No kidding. For $20k I could put some suction cups on that and pull it out and then ask dent removal joint to do their best....and keep the $19k for the effort.
Ugh. That's sickening.9/6/22 : 4 months of trying my hardest to protect my vehicle from crazy south florida drivers and in my own driveway is where i end up getting hit. so let's find out how good the Rivian certified collision centers are.
update 9/7/22 : Spoke with State farm (other guys insurance, the at-fault guy) they were very pushy trying to get me to go to one of their collision centers, I said no way, I want a certified Rivian center. I ended up going to Collision Care Xpress, In Pompano Beach, FL. While i was there they were working on 2 other Rivians (this is the Collision center the Rivian Miami SC is using) people were nice and very friendly, told me about 2 weeks wait on the parts and 2-3 weeks repair time, They said more than likely entire driver side will be replaced, not sure from where to where this would be. They said Rivian will go over the photos and will advise on the repair.
update 9/12/22 : So i got the quote from the Collision center, They quoted the repair at $ 21,195.95 , I really dont know much about body work and repairs, but I want to hear peoples opinion on this. They are still awaiting to hear back from State Farm, I assume they negotiate on pricing and then they go from there.
stay tuned for further updates.
Yeah I am the same with with USAA and went with them automatically (not expecting to have a deer hit me on the second day of ownership). I will be making it very clear to them though that if they make this situation difficult I will be perfectly happy to find a new insurance provider for ALL of my vehicles and will hope that matters enough to them to not drag their feet.
everyone including the collision center told me the same about. state farm. I'm hoping it is going to be a smooth process, but i already have a feeling this may drag on since state farm has yet to come up with their estimate, its been already a week, and still nothing.
My collision center technician said the same - State Farm was the worst to work with and he was really glad I was with Nationwide. He'd only worked with Nationwide once before but he said they were very easy and reasonable to work with. He told me a few horror stories about people with State Farm and what the process looked like from his end. I left pretty happy with my choice as well ?
My experience has been you can use YOUR insurance company, pay your deductible, then request they subrogate with the at-fault party's insurance. I've had to do this, and it took a couple months (the two insurance companies ended up at arbitration) but I was eventually refunded my deductible when they were reimbursed by the at-fault party's insurance.
That’s interesting, I could have sworn their HQ was in the ninth circle of hell.
It could be like Stranger Things where their HQ is located in a spot that has a thin layer between it, and the upside down.
So Dr. Mario got the same job already done for 4k? Did they replace the whole panel? Sounds like you are being taken for a ride, the shop probably has no idea how to estimate labor on this?
