Stupid Wife & Poor HCHII

[mobiless2]

OEM Parts or aftermarket

[andysinnh]

Psy - sorry to hear that the car came back as you feared - and the story has played out to your anticipated conclusion. But I gotta say - from what you describe, it sounds like a bunch of chiimps got into a garage bay and tried to fix your car. And while I haven't had damage to the level you did in this car, I have had recent work done that included a lot of after-tear-down incremental repairs while in the shop- and if you get the right set of guys, they'll make it as if the car was never in an accident. In your case, while it might not have been perfect afterwards, there's no excuse for the laundry list you currently have. Not sure if you had other repair options or not - but I'd sure be looking elsewhere...

andy

[aeoporta]

man you are cursed. How retarded are these ppl ahhhhh

[mrstak]

You can't bring the car to a different shop? It has to be those guys that can't do anything right??

[psyshack]

Originally Posted by andysinnh

Psy - sorry to hear that the car came back as you feared - and the story has played out to your anticipated conclusion. But I gotta say - from what you describe, it sounds like a bunch of chiimps got into a garage bay and tried to fix your car. And while I haven't had damage to the level you did in this car, I have had recent work done that included a lot of after-tear-down incremental repairs while in the shop- and if you get the right set of guys, they'll make it as if the car was never in an accident. In your case, while it might not have been perfect afterwards, there's no excuse for the laundry list you currently have. Not sure if you had other repair options or not - but I'd sure be looking elsewhere...

andy

Andy

I bet I have used atleast six diff. body shops through the years. All seem to produce the same quality of work. With two diff. ins. co's. Thats why wrecking cars upsets me so much. The cars are never right again. No matter what.

When the wife ruins a car she ruins them for good. Take the 92 Olds Delta 88. Brand new car. Only a few months old when she took the whole front end off of it. I mean the whole damn front end. I backed it into the drive way the night before. She hops in it the next morning and T-Bones a van pulling out of her own drive way. The car was never right again. And the shop that did the repair on the Olds had done one for us before. First one was fine. Olds sucked. Moved on to a diff. shop for her next wreck.

Fender benders and bumper covers are one thing. But when things are so bad that engines and transmissions have to come out as part of the repair. Or they get knocked out as was the issue with the Olds. The car is then trash.

IMHO the HCHII should have been a total. But the bill so far has come in just under $10k. So it wont total. I did win the battle for all OEM parts. I have pages of parts with confirmed Honda part numbers. With visual comformation of said parts. It was a hell of a pile of parts.

The saga goes on.

[psyshack]

Originally Posted by mrstak

You can't bring the car to a different shop? It has to be those guys that can't do anything right??

It's just not these guys. I've seen the over all craftsman level, skill sets, and work ethic go down hill in America for years. From the college boys to ditch digger labor. You don't even want me to get started on whats left of American work ethic.

[Fredsvt]

You'll probably get a new CVT out of it if they put regular fluid in it.
They don't last long at all when the wrong fluid is put in. Even 1 qt can destroy them.

Ford, Nissan and Chrysler state as much in all their svc information.

Maybe they'll total it if it needs a CVT now that the body shop has effed it up.

[psyshack]

Originally Posted by Fredsvt

You'll probably get a new CVT out of it if they put regular fluid in it.
They don't last long at all when the wrong fluid is put in. Even 1 qt can destroy them.

Ford, Nissan and Chrysler state as much in all their svc information.

Maybe they'll total it if it needs a CVT now that the body shop has effed it up.

Fred I asked to see the bottle's used for the CVT fluid. And a new filter was installed. I think the clutches need to be reset.

The car is going back in Friday morning so some of my concerns can be addressed. (*&%@^)(*&)(* will hit the fan Friday!