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Doubt it will be $8K. I got hit in the same area back in 2018 but the metal under the rear door was cut open plus it needed a new back door plus other issues and mine was just over $8K. I can still hear slight traffic noise from the rear door. Don't think yours will be as bad. Good thing is no one was hurt as a vehicle can be fixed. Just a shame that it happened & the jerk had no insurance. There really needs to be harsher consequences for folks like this!!

I make the white wagon as a Ford Fairlane, I'll say a 67.

If you have UMPD coverage (not offered in my state, to my knowledge--we just have comprehensive and collision; UM and UIM is only for bodily injury claims), you may be able to recover diminished value from your own carrier.

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@mjfloyd1 said:
Time to trade. That GLI is tainted.
Think of it as a buying opportunity.

Dude, you are BAD!

When I was in residency, I drove by a ChiChi’s on margarita night and was hit so hard on the driver’s door that I had to climb out of the passenger side. I traded it wrecked after getting a couple of estimates. And yes, I know I went to an inferior medical school and an inferior residency but they have served me well🤣

I have UMPD here, thank goodness. And I distinctly remember the conversation I had with the agent for this very reason.

I just don’t have it in me. We are a mandatory insurance state and he was cited. If my insurance can’t recover, I’ll get his license suspended by the DOL.

We celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary but then the rest of the week has been wonky. Insulin pump died and they overnighted a new one. Decided I’d try an Omnipod 5 while waiting for my new Tandem Mobi, but two in a row failed. Forgot to mention that an AC compressor died and waiting on an estimate. It’s the upstairs system and only one child home this summer but thankfully she is in Indy at cheer camp. This will be th le second HVAC system failure here in the last 1.5 yrs. Two more to go. Florida house had similar and both systems changed in the last couple of years too. That reminds me that the Florida salt water pool generator just went kaput on last Wednesday so that got swapped out too. Painful week.