Recent Accident (Suggestions on next steps?)

[Unkn00vn]

Hey all!

I wanted to see what the general consensus would be on the accident I recently had. 2022 Model 3 LR with only 5k miles on it. The person was going a little too fast and hit me on the roundabout. The front left quarter panel, door, and side skirt/rocker panel are damaged. The mirror was also broken but everything works i.e. moving the mirror, closing, etc...

I'm already started a claim with my insurance but I wanted to see if it was possible to do a pointless dent repair and then do a paint job to fix the scratches. The worst part imo is the gaps/rocker panel. Mirror would be the one area where I would have to get someone to repair it but I'm not sure. I would just need the bottom panel and it should be good. I'm expecting around $10k in repair cost to replace/fix the components and paint it over again.

Thoughts/suggestions on how to move forward? Thanks!

 

[Watts_Up]

Is it a hit and run? Did you save any video?

 

[Unkn00vn]

Is it a hit and run? Did you save any video?

The other driver stopped and traded all the info. For some reason, the only thing that got saved was the interaction AFTER the accident when I parked. Pretty annoyed that it didn't get saved and I double checked with the USB as well.

 

[Soul Surfer]

Whenever you hit the horn, with century on, it will record that segment automatically. Paintless dent removal will not fix this problem as the paint was broken anyways. He will really need to hit a good body shop, certified by Tesla, to resolve this. This is my opinion only.

 

[Unkn00vn]

Whenever you hit the horn, with century on, it will record that segment automatically. Paintless dent removal will not fix this problem as the paint was broken anyways. He will really need to hit a good body shop, certified by Tesla, to resolve this. This is my opinion only.

I didn't press the horn so that's probably why. It just happened pretty quickly and I didn't think to do that. I called a few places and most won't do the dent removal since it's so severe. For the time being, I got a quick estimate for around $3-4k to do the fender/door but if insurance is paying for everything then I'll just have them repair every issue.

 

[MLXXXp]

Whenever you hit the horn, with century on, it will record that segment automatically.

Only if you've set that option in the dashcam settings.

 

[Soul Surfer]

Only if you've set that option in the dashcam settings.

Thank you. I forgot to mention that.

 

[Watts_Up]

I didn't press the horn so that's probably why. It just happened pretty quickly and I didn't think to do that.

I could not recommend installing a real dashcam recording all the time when driving.

 

[Unkn00vn]

I could not recommend installing a real dashcam recording all the time when driving.

I'll go ahead and purchase one for the car. Thought I could trust the system but I guess not.