the accident that keepson giving
Jul. 14th, 2025 03:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forgotten_ariaI was washing my car on Sunday and noticed that my brake light had fallen into the bumper on the side where the repair work had been done. I stuck my head under there and it just looked like all the bolts had fallen out (nothing seemed damage.)
I emailed midas, but they said it would be minium $90.
I zip tied it to the bumper enough that I could drive and took it back to nucar collision in Lowell. First, the guy said it was a reflector, not a brake light, which is just false. Second he said that someone must have hit me, because they don't "just fall off" and he could feel that "all the tabs are broken." There were no other scuffs or marks to indicate that this had happened and when I looked under, I had not seen anything broken. If he repaired it, it was going to be a new claim, not under the existing work. So I came home.
I phoned firestone, but they said, "this is an auto body issue."
So G phoned Bob's autobody in Wilmington and they said bring it in for a free estimate. I told them the story and they said they'd had problems before this nucar and gave each other knowing glances. I really liked them. They went to go look at the issue.
They were taking a long time, and I was getting a little worried that maybe I hadn't found the right shop, or I was hopefully it really was just bolts and they were just fixing it for me, which gave me patience.
And, yes, that's why he took so long. He had fixed it at no charge and said there were a few other lose bolts under there and told me that he can apply to mapfre for coverage to inspect the other places work if I was worried about it and since my light fell out and I had been feeling a weird "squishiness" to that wheel, I said, yes, I'd like to do that if possible.
They are super close by, so they're a lot more convenient if we drop the car off with them.
I emailed midas, but they said it would be minium $90.
I zip tied it to the bumper enough that I could drive and took it back to nucar collision in Lowell. First, the guy said it was a reflector, not a brake light, which is just false. Second he said that someone must have hit me, because they don't "just fall off" and he could feel that "all the tabs are broken." There were no other scuffs or marks to indicate that this had happened and when I looked under, I had not seen anything broken. If he repaired it, it was going to be a new claim, not under the existing work. So I came home.
I phoned firestone, but they said, "this is an auto body issue."
So G phoned Bob's autobody in Wilmington and they said bring it in for a free estimate. I told them the story and they said they'd had problems before this nucar and gave each other knowing glances. I really liked them. They went to go look at the issue.
They were taking a long time, and I was getting a little worried that maybe I hadn't found the right shop, or I was hopefully it really was just bolts and they were just fixing it for me, which gave me patience.
And, yes, that's why he took so long. He had fixed it at no charge and said there were a few other lose bolts under there and told me that he can apply to mapfre for coverage to inspect the other places work if I was worried about it and since my light fell out and I had been feeling a weird "squishiness" to that wheel, I said, yes, I'd like to do that if possible.
They are super close by, so they're a lot more convenient if we drop the car off with them.
