2016 Ram 3500 Crash / Diminished Value Result
This is a follow up post regarding the crash I had with my 2016 Ram 3500 Mega Cab DRW. I was sitting at a red light in August of 2017, and was rear ended at 35 MPH by a Class C Motorhome towing a veh...
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Some of you would lose your minds if you knew how many vehicles are "repaired" at the factories!!!! My currant truck had the body scraped when it fell off the overhead conveyor causing a three week delay in getting my truck. The factory uses "plastic body filler" AKA BONDO to repair minor damage and then if the vehicle is already painted it is resprayed so there goes the idea of using a "Elcometer will reveal discrepancies in paint thickness" now doesn't it?
So, show of hands, how many have had repairs done to their house from a fire, weather related damage or whatever? Does your home now have diminished value? It is no different than a vehicle being repaired! The only reason this is a thing in automotive is there are way to many inept body shops out there doing shoddy work. But the same is true in the home building trade ssssoooooooo.
As for " Why would you ask the body shop /repair shop not to report an accident if you aren't trying to hide the fact from future buyers? Makes no sense", why the heck should they get paid the report my vehicle? If anyone is going to make money on reporting it then that will be me! As I said, I told the guy that bought my truck about all the repairs done to it and showed (and gave) him every repair order on the truck. I keep a file and everything that is done to one of my vehicles (owed vehicles).
If you have to have an "expert" find a body repair then the repair was done correctly and should NOT be a means of screwing the owner! You can bet a dealer will never disclose if the vehicle was ever wrecked unless you ask and then most they will say I have no idea.
Don
So, show of hands, how many have had repairs done to their house from a fire, weather related damage or whatever? Does your home now have diminished value? It is no different than a vehicle being repaired! The only reason this is a thing in automotive is there are way to many inept body shops out there doing shoddy work. But the same is true in the home building trade ssssoooooooo.
As for " Why would you ask the body shop /repair shop not to report an accident if you aren't trying to hide the fact from future buyers? Makes no sense", why the heck should they get paid the report my vehicle? If anyone is going to make money on reporting it then that will be me! As I said, I told the guy that bought my truck about all the repairs done to it and showed (and gave) him every repair order on the truck. I keep a file and everything that is done to one of my vehicles (owed vehicles).
If you have to have an "expert" find a body repair then the repair was done correctly and should NOT be a means of screwing the owner! You can bet a dealer will never disclose if the vehicle was ever wrecked unless you ask and then most they will say I have no idea.
Don
