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I want the BEST.

Most of the Tesla certified body shops are dealing in general with luxury cars, so not really shoddy shops. The most difficult will be to find a shop taking your car right away.

I think the main issue to deal with will be with your insurance who will try to negociate and bargain on your back with the body shop to cut costs, especially on the painting work.

Also your insurance will try to give you only the cheapest rental car for a maximum of 30 days, while it might take six months to get your car repaired.

And for getting any diminished value paiment, you will certainly have to use a specialised lawyer.


By the way, what kind of damage do you have?
 
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I’m absolutely pursuing a diminished value claim!!

The guilty party admitted fault. Also, I’m working from a leveraged position, since it was a company vehicle (one of my sub-contractors) that struck my car.
 

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Well, it's certainly annoying to have a brand new car been damaged.
It seems that someone back up into your car while park?

It is difficult to see if there is any structural dammage.
Does your car is drivable, and run straight or instead steer on one side?
Does the passenger door and the frunk can close normaly?

Note: You could try to remove the inside frunk cover (there is about seven 10 mm bolts) so a car insurance adjuster
or a body shop specialist would be more easily be able to evaluate if there is any structural damage during a primary inspection.
 
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Well, it's certainly annoying to have a brand new car been damaged.
It seems that someone back up into your car while park?

It is difficult to see if there is any structural dammage.
Does your car is drivable, and run straight or instead steer on one side?
Does the passenger door and the frunk can close normaly?

Note: You could try to remove the inside frunk cover (there is about seven 10 mm bolts) so a car insurance adjuster
or a body shop specialist would be more easily be able to evaluate if there is any structural damage during a primary inspection.
I have selected Brooks Motor Cars for repairs. They come highly recommended by Joe of OCD.