Repair suggestions?

[zwz002]

Hi all,

So it finally happened... Wife drove the MS today for girls night out and she hit a pole outside of our driveway... To make it worse, she carried on driving the car and came back just now and realized she couldn't back up the car into the garage cause the front wheel is now stuck...
Now I'm in the car calling roadside to get it towed to a repair shop near me. What do you guys think in terms of the damage? Worth paying the deductible and premium increase and go through insurance?

 

[steve841]

Can’t help you with the assessment. But, my wife has never driven either Tesla I’ve had simple because the “it’s just a car”mentality doesn’t work for me.

Good luck and take her fob away.

 

[Sprandt23]

Hard to say, I'm certainly not an insurance adjuster...but I had a similar incident right after purchasing my 85D last fall - on the road trip home with it from Phoenix, about 1am, a coyote ran out of the median and hit the front quarter (3rd day I had the car). Aside from what looked like a few broken clips, you couldn't hardly tell there was any damage, at first. Once I got the estimate though, it turned out there were several broken brackets for the sensors, radar, headlights etc. that you couldn't see, and basically the whole front end needed replacing, including the headlights ($1100 each). Total bill ended up being over $9k, so insurance was definitely worth it.

 

[Shorty]

Can't tell from the pictures what is actually damaged but as Sprandt23 mentioned, you can get to $10K+ in damages pretty quickly with what appear to be relatively minor "wounds".

 

[navinsiri]

It looks like you'll just need a new bumper and a new liner inside. I recently got a quote from a Tesla approved shop for a new front bumper and total came to $1,400. I doubt the liner can be that expensive. As for going through insurance, thats up to you. I wouldn't think that one small pole accident wouldn't cause your premium to increase especially if she has a good driving record.

 

[YauKwan]

Similar run in.

$2500 for bumper and liner.

 

[zwz002]

Update: so I got an estimate from a shop for $3400. Now I'm debating whether to go through insurance or paying out of pocket. I do plan on selling the car in the next months (when my M3 is delivered), and going through insurance will obviously leave a mark on the carfax, also the highly-possible premium increase. Decisions decision decisions...

 

[Nick B]

Update: so I got an estimate from a shop for $3400. Now I'm debating whether to go through insurance or paying out of pocket. I do plan on selling the car in the next months (when my M3 is delivered), and going through insurance will obviously leave a mark on the carfax, also the highly-possible premium increase. Decisions decision decisions...

Hard to say which is the best option. I think I would simply pay out.. I mean have the wife "pay" - whatever that means to you!

 

[JayyyDeee]

Why dont you just get a quote from a shop and figure it out from there? A new bumper is 600 CAD + whatever the labour is

 

[zwz002]

Why dont you just get a quote from a shop and figure it out from there? A new bumper is 600 CAD + whatever the labour is

3400 USD is the quote I got from the shop.

 

[zwz002]

It looks like you'll just need a new bumper and a new liner inside. I recently got a quote from a Tesla approved shop for a new front bumper and total came to $1,400. I doubt the liner can be that expensive. As for going through insurance, thats up to you. I wouldn't think that one small pole accident wouldn't cause your premium to increase especially if she has a good driving record.

Which shop did you get the new front bumper at? I'm getting quotes for $2500 for just the new front bumper

 

[zwz002]

Hard to say which is the best option. I think I would simply pay out.. I mean have the wife "pay" - whatever that means to you!

Haha, she did actually offer that, probably using a credit card that has me as the primary account holder