Remember our encounter with Bambi? Turns out when a deer smacks your car the ripple effect lasts LOONNG after.A month after the accident and my lovely red jeep is finally in the shop for repairs. Much haggling has ensued with the insurance over just what is really covered. There is the $500 deductible (naturally)... the remanufactured bumper that the insurance has insisted we use (can't make the car better than it was - just back to it's pre-accident state) even though the body shop says that the insurance people know that no such "remanufactured bumper" exists for my model car. And we're supposed to eat 25% of the difference in cost.
Once the car was in the shop and being deconstructed they found an additional $1k worth of damage. Good news - covered by insurance. Bad news - it means ordering new parts, and not getting my wheels back until middle of next week instead of Friday. Which means out more money on the rental car unless I take it back and do without for a number of days. With a 2.5 year old to wrangle.
And none of the above includes the new light on my dashboard (vapor leak) and the squeak from the front suspension. Insurance is of course insisting that this has nothing to do with hitting a deer. Funny thing, though. None of this came about until we smacked into the *(&^&%(_*! thing in middle of the road.
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Cars = Necessary Evil!
I hear yah!
hugs,
PC
Well, I guess a deer is a normal thing to hit in your district. We hit kangaroos (ooouch, they can be BIG and do soooo much damage) or wombats (like hitting a small boulder in the middle of the road)!
Hope you get your car back soon :)
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