Hi
Last night, I bumped my model 3 with a pole in the parking garage and got few dents and scrathes on the quarter panel and passenger rear door.
So,I went to couple of tesla authorized centers as well as non-autorized auto body shop for the estimates -
1) Amatos (authorized) - Gave me an estimate of 12k for replacing quarter panel and door (no repair option)
2) AJ usa (authorized) - Gave me an estimate of 10k for replacing quarter panel and door (no repair option)
3,4) Ability(non-authorized), Black mountain repair(non-authorized) - They could repair it without needing to replace the parts. Gave me an estimate of $2600-2800. (out of pocket)
Location - san diego
I need some guidance regarding whether to go with insurance or out of pocket or repair it later with this damage.
The thing is I had an at-fault small accident last october (driving lexus 2003) where geico had to pay 1300$ bucks to the other party. So, this got my insurance to jacked up by 350$/6months for the next renewal starting on 5/29. So, my question is should i report this accident and see another 300-400$/6m jump in my insurance as well as take a hit on car value or just go with 2600$ out of pocket repair?
Thanks in advance.
Last night, I bumped my model 3 with a pole in the parking garage and got few dents and scrathes on the quarter panel and passenger rear door.
So,I went to couple of tesla authorized centers as well as non-autorized auto body shop for the estimates -
1) Amatos (authorized) - Gave me an estimate of 12k for replacing quarter panel and door (no repair option)
2) AJ usa (authorized) - Gave me an estimate of 10k for replacing quarter panel and door (no repair option)
3,4) Ability(non-authorized), Black mountain repair(non-authorized) - They could repair it without needing to replace the parts. Gave me an estimate of $2600-2800. (out of pocket)
Location - san diego
I need some guidance regarding whether to go with insurance or out of pocket or repair it later with this damage.
The thing is I had an at-fault small accident last october (driving lexus 2003) where geico had to pay 1300$ bucks to the other party. So, this got my insurance to jacked up by 350$/6months for the next renewal starting on 5/29. So, my question is should i report this accident and see another 300-400$/6m jump in my insurance as well as take a hit on car value or just go with 2600$ out of pocket repair?
Thanks in advance.