Day 24 and someone hit me

The Blind Spot Monitor is there somewhere.

ralph_venue said:

The Blind Spot Monitor is there somewhere.

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Thanks - I'll be sure to check the side mirror to see if the warning lights up

sorry to hear this...I've had 2 vehicles where the vehicles that hit me actually backed up in a parking lot about 50 feet further then they needed to and about 30 years ago I got hit in the front corner of my vehicle and it was a school bus that went through a stop sign that hit me...another piss off!

Oh wow that sucks. I got hit on side when mine had 5k on it last year. A kid in a parking lot violently threw his door open and put a dent in door. Thank God I had just walked out and was loading groceries or else the mother and kid would've walked off. And it was passenger side so I wouldn't have noticed.

Bright side is that Enterprise rent-a-car ran out of most economy cars and gave me a free upgrade to a Dodge Challenger in Tor Red. I wish the body shop had kept the Venue longer than 2 days. Lol

I'd let your Hyundai dealership handle the repair as they probably have a body shop either on site or off-site that they deal with. So they can make sure those sensors are working and adjusted correctly. Also they will use genuine Hyundai parts.

You have the right to take your vehicle to any body shop may as well let Hyundai repair it correctly. I just took mine to place 3 kilometers away because no sensors were involved, and the Hyundai dealer is 50 kilometers away.

justin1138 said:

I'd let your Hyundai dealership handle the repair as they probably have a body shop either on site or off-site that they deal with. So they can make sure those sensors are working and adjusted correctly. Also they will use genuine Hyundai parts.

You have the right to take your vehicle to any body shop may as well let Hyundai repair it correctly. I just took mine to place 3 kilometers away because no sensors were involved, and the Hyundai dealer is 50 kilometers away.

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I assume I would have that choice and would def take it to hyundai - they're about 10 minutes away from me. I'm hoping he doesn't say I backed into him - our conversation started off a bit sketchy. I told him I was absolutely making an insurance claim . When I was still considering Toyota, the add-on dash cam was appealing I'm afraid to add anything aftermarket for fear of voiding the warranty. Things could have been much worse - I'm not without a car and everything seems to be functioning so far. I did expect the first injury to be a shopping cart or door ding though

Ela said:

I assume I would have that choice and would def take it to hyundai - they're about 10 minutes away from me. I'm hoping he doesn't say I backed into him - our conversation started off a bit sketchy. I told him I was absolutely making an insurance claim . When I was still considering Toyota, the add-on dash cam was appealing I'm afraid to add anything aftermarket for fear of voiding the warranty. Things could have been much worse - I'm not without a car and everything seems to be functioning so far. I did expect the first injury to be a shopping cart or door ding though

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Hopefully he doesn't perjure himself and lie about it. Consequences would be way more severe than a minor fender bender. Tim Hortons might have surveillance footage for you.

I figured you'd know you could take it anywhere, but I used to work for a car rental place and we did mostly rentals to people whose cars were in body shop. And the adjusters would suggest certain mega body shops that would use like cheap third party parts and cut corners.

Um no please take your baby your 2 year old Ford Escape to the Ford dealership where they have a nice body shop with onsite access to Ford genuine parts and Ford trained mechanics in case there's a mechanical or electrical issue that the body guys can't repair.

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Bumper update after waiting almost 3 months– car has been at a Hyundai collision centre since Monday. Repair estimate Rear lamps $325. rear bumper assembly $396. paint materials $175.00 total labour $ 668. Net estimate with taxes $1729.52

My rental is a 2021 Chevy Spark – smaller than my Toyota Echo but surprisingly zippy and I have to admit, fun to drive (short term anyway)