Keep an eye out on this thread. My screen name is same in that forum, when I finish some tweaks to it and weather is more constant Ill be out

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EDIT: did they give you an estimate when it would be done?

Hey All,

Sorry for the delay. Quite a bit of a whirlwind!

And so, it is finished. Approximately $6K, and I will pick it up tomorrow, along with the work order which will get posted here.

As I said, last Friday late I heard it was done. Fine. Then I get a note from USAA that it was sending me a check for about $600. I reply that the bill was $6K, and that I would not have filed an insurance claim for a $1.6K repair.

Not fun--was there miscommunication between the shop and USAA? Would I owe the difference? As it turns out, USAA sent the bulk of the payment to the shop, and the lil check to me. No idea how that happened, but did.

So, hopefully tomorrow I can get the bill posted. Should be interesting at the very least!

Great, thank you.

I will be there soon!

If I understand the conditions correctly I think that could be a standard practice send them (the shop) enough to execute most of the work but send remaining to you to ensure the work is done and done to your satisfasction providing a little leverage to the shop and you sign over the check to them when your satisfied. In construction terminology I believe its called a "holdback", same principle.

What work was performed?

:iagree: Inquiring minds want to know

BUMP for an update and the promised pics..!:popcorn:

I think the OP has all he wanted on info and off with life. He will return when he hits another bump in the road of ownership.

Well, the bump in the road of life was/is merging Halliburton and Baker Hughes and 90+ hour weeks. Which has, along with killing me, left me zero time to do much else. I didn't get to meet up with any locals this year, bupkis. Another topic for another forum.

The bump in the road of ownership was, no surprise, window failures. Both driver's side windows, and Bosch wiper blade issues. Luckily, the electrical tape I used to cover the driver's window pulled off a 1.5" x 2.5" patch of Estoril Blue from the front of the door along the front window support. Any threads or suggestions for DIYing that repair?

I *hope* to get the old repairs listed and some pics soon. I do appreciate everyone's help, of course!

Thank you again!

Welp, finally got a moment to go through the invoices, and minus the little fiddly bits, here's what was replaced. I had scanned them ages ago but I can't find them. Ironically, it was another big storm that shut down DC that gave me the time to check. Go figure.

Frame, sliding roof $1450
Sliding roof motor $463
Sliding piece x 2 $62
Fuse panel $264, water dripping out
Basic module $512, water dripping out

To recap, a couple of ice storms and thaws over the course of a few days almost sent it down the rabbit hole.

At some point I'd like to look up prices and see how they compare, but the insurance company didn't seem to sweat it after a bit of prodding. I'm not sure if insurance companies take the time to look at part prices anyway.

On a related note, while the car was under the watchful care of a friend, the following was done a few weeks ago:

Valve cover gasket set
Valve cover seal washers
Intake manifold cover
Intake manifold casket/gasket (sic)
Serpentine belts
Master cylinder
Brake booster
Low control arms

It's at less than 65K miles or so, any ideas what else I should be looking for at this point or in the near future?

I'm aware of the hat trick of warnings if that gear underneath goes out. I'm aware of the expensive timing chain(?) repair even if I do it myself, though I'm not sure of how to know when that is necessary, so I'll have to read up on that.

Anything else I should be aware of?

Thanks again, everyone, for all of your help. This car would long since left us without your advice and comments.