[s-cars] Hail Damage Repair

[Bob DG]

If I were you I would use PDR (Paintless Dent Removal). That way you don't 
end up with a crappy paint job. And the hood is aluminum on the A6, not the 
roof. I'm not sure you can do PDR with aluminium.


>From: JR <urs4 at magnaspeed.net>
>To: Calvin & Diana Craig <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
>CC: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Hail Damage Repair
>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:06:35 -0500
>
>Comp claims do not raise your rates.  If your repair requires body panel 
>replacement or painting, you're going to eat that 500 deductible right up.  
>Might as well use insurance.  That's what it's there for.  As for the 
>tickets, how old are they?  Why haven't they found them already?  Check 
>your driving record online (just search in a search engine).  Maybe they 
>were the kind that never made it to your record.  At any rate, insurance 
>will likely find your tickets eventually (they usually run an MVR at 
>renewal), so if the estimate is up there, just use your insurance, take 
>your lumps for the tickets, and don't get caught speeding anymore.  :-P
>
>JR
>
>
>Calvin & Diana Craig wrote:
>
>>Well I have lived in Denver for 8 years and had no hail damage thus far so 
>>I
>>guess my number was up.  My black 2001 A6 2.7T got pelted last week with
>>about 50 (best guess) dents.  2 or 3 on the trunk lid, about 10-20 in the
>>roof and 30-40 in the hood.  Does anybody have any places that they would
>>recommend in the Denver area?  One thing that I had heard was that because
>>the roof, I think, is aluminum it takes a little more care than normal 
>>sheet
>>metal.  Does anybody have any experience with this?
>>
>>The second question is should I claim on my insurance ($500 deductible) or
>>foot the bill myself?  Do comprehensive claims normally raise your rates?
>>Of course my situation is complicated since I have 5 cars and my insurance
>>is a lot of money each year and a small percentage change in my rates can
>>mean lots of dollars in absolute terms.  The other complicating factor is
>>that I have two tickets on my record that if the insurance company checks
>>will show up.  Right now I have a good driver discount which of course 
>>would
>>go away if they found the tickets.  What's everybody's opinion?
>>
>>Of course I just got this car 2 months ago and the dang thing was in
>>absolutely top notch condition.  Why couldn't this have happened to my '89
>>200 wagon with a bazillion miles?  ARGH!
>>
>>--Calvin
>>
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