Dealership wrecked MY brand new car

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#526
GAVol said:
I'll be interested to hear how that goes. Kind of surprising that the driver's insurance would pay if the guy was truly driving your vehicle in the scope of his employment with the dealership.
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Odd for sure.

Glad it's slowly coming together though.

I will say, OP has been nicer about this than I would have....
 
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Obsessed said:
I will say, OP has been nicer about this than I would have....
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Getting a new car seemed like a strong demand back then, and it looks even more unlikely the further away from the situation we go. How long would you have held out for a new car before giving up?
 
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#528
I have to say I would not have let that dealer TOUCH the car, I hope their insurance sent it to another shop that you chose to get the work done, preferably the actual luxury dealership.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Getting a new car seemed like a strong demand back then, and it looks even more unlikely the further away from the situation we go. How long would you have held out for a new car before giving up?
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I would have lawyered up day one. And, the new car was not a strong demand. It was only logical.
 
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GAVol said:
I don't think it was realistic. And I don't think the stakes were high enough to lawyer up.
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Lawyering up would have put them on their toes. I damn sure wouldn't have went 3 months with out my vehicle.
 
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#538
Strange conclusion to the story. Upon insurance going after the original driver and not the dealership for DV...it was discovered that CarFax and other reporting agencies have no record of the accident, so no DV can be recovered. I'm clueless as to how this is so since there was an accident report filed. Maybe they didn't note the VIN# on the report? I don't really know how that works.
 
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Nerd-Vol said:
Beautiful vehicle.
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Really? I'm not a fan of the looks. I wanted the Volvo XC90 but the wife wanted the Infiniti. It was her daily driver, so I lost. It does have the smoothest ride of any SUV I've owned, but I mostly preferred my old Audi Q7 over it.
 
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9296potsguy said:
Strange conclusion to the story. Upon insurance going after the original driver and not the dealership for DV...it was discovered that CarFax and other reporting agencies have no record of the accident, so no DV can be recovered. I'm clueless as to how this is so since there was an accident report filed. Maybe they didn't note the VIN# on the report? I don't really know how that works.
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so how does the final claim work out if there's no record of accident?
 
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9296potsguy said:
Strange conclusion to the story. Upon insurance going after the original driver and not the dealership for DV...it was discovered that CarFax and other reporting agencies have no record of the accident, so no DV can be recovered.
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Who told you this?

I don't get that at all. Who cares what CarFax says if the insurance company has an accident report in their hands?
 
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9296potsguy said:
Strange conclusion to the story. Upon insurance going after the original driver and not the dealership for DV...it was discovered that CarFax and other reporting agencies have no record of the accident, so no DV can be recovered. I'm clueless as to how this is so since there was an accident report filed. Maybe they didn't note the VIN# on the report? I don't really know how that works.
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Participating dealers are responsible for adding service details to Carfax. They may, or may not or may fat finger one digit in the VIN so it goes on a different or non existent car. If you found this before final checkout, and I'm guessing you did, they may have just skipped the Carfax input altogether. And now try to use that against you. You need a lawyer.
 
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I'm with GAVol on this one. Carfax is an independent company and should have no bearing on this insurance claim.
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
Participating dealers are responsible for adding service details to Carfax. They may, or may not or may fat finger one digit in the VIN so it goes on a different or non existent car. If you found this before final checkout, and I'm guessing you did, they may have just skipped the Carfax input altogether. And now try to use that against you. You need a lawyer.
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he wont pay for one - if had one after the wreck - this would all be finished long ago
 
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#550
Orangedogsrule said:
Participating dealers are responsible for adding service details to Carfax. They may, or may not or may fat finger one digit in the VIN so it goes on a different or non existent car. If you found this before final checkout, and I'm guessing you did, they may have just skipped the Carfax input altogether. And now try to use that against you. You need a lawyer.
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Needed one 6 months ago............
 
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