Took delivery of my white LR mY last Saturday and as I was driving down I-95 a couple of days ago a piece of debris fell off the back of a pickup and bounced right into my bumper causing several deep scratches as seen in the attached pictures. There are no impact dents, just several scratches through the paint. It really sucks...the car was just 3 days old and I had an appt to get ppf done in a couple days.
Having purged myself of all the curse-words for that driver (95 remains the absolute worst highway ever) I took the car to a Tesla certified paint shop in West Palm Beach for an estimate on repair. They cautioned me that the repair bill was going to be high due to the labor involved in de-activating the car (battery? electronics?), removing the bumper and then reconfiguring the distance sensors when installing the freshly painted bumper. In all the estimate came out to be $1,825 for these scratches.
I guess what I'm looking for here is a little validation or comfort that this seems high and to look elsewhere? Or if its not and seems reasonable, please let me know. First time Tesla owner here so I'm in unfamiliar territory here.
Having purged myself of all the curse-words for that driver (95 remains the absolute worst highway ever) I took the car to a Tesla certified paint shop in West Palm Beach for an estimate on repair. They cautioned me that the repair bill was going to be high due to the labor involved in de-activating the car (battery? electronics?), removing the bumper and then reconfiguring the distance sensors when installing the freshly painted bumper. In all the estimate came out to be $1,825 for these scratches.
I guess what I'm looking for here is a little validation or comfort that this seems high and to look elsewhere? Or if its not and seems reasonable, please let me know. First time Tesla owner here so I'm in unfamiliar territory here.