I was right.

Get your car appraised at CARMAX after the work is done. See what they quote you.

The guy I am going through for the diminished value claim says he can get back about 20-30% of the damage value of the vehicle in diminished value. He is an individual appraiser, so he will be able to value my car prior to and post wreck, and hopefully get me a decent sized check..

CARMAX will low ball me like no other. They always do. Can't have them insult my Z like that! :shakes head:

Good luck once again. Such a headache.

:tup:

You can make the CVT faux shift :p

Got hit today by a negligent driver.
 

Another short update...

Shop calls me and tells me that they are done with all the suspension repairs. Everything looks good. However, they are waiting on a lot of parts from Nissan that are on back order.. They checked all the Nissans in the U.S. and no one has these parts. So they have to be ordered from Japan, where they are currently on back order.. This pushed my repair date back by two weeks. My car is now expected to return to me in the first week of September if all goes well.. Great.

Guess I'll have to get comfy in this Altima for the time being...


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OP - texas direct auto offers amazing trade in prices, usually 2-3k above most dealers. Check them out. p.s. if you end up selling, refer me! :D

awesome my friend!!! keep us updated :tup: i hope everything looks like the first day that you drive your Z

Km, as a fellow Dallas 40th owner, it sickens me to see this. I don't know about you, but the 40th is very special to me and another sport touring Z wouldn't be my baby again. I almost got rear ended last week by a woman who was on the phone - had to pull all 4 tires into the grass and she stopped 5 feet behind the car I was originally behind.

What shop are you using? Never hurts to keep good ones in mind.

The 40th is very special to me as well. I try my best not to use it as a daily and take out my 04' Toyota Highlander whenever it's available at the house. I treat it like a Ferrari lol, but I would hate to have one knowing it has a wreck on it, I would only consider moving on to a Nismo after this if I did sell it and moved on to another Z because I love the Nismos.

I am using Auto Tech Services in Mansfield TX. My buddy used them a long time ago when he got in a really bad wreck and I remember seeing his car the day he got it back, it looked brand new.. They have the same people working there who remembered us and told me they'll make sure the repairs are done right.

I will post pictures once I get the car back so you guys can judge the job yourself.


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Hope you get into another Z soon.

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Sorry to hear about what happened to you and your z.

Accidents always leave bad taste in your mouth regardless of who's at fault.

Hope things will settle for you soon. Good luck.

Got hit today by a negligent driver.
 

Update:

Spoke with the guy at the shop today and he told me that some of the parts that they had been waiting on order had shipped in early and there are only a couple more small moulds they're waiting on to finish everything. So it looks like I won't have to wait for another 2-4 weeks for back ordered parts!

He also told me to expect the car by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. I was concerned at first, because I felt like they might've used aftermarket or salvaged parts to rush my repairs so I asked him and he assured me only new Nissan OEM parts were used.

There was apparently small damage on the front bumper which he found out later, he repainted it and is applying a brand new clear bra on Friday and will let it sit over the weekend. This was good news, now I just hope that the car drives like it did before the accident, when I go to pick it up next week.


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I hope you've spoken to a personal injury lawyer as well.

Tbone
 

Had the same T-bone wreck on my brand new 2013 370 NISMO, check out my profile pics, crash pic are in there. Gotta tell ya, its probably totaled. The frame was warped. They could straighten it out, but weren't sure once straightened, if all the parts would fit/align correctly. They didn't want to take on the task of having to tweak each part to make them fit once the frame was straightened So they cut me a nice check and I bought another brand new 370 NISMO, 2014.

I kinda wanted mine to be written off as well but they said they were able to repair the damaged so i was like okay it's whatever.. I just want my car back now.


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