Quote Originally Posted by Vteckidd View Post
case in point, my GF had a 2001 Integra Type-R. A cement truck was overloaded )past their weight capacity) and as a result the driveshaft broke and flew under her car ripping her oil pan off.

Insurance was going to give her $100 for a new oil pan. I told them that was unacceptable because the car lost oil pressure, what is she to do if 500 miles down the road the engine starts knocking? Shop agreed with me, they offered to get her a new motor.

Her car had 100k on it, and of course a NEW motor from acura was $3500. They looked through junkyards to find a replacement. Well newsflash, no junkyard is going to have a ITR motor just laying around. They wouldnt spring for a new motor because they said she would be "better off than when she was in the wreck" meaning a NEW motor would be 0 miles, not a 100k ITR longblock. They wanted to give /find a 100k motor.

Well when they couldnt find one, they offered her a 100k GSR longblock, or a $2000 check (price of a USED motor)

Well we explained that $2000 wouldnt cover even a USED JDM ITR Longblock.

After about 2 months of arguing , they forked over $3500 for a longblock plus the $2000 in labor to put it in.

Pretty much told them, if their client had not been overloaded we wouldnt not be in this place to begin with. Being better off has nothing to do with it.
Yeah and what about the two fucking months of being carless. I would have gotten them for all their worth too.