair, i want to ask her for some kind of compensation for all of this. am i just being an a-hole?

perhaps i should just let it go, after all it's just money. it's just that this car is the nicest thing i've ever owned and i worked hard to buy it.

i'd very much appreciate your input. thx in advance...

 

had my rear fenders and my front bumper repaired there....this place was rec'd by a few guys over on my350z.com. he's in san mateo.


http://www.williamsautobody.net/

 

Sux, but it could be worse. I just got my g recently too. Some tard totaled my last car in Tahoe in the middle of snowboard season. I wanted to pop that fool. Good luck with the body shop.

 

Unfortunately there's not much else you can do. Sucks man, I know.
I had mine for less than 30 days, had about 200 miles on it when a guard accidentally raised a hydraulic ramp while i was going over it.

 

You can check out International Auto Body in San Bruno. The guy who runs things is John. Tell him Nathan sent you:

1172 Montgomery Ave
San Bruno, CA 94066
(650) 871-5453

 

^^^homeboy cracked my fenders during a roll...without heat. eventually repaired by williams autobody.

 

i'm sorry to hear that! i watched him rolll both of my fenders without heat with zero problems

 

^^^rolling the dice without heat.

 

Paco, take it to Espana Collision Repair.

1420 North 4th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
408-453-9875
http://www.espanascr.com/

I've taken my G there more times then I care to admit. And to this day, I have yet to be unsatisfied with any of their work.

 

+1....

 

euro auto body in so. san fran..

did a great job on my G:

http://www.sfplayers.com/gallery/clippedByMotorcycle

 

Euro auto body does good work but the guy is a fvcking a$$hole douchebag

 

yeah, just make sure you are very polite/appropriate w/ him

 

just wanted to say thx for all your input.

i'll keep you posted on what happens.

also, any ideas on where to get an ipod integrative system installed here in the peninsula or close by? i looked at all the threads and they look DIY. i don't have a lot of experience tearing apart the console so am a bit worried about that...or if one of you wants to help me out, i'd be willing to pay you whatever the going rate is.

 

hey im a recent victim too. make sure the body shop doesnt submit SR19(?) forms. your title should be clean as its only minor cosmetic damage. and look on the bright side, the person who hit you didnt just take off...