Most expensive steak ever

[cravin]

Geico and the body shop agreed to around $5k for the full repair. $4k for the original estimate and the additional $1k from earlier this week.

Got my X5 back and am so damn happy. Was driving a Chevy Malibu this week and hated it. Crystal Clear did a great job. Part of the extra $1k was for wiring and electronics in the door that I guess got busted up. For this, they had to send it to the dealership for re-coding and now my Comfort Access isn't working. Touch the door handles and it won't lock/unlock. Guess I'll have to go to the dealership and get them to fix what they broke. But other than that, I'm very happy to have my car back.

[TerminatorX5]

congrats!!!! glad it resolved to your satisfaction!!! is the lizard going after the valet? gecko should go GODZILLA on them!!!!

[cravin]

They really couldn't have cared less. They took the location of the garage, but nothing more than that. No follow up calls or anything, so I'm sure that they'll just try and pass it on to me. If/when they do, I will just change insurance companies.

[Prx5xpress]

Originally Posted by cravin

On Tuesday night, I went to get a steak in downtown White Plains with a buddy of mine. Come out a couple hours later, and his car gets immediately brought up by the valet. I'm patiently waiting around 10 minutes to no car. I ask the valet and a guy comes running over 5 minutes later "Oh, I thought you were that guy outside. I parked your car over there". Don't think anything of it and drive off.

Wake up next day, and walk around to the passenger side of the car and the lower half of passenger side rear door is caved in. Scratches from wheel well to wheel well. You can tell that the bastard that ran up to me probably scraped my car all along a low barrier of some sort in the garage, and tried to be extra nice to me so that I'd just get in.

So of course I call the garage and they submit a claim but tell me "We will check the video, but understand that once you leave the premises, we are no longer liable." So I know that they won't look at the video and will just call me next week and say "We didn't see anything. Good luck".

I'm toying with having my legal insurance send them a letter, but from my research of garagekeeper's law, it looks like the liability does end once off prem.

Anyhow, anyone in Westchester area have a good body shop that they can recommend? I'm probably just going to pay out of pocket to get the job done right. If cost gets ridiculous, I will involve Geico.

That's such a fucked up story.... I will check w a friend of mine. He did his x6 in a shop by you and the work was immaculate......

[cravin]

Already done . Crystal Clear did a fantastic job.

[cravin]

Geico renewal just came through and they didn't raise my rates a single penny. I'm surprised, but not planning on questioning them on it

[texvette]

If can say no valet. But travel and in larger cities have no choice. Was in New
Orleans, watched the parkers, sitting peoples cars, smoking, shooting the bull. So
went to the front desk. They could cared less. Asked for a laundry bag and my keys,
went out clean everything out of my car. My cd's had been moved but still there. Wrote
down the mileage. Can say from that point watched the SUV, for the next 2 days. It
did not move like others. Told a guy why watching, he went well now knew why his
car was never in the same place.

I will stay at lesser places, or restaurants just to avoid valets. You have nice stuff
but hard to protect these days

[boostedX5SAV]

My car is like a girlfriend, having another touch and caress her controls are a no-no.

Glad to hear your X5 is fixed. Once my aunt parked her X5 at a garage in NYC and left with a ding on the rear door. Garage refused to pay since nobody inspected it before. Now, if and when I park at a garage, I instruct the attendant to do a walk around and mark any damages on the parking ticket. Then upon retrieval, I'll do a walk around.