From: ScottW48@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 10:28:29 PM UTC-8, Trevor Wilson wrote:   
   > On 4/12/2023 12:21 pm, ScottW wrote:    
   > > "Sticker shock" has taken on a whole new meaning when new electric vehicle   
   owners get their first repair bill following a simple fender bender. The Wall   
   Street Journal reports that a San Francisco resident got in a minor accident   
   with his electric    
   truck. He thought that repairs would be "a couple-thousand-dollar bill from   
   the repair shop and to be without his truck for a couple of weeks."    
   > >    
   > > Instead, the first-time EV owner was shocked to get a $22,000 bill for   
   repairs that took 2 1/2 months.    
   > >    
   > > One big issue.....potentially damaged battery packs have to be treated   
   like a ticking time bomb.    
   > >    
   > > ScottW    
   > >   
   > **Unless you are an expert in smash repairs, then estimating a repair    
   > bill can be fraught with errors. My mother had an accident in her    
   > Mitsubishi Colt a few years back. The car was insured for AUS$15,000.00.    
   > She called me at the accident site and I arrived to console her. I    
   > looked at the damage. It was not severe. Front nearside guard had    
   > impacted the front tyre, causing it to be damaