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Old 04-28-2009, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by zipgun
3 letters man....

D Y I
Old 04-28-2009, 06:32 PM
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When washing my car i've never been able to hit the fender with a brush that hard.
Old 04-28-2009, 06:36 PM
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i will NEVER take my Z to a car wash. Can't believe you did that.

But yes, worth taking them to court I think.
Old 04-28-2009, 06:47 PM
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I won't ever take my 350z to a auto-car wash either. Plus I have the ZR so I have my top to worry about too.

I drive my car in the summer only and hand wash it with the right materials about every two-three days & it gets a wax job every month. The hand washing only takes me 20min.....

Id say phone your insurance company and get them to fight it out with the car wash. Thats why you pay them.
Old 04-28-2009, 10:36 PM
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"DYI"....lol
Old 04-29-2009, 04:53 AM
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thanks for the laugh guys.
Old 04-29-2009, 05:05 AM
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dyi guy has more fail than ts
Old 04-29-2009, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by chriskd
$1039 in damage? WOW! Is that to replace the fender? I had a ding similar to that as a result of a rogue shopping cart from Target. Paintless dent repair was about $150 to pull it out. Sorry to hear/see this though. Car is nice and shiny though. Good luck!!
I agree. I would imagine someone could take care of that for much cheaper than the $1039, and you really dont want to get your fender painted unless you absolutely have to. No body shop can ever match the factory finish 100%. I had a similiar situation a few years back when I got my truck towed for illegal parking (it was one of those scams...there was not a sign that said "no parking" and the business was closed). Anyhow, the towing company dented my tailgate and said the same thing the car wash is saying. My insurance company basically told me it would never be worth the hassle to get the money out of them. Just pay the deductible and dont go through car washes.
Old 04-29-2009, 07:07 AM
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they have insurance for this...id call the cops and not left before then...but what you can do is have an attorney draft a letter for repairs or file a lawsuit
Old 04-29-2009, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by O_SO_ICY_Z
fail

three letters for you d i y
Old 04-29-2009, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 4mula1 Z
... so I am not worried about whether or not I can win in court ($1039 estimated damage by Nissan dealer). Are there certain attorneys that handle this kind of stuff, or should I just start calling them up?
The first thing you should do is call YOUR insurance company. They will contact teh car wash and the car wash's insurer and get the issue resolved.


No attorney's fees needed.

bill
Old 04-29-2009, 09:10 PM
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LMAO! omg..THIS thread totally went into another direction.

DO YOURSELF IT FTW!! Or should I say...FWT?
Old 04-30-2009, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by juju
i will NEVER take my Z to a car wash. Can't believe you did that.

But yes, worth taking them to court I think.

Yeah, I know. but I was in a hurry that day. Learned my lesson the hard way. I have contacted a small claims attorney. Hopefully this will work out.
Old 04-30-2009, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by bailey bill
The first thing you should do is call YOUR insurance company. They will contact teh car wash and the car wash's insurer and get the issue resolved.


No attorney's fees needed.

bill
I did file an insurance claim, and they told me that all I could do is pay the deductible and then go after the car wash to refund me the deductible. They didn't mention anything about them hassling the car wash for me. And, I realize now that calling the police at the time of the incident WOULD have been a nice thing to do, but I did not.
Old 04-30-2009, 09:46 AM
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Small claims court!
Old 04-30-2009, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by juju
i will NEVER take my Z to a car wash. Can't believe you did that.

But yes, worth taking them to court I think.
most automated carwashes have a sign with a disclaimer saying they are not responsible for any damages, I'd check for that first.
Old 05-02-2009, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 4mula1 Z
I did file an insurance claim, and they told me that all I could do is pay the deductible and then go after the car wash to refund me the deductible. They didn't mention anything about them hassling the car wash for me. And, I realize now that calling the police at the time of the incident WOULD have been a nice thing to do, but I did not.
I guarantee you that if your insurance company pays for the repairs, they are going to go after the car wash/insurance provider for their money. And they will collect youu share (the deductible) while their at it.

Its called subrogation.

bill
Old 05-02-2009, 09:09 AM
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Yeah, I guess once the workers at the wash gave you a hard time, you should've called the police
Old 05-03-2009, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by XV8Crisis
most automated carwashes have a sign with a disclaimer saying they are not responsible for any damages, I'd check for that first.
yea im gonna go put up one of those signs in my front yard then m gonna punch everyone that walks by, cause i cant get arrested cause i put up a sign. and we all know a plastic sign is the highest form of law in this country
Old 05-04-2009, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by bailey bill
I guarantee you that if your insurance company pays for the repairs, they are going to go after the car wash/insurance provider for their money. And they will collect youu share (the deductible) while their at it.

Its called subrogation.

bill
thanks, i will look into that.


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