Monday, August 8, 2011

Something you may see ,or you may not .

What would you look for on your newly repaired car , would you know ?
First and foremost everyone looks at how much was the repair , well look for some other signs of price catchers , for instance Aftermarket Part , LKQ Part , Competative Price Part , and then ask what was it, and make sure it looks like what you want , not to say these parts are going to stand out , but some times they do
and you don't see it till some time in the future , then you get upset and it get's nuts to go back and resolve the " you did'nt tell me " or "it's not like it used to be " status .
Another area of growing concern is , do you know your rights , yea your rights , to use a part from Honda on your car , or does your Insurance say ( right next to your signature ) that your repairs are to use cost effective measures , to be compliant to their negototiations , to save money , or that you will get parts they like from wherever to make them happy .

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

And this is what it comes to .

It is 2011 is'nt it ?  Well I have seen many things for a cost effective repair to be done and this one takes the cake . Would you want your car to have a Used Frame Rail put in it  ? Well it's 2011 and it being done my friend , and it could be YOU next !! I cannot go into detail for everything to be exposed , but damn if it kills me to see this done . The real extent in plain english is that your car gets damaged , a estimate id written for body repairs , and just after the repairs start the managing insurance carrier or its assigned management from within a shop decides to change things , now this is normal , really it is happening all day long , but is it in your best interest , well that is the problem , a service writer would not want to tell you everything that has changed , why , because you would be upset , and then the insurance carrier that pressures the repair facility to this kind of work would say it was the shops decision , and low and behold the shop is the Bad Guy ,when all along the shop is being pressured to cut corners !!