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CARFAX also uses insurance company and body shop reports too, I am pretty sure. Not just DMV and police.
In the end, if you happened to lease it, it makes no difference. Turn it in (fixed obviously). Beauty of leasing right there. No diminished value to worry about since it's not your car.
If you bought it, and the car is fairly new, you can file a DV claim with her insurance too. I did that way back in 2001 and it worked out well.
In the end, if you happened to lease it, it makes no difference. Turn it in (fixed obviously). Beauty of leasing right there. No diminished value to worry about since it's not your car.
If you bought it, and the car is fairly new, you can file a DV claim with her insurance too. I did that way back in 2001 and it worked out well.
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You might consider negotiating with her insurance company over diminished value as a result of a Carfax notation of the vehicle having been in an accident.
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#1 she gets points for honesty. A rare commodity today and she should be given credit for it by working with her but I think the damage is >$2500 and reality says she can't pop for it....but ask. If she can't use her insurance to the fullest.
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Just out of curiosity is there anyone who has claimed this and actually got a return from the insurance company.
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It was mind blowing that she actually left her info. My car was parked in a parking garage with no cameras or anyway of ever figuring out who hit me. Yeah after posting this I called her the next morning and basically explained that it would be north of $1500. She told me to go ahead and use her insurance. So might as well use & abuse it by taking it to the stealership!
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To answer the million dollar question, she was a hottie with a body! Young blonde fully loaded packing a nice rack and curvy behind. No joke if she just scratched the car, we could of worked something out 
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She had a nice car (2011 328i convertible) most likely paid by "daddy" or "sugar daddy" hahaha
Okay let's say they have to replace the whole bumper is there anyway I could make them change it to a E63 bumper
LOLShe had a nice car (2011 328i convertible) most likely paid by "daddy" or "sugar daddy" hahaha
Okay let's say they have to replace the whole bumper is there anyway I could make them change it to a E63 bumper
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CARFAX also uses insurance company and body shop reports too, I am pretty sure. Not just DMV and police.
In the end, if you happened to lease it, it makes no difference. Turn it in (fixed obviously). Beauty of leasing right there. No diminished value to worry about since it's not your car.
If you bought it, and the car is fairly new, you can file a DV claim with her insurance too. I did that way back in 2001 and it worked out well.
In the end, if you happened to lease it, it makes no difference. Turn it in (fixed obviously). Beauty of leasing right there. No diminished value to worry about since it's not your car.
If you bought it, and the car is fairly new, you can file a DV claim with her insurance too. I did that way back in 2001 and it worked out well.
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To answer the million dollar question, she was a hottie with a body! Young blonde fully loaded packing a nice rack and curvy behind. No joke if she just scratched the car, we could of worked something out LOL
She had a nice car (2011 328i convertible) most likely paid by "daddy" or "sugar daddy" hahaha
Okay let's say they have to replace the whole bumper is there anyway I could make them change it to a E63 bumper
LOLShe had a nice car (2011 328i convertible) most likely paid by "daddy" or "sugar daddy" hahaha
Okay let's say they have to replace the whole bumper is there anyway I could make them change it to a E63 bumper
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don't judge, For all you know she is a straight A student and is an all around decent person. People with wealth like to share their wealth with their kids, there's nothing wrong with it at all. Having a car paid for by daddy doesn't make her a bad person. I think she should maybe ask for something with a little more "oomph" next time.
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I am surprised the damage wasn't more expensive - I know someone who bent the fender on a Lexus ES during a recent snow event, and the damage appeared no worse than that, yet was almost exactly 3K. Lots of non OEM parts were used.
Regarding the driver, she could be Mother Teresa for all we know, but if one wants to make safe bets... Or maybe I am just jaded living in the land of spoiled kids and similar with monstrous entitlement mentalities.
Regarding the driver, she could be Mother Teresa for all we know, but if one wants to make safe bets... Or maybe I am just jaded living in the land of spoiled kids and similar with monstrous entitlement mentalities.
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Whatever everyone thinks she is she definitely showed some great character by owning up to the responsibility of her error while some/many would not.
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a survey of this tiny sampling of E owners in this board showed that a significant number were given E's as first vehicles, as teens. with subsequent rims/tints/trim/exhaust. Even a teen that totals two vehicles before the age of 19 can simply get another, even more powerful, replacement E.(lordy what mumsy must pay for THAT insurance!?)
