Re: Atlanta body shops?

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

Why are you worried about the price? It's his insurance company paying for 
it. Take it to a shop that you like. I'd get a new bumper if I were you. 
Insist on original Audi brand new parts.

Alex

On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Elliott Potter wrote:

> My bumper was recently broken when someone glided into it at a
> stoplight; no major damage, other driver fully insured, so everything's
> OK.  I went to the dealer to get an estimate and got one of $680 for a
> new bumper installed.  The insurance company of the other driver
> politely (or not so politely?) told me to get a few more estimates.
> 
> I went around for a while and went to some pretty bad looking places,
> until I stumbled across a shop that was actually on the way home from
> work: Atlanta European Collision Repair.  They gave me an estimate of
> ~$450, but what they will do is take off the old bumper, completely
> strip it, patch the hole, and then repaint it and re-install it.  The
> bumper would have a 5-year warranty on workmanship (the patch) and color
> match, provided (of course) that no one else hit it.
> 
> Does this sound like a reasonable idea?  It's the best one I've seen so
> far.
> 
> Also, does anyone have any experience with these guys?  They seemed
> pretty competent, and they do work on BM, MB, Audi and other european
> makes.
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Elliott
>