blkbeaZ28

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Are there any auto insurance gurus out there?

Friday night I was side swiped by a guy who failed to maintain his lane. He scratched the entire driverside of my car. He gave me his insurance info and I called this morning to start a claim. I am curious to know if his insurance is responsible for the loss of value that my car has for it now having a "carfax" blemish? My car is an 01 Mag red C5 with 33k and it was/is extremely clean. The damage on the fenders is mostly paint but I have a bit of fiberglass damage around the door handle and rear qp.

Any info would be much appreciated and a recomendation for a top notch body shop in the Houston area is welcome.

Thanks,
Gilbert

Nine Ball

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Best paint shop for Corvettes is Richey Collision off of Veterans Memorial. They do mostly Corvettes there.

I'm not sure about any diminished value payment happening on an 8-year old Corvette. That typically gets offered on expensive exotics or high-end cars that drop quite a bit in value when wrecked.

blkbeaZ28

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I did some research on a corvette forum and saw where they had been highly talked about. They actually brought up the subject and mentioned it was TX law.

I will let them handle the repairs.

Thanks,
Gilbert

NiceTry

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Tony is right Richey Collision is great with vettes. Also I dunno how much money you will even get for diminished value on a $20k car.

blkbeaZ28

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Thanks for the input, anything is better than nothing. 10% would be nice..

08-4door

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yes you would i had it given to me on my pickup truck..

Texfinn

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Might be a tough job to claim any diminished value, but don't hold your breath.

http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/bulletins/2000/b-0027-0.html