I don't understand the whole E-for-a-teen phenomenon as what teen in his/her right mind would choose an old man's sedan anyway??
My daughter attends a ~$60k/prep school and the requisite gift for a 16yr old is a lexus rx350 for girls or a bmw335 for boys. kids arent allowed to have cars on campus, so these vehicles are presented(bows and all) and then whisked away again. To kids who fly home for holidays on private jets, this is not a big deal. We're rather on the other end of the income spectrum for this institution.
My girl asked for a 1990 F-150(she's a bit of a contrarian), until I informed her she had to buy her own insurance and gas...now a used prius or vw is her goal. I'll help pay for it (half?), but she needs to learn the value of working for something. As others have said, there's alot to be said for owning a progression of beaters before getting your first real car. Everybody seems to have fond memories of the clunkers they bought, fixed, ruined and replaced.
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well i think recent events have proved to me that a premium is placed, in this group as well as your area, on one's ability to extract as much capital as possible from parents rather than making ones own way.
a survey of this tiny sampling of E owners in this board showed that a significant number were given E's as first vehicles, as teens. with subsequent rims/tints/trim/exhaust. Even a teen that totals two vehicles before the age of 19 can simply get another, even more powerful, replacement E.(lordy what mumsy must pay for THAT insurance!?)
I don't understand the whole E-for-a-teen phenomenon as what teen in his/her right mind would choose an old man's sedan anyway??
My daughter attends a ~$60k/prep school and the requisite gift for a 16yr old is a lexus rx350 for girls or a bmw335 for boys. kids arent allowed to have cars on campus, so these vehicles are presented(bows and all) and then whisked away again. To kids who fly home for holidays on private jets, this is not a big deal. We're rather on the other end of the income spectrum for this institution.
My girl asked for a 1990 F-150(she's a bit of a contrarian), until I informed her she had to buy her own insurance and gas...now a used prius or vw is her goal. I'll help pay for it (half?), but she needs to learn the value of working for something. As others have said, there's alot to be said for owning a progression of beaters before getting your first real car. Everybody seems to have fond memories of the clunkers they bought, fixed, ruined and replaced.
a survey of this tiny sampling of E owners in this board showed that a significant number were given E's as first vehicles, as teens. with subsequent rims/tints/trim/exhaust. Even a teen that totals two vehicles before the age of 19 can simply get another, even more powerful, replacement E.(lordy what mumsy must pay for THAT insurance!?)
I don't understand the whole E-for-a-teen phenomenon as what teen in his/her right mind would choose an old man's sedan anyway??
My daughter attends a ~$60k/prep school and the requisite gift for a 16yr old is a lexus rx350 for girls or a bmw335 for boys. kids arent allowed to have cars on campus, so these vehicles are presented(bows and all) and then whisked away again. To kids who fly home for holidays on private jets, this is not a big deal. We're rather on the other end of the income spectrum for this institution.
My girl asked for a 1990 F-150(she's a bit of a contrarian), until I informed her she had to buy her own insurance and gas...now a used prius or vw is her goal. I'll help pay for it (half?), but she needs to learn the value of working for something. As others have said, there's alot to be said for owning a progression of beaters before getting your first real car. Everybody seems to have fond memories of the clunkers they bought, fixed, ruined and replaced.
Gone way off topic, sry OP...do hope u get your car back and its perfect...
Thats what we did for our 3 kids...we paid half for their first car, capped at 2000, and 1/2 for insurance while still in school... Also 1/2 for college...sounds crazy but thats about 1/2 of what most of our friends did
and 100% more than my wife and I got....not sure when and how this all happened, but it somehow happened
Parents are enablers im afraid, even if I could afford a new E for each of them, I would not....that said kudos to those whose parents gave em one. Enjoy
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Good point. I suspect most wouldn't have been so responsible no matter their background. Maybe she was raised right after all
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It's good to know that people here actually know what there talking about! Finally got my baby back I'm so glad I turned her $500 offer down. But her being so young and actually leaving her info and coming back was surprising.
I'm so glad I turned her $500 offer down. But her being so young and actually leaving her info and coming back was surprising.
