I rear ended this guy with my HHR :(
02-20-2009 | 05:15 PM
#12
Senior Member
Joined: 06-27-2006
Posts: 732
From: Kingsville On
Perfect fix it your self that must have been the most popular color HHR in Florida for 06.Your insurace will not go up if they don`t pay for it,if it`s just the hood and bumper that is a 2-3 hour max repair with basic tools and a helper.
02-20-2009 | 05:44 PM
#14
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Joined: 06-27-2006
Posts: 732
From: Kingsville On
Make some calls to the wreckers they have a hotline that links them to hundreds of other yards make sure you tell them you want it in the right color that`s the key to a cheap repair.
02-21-2009 | 07:13 AM
#16
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Joined: 05-18-2008
Posts: 33
From: Michigan
In my opinion, this is HORRIBLE advice..You are not driving a 2000,your driving virtually a new car with it being a 2006.
A person carries insurance for reasons like this---accidents...Your insurance should not raise one cent if your driving history is decent and you make a claim..Besides, you dont have the experience that a trained eye from a bump/paint shop has that will/may notice issues from the accident that your untrained eye NEVER even knows of..There are sensors in the front end of most vehicles, how do YOU know you have'nt done damamge in this department. The front bumper will have to come OFF to correctly repair the front bumper cover.There are crash sensors behind this..If you dont know what your doing [ you obviously dont ] than let the person with the experience from a body shop put grandma's HHR back to specs.Looks to me from the pictures that there's also a real good chance that the right front fender will have some type of damage too.
These newer cars are nothing to mess with if you dont know what your doing.
A person carries insurance for reasons like this---accidents...Your insurance should not raise one cent if your driving history is decent and you make a claim..Besides, you dont have the experience that a trained eye from a bump/paint shop has that will/may notice issues from the accident that your untrained eye NEVER even knows of..There are sensors in the front end of most vehicles, how do YOU know you have'nt done damamge in this department. The front bumper will have to come OFF to correctly repair the front bumper cover.There are crash sensors behind this..If you dont know what your doing [ you obviously dont ] than let the person with the experience from a body shop put grandma's HHR back to specs.Looks to me from the pictures that there's also a real good chance that the right front fender will have some type of damage too.
These newer cars are nothing to mess with if you dont know what your doing.
02-21-2009 | 09:55 AM
#18
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New Member
Joined: 02-19-2009
Posts: 14
From: Florida
In my opinion, this is HORRIBLE advice..You are not driving a 2000,your driving virtually a new car with it being a 2006.
A person carries insurance for reasons like this---accidents...Your insurance should not raise one cent if your driving history is decent and you make a claim..Besides, you dont have the experience that a trained eye from a bump/paint shop has that will/may notice issues from the accident that your untrained eye NEVER even knows of..There are sensors in the front end of most vehicles, how do YOU know you have'nt done damamge in this department. The front bumper will have to come OFF to correctly repair the front bumper cover.There are crash sensors behind this..If you dont know what your doing [ you obviously dont ] than let the person with the experience from a body shop put grandma's HHR back to specs.Looks to me from the pictures that there's also a real good chance that the right front fender will have some type of damage too.
These newer cars are nothing to mess with if you dont know what your doing.
A person carries insurance for reasons like this---accidents...Your insurance should not raise one cent if your driving history is decent and you make a claim..Besides, you dont have the experience that a trained eye from a bump/paint shop has that will/may notice issues from the accident that your untrained eye NEVER even knows of..There are sensors in the front end of most vehicles, how do YOU know you have'nt done damamge in this department. The front bumper will have to come OFF to correctly repair the front bumper cover.There are crash sensors behind this..If you dont know what your doing [ you obviously dont ] than let the person with the experience from a body shop put grandma's HHR back to specs.Looks to me from the pictures that there's also a real good chance that the right front fender will have some type of damage too.
These newer cars are nothing to mess with if you dont know what your doing.
02-21-2009 | 10:21 AM
#19
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Joined: 12-30-2006
Posts: 1,141
From: Lake Conroe, Texas
A little education. In the future, if the cops are not involved, and the other driver has no claim, you tell the insurance someone must have backed into you in a parking lot, then they file it as a "uninsured" or "underinsured" motorist and it does not effect your driving record a bit. Basically they file it as a hit-and -run.
02-21-2009 | 10:42 AM
#20
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Joined: 12-21-2008
Posts: 18
From: ohio
A little education. In the future, if the cops are not involved, and the other driver has no claim, you tell the insurance someone must have backed into you in a parking lot, then they file it as a "uninsured" or "underinsured" motorist and it does not effect your driving record a bit. Basically they file it as a hit-and -run.
An education on criminal activity...
That's one of the reasons our insurance rates are so high...
Really bad advice...
