chad4359 t1_isx7al0 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 11:06 AM

My wife hit one about a week ago. Good luck getting into a body shop if you do hit one.

oldschoolskater OP t1_isx842g wrote on October 19, 2022 at 11:15 AM

I know. I'm scheduled for December 5th. Earliest they could do. At least my vehicle is drivable.

tonytroz t1_isxjc4b wrote on October 19, 2022 at 1:01 PM

And good luck with all the extra time for parts and labor due to short staff even when you do get in.

We hit one a week before Christmas last year. Nearly totaled it even though it was only body damage and it wasn’t legally drivable. Didn’t get the car back for over 6 weeks and that’s only because we were able to get in early due to a cancellation. The car insurance only covered a rental car for 30 days so I had to drive my wife to work for a couple weeks.

WellTimedPoop t1_isyhw2g wrote on October 19, 2022 at 5:02 PM

Yeah we hit one right before thanksgiving last year and it was around new years that we got it back. Geico were refusing to pay for OEM parts and wanted to use crappy third parties (according to my body shop), so that added a lot of time too. And then they took forever to pay him, so I almost had to pay out of pocket. Switched insurance companies after that

TouchArtistic7967 t1_it0mz0h wrote on October 20, 2022 at 1:49 AM

Hit a deer earlier this year in my subaru. Took almost 2 months to fix due to parts availability. Luckily my insurance covered the rental the entire time.

Wild-Professional-40 t1_isxti2k wrote on October 19, 2022 at 2:19 PM

Yep - my wife hit one in early September in her van, the shop scheduled her to look at the vehicle in early October, and then finally scheduled her repair for early December. Figure she'll get it back maybe February or so.

Lesson learned: Now's a good time to check your rental car insurance coverage. We've got $30/day for 30 days max which means we'll mostly be out of pocket for a reasonable replacement, especially when you consider rising rental car costs. You don't need it until you need it.

LazarusBird t1_isybll9 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 4:21 PM

Yeah not deer related but I hit something on the road that gave me a flat and also a bit of body damage. Dealer replaced the tire but suggested a body shop for the rest. I called 5 different body shops and earliest appointment just to take it in and get an estimate for insurance was a month out.