Avio looks interesting but it's quite a bit further away from me (Van Nuys and I'm in Altadena). Have sent pictures and spoken to both All City & DC Auto in Burbank and although they still obviously need to get their hands on the car to see what's really going on and provide an estimate accordingly, All City was pretty certain the car was repairable whereas DC Auto told me there is a good chance the car would be totalled. With the apparently lousy insurance I have learned that I have with CONNECT / Ameriprise, the guy at DC Auto speculated that if the car is valued between $40 to $43,200 on KBB, the insurance company would most likely settle between $37K and $40K. However, with sales tax, the car cost me over $45K. So at this point, I'm hoping the car can be fixed so I don't end up between $5k to $8k out of pocket if I have to make up the difference to purchase a new one. All this seems rather unjust given that I'm not at fault and this is a hit and run on a car that is only 8 months old. Oh well, at least no injuries. It's just a car and life goes on...
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