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Sharing: Shop owner and mechanics total my car
This may get moved, but I’m sharing it here. This poor guy needs our support. This so sad!! Be sure to click the link to see the photos.
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Deleting dash cam footage? What a dipshit 🤬
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Destruction of evidence can result in jail time and fines. Hopefully he gets good advice from people in his life on what to do to pressure the shop owner.
Maybe what needs to happen is some outlet like jalopnik covering this.
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Wow! EAD is the shop where Sreten wrenched on his M3 when traveling from Salt Lake City to California... jump to the 20-minute mark:
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03-09-2023, 06:13 AM | #8 |
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Sounds like this "shop" was just some joe shade tree mechanic that this guy knew, thought it would save him some money.
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What kind of support do you think he needs from us? The situation sucks, but I see some oddities with his post.
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Having gone through a pretty costly out-of-pocket repair myself, the feeling of spending or losing a large amount of money can be pretty overwhelming, especially on something that could have been avoided, regardless of who is at fault. We can only learn from bad situations so we can equip ourselves to avoid or be better prepared should the next one happen, and re-evaluate our priorities. For me, it was being glad I was still alive, focusing on my family a coming to term with the idea that it's just a car, and it's just money. If it were me, the takeaway would be: Declare your mods on your insurance, especially if you can't afford to take the loss. Never borrow money for mods. Have a backup if your hobby car dies. ie daily driver etc. If you can't afford a daily, then you better make sure you check all the boxes above. What I would do next: Appeal the insurance claim. If the shop is insured, your own insurance company doesn't have anything to lose by fighting for more $ since they will be recouping their payout to you from the shop's insurance. Stop trying to call the shop. It's out of their hands. Get their insurance info and go through them. Better yet, have your insurance company do it, which they are probably doing already.
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If you have to ask that question then you and I probably aren’t on the same wavelength and you wouldn’t really care about what I’d have to say.
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The shop can closed, but the owner who crashed the car can just open a new shop under different shop name at a different location or city and he can start fresh, so what exactly can the internet help?
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you right man...fuck him for spending money on mods he can't afford. just like 90% of america he gets what he can't afford/deserve and everyone cries like a bitch about their shortcomings. welcome to the world. he obvsly irresponsible about the his money no doubt... but that doesn't mean this was totally out of his control and a totally fucked up situation. if the shop doesn't have insurance hes on for the ride of his life, or if his insurance is shit... again all circles back to the point of people buying shit they can't afford..which I totally agree with you on. fuck these guys spending 5k on mods when you gotta borrow bread. but say that to everyone buying shit on loans in america lol. anyways i always cringe whenever my car is serviced or valet. not that I can't afford to replace my m3 like a bodily function, but its the justice in it all. people don't give a fuck, and they guy who fucked his car, prolly leaching off debt and borrowed cash too, and round and round the world goes |
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