So unfortunately got rear ended yesterday going home from work by a high as *****, weed smelling 18yr old driving mom/dad's car, with painted fingernails(yes all 10 fingers painted lime green, pierced nose, tongue, and eyebrow who supposly is identified as a male(says so on DL) (I'm also pissed as well, please forgive me).

So with that out of the way, anyone happen to know or have part numbers to the oem carbon fiber rear diffuser as that took most of the impact. The car has the base plastic diffuser on there now,but does have the midnight blacked out package and would love to upgrade to the cf to match the front lip.

 

Dang, that sucks. any damage to the quarter panels or just all bumper? A2128854238

 

Just bumper, it either broke the mounting tabs or something as it popped out on the side

 

Glad you're safe and not hurt.
Good time for a diffuser upgrade prolly costs less too lol

 

Rw is 1577 shipped with tips, so depending on what insurance does (his insurance) this might be the route I take
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the oem piece is less than a grand

 

REALLY?! Damn I thought it would be 2000+ with the AMG and carbon fiber tax lol

 

sorry to hear, happened to the wife's Toyota a year ago. HS kid texting while driving mommies car.
Their adjusters first question: how fast were you traveling when you backed into my insured's car...?

 

I would make sure to file a depreciated value claim as well. Obviously a bumper cover is no big deal, but now you will have a mark on the Carfax. which I've found makes any car hard to sell.
Make sure you document that it was just a bumper cover since any reasonable person would be ok with in contrast to both rear quarter panels being smashed in.

 

Glad you were not hurt, and that the kid didn't do more damage to other people.

Fortunately looks like just the bumper/diffuser.

 

I have not heard of this. I wonder if a appraiser has to get involved or do they go based on a before/after carfax

 

It's a pretty common thing, especially from medium to high end cars. Just Google diminished value claim, there's quite a few results. I would definitely pursue it.
https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/c...d-value-claim/

 

You should definitely pursue diminished value. I just dealt with that in GA earlier this year.

 

So when do you file this? During repairs I'm assuming while the car is not in my possession?

 

Diminished value varies from state to state. When I was pursuing such action in VA, my lawyer advised me that I would have to sell the car in order to prove the diminished value. I've been told it is not as tough in other states, but I don't know.

People apparently used to have Carmax give them an appraisal indicating value with and without wreck and that was sufficient in VA. Carmax has stopped doing that unfortunately.

Best of luck, and glad no one was hurt!!

 

I was personally curious how they determine it, there is a formula here https://www.valuepenguin.com/auto-in...%20of%20%24600.

Based on that your only looking at ~$1250.... which is way low in my opinion. If i had to guess, i would shoot for like $2500-$3k based on your low mile car.
You might have to negotiate with their insurance company, or your own.

This isn't a Hyundai, its a $115k new 4 semi exotic (at least that's how I'd argue it to them).
Whether or not your value is actually affected is irrelevant, but for this arguments sake, your car is now worth less to an identical cars that has not been wrecked. You need to fight to be compensated for that, essentially made right financially. again, if were taking about a 80k mile civic, no one cares. but if this was a new f488, those people are going to be more picky, and thus the diminished value should be a higher percentage.

 

I confirmed that you don't need to have the car listed for sale or provide any proof that you will be selling the car soon. One of my friends claimed this for his R8 (also in VA) and he ended up getting a hefty check for it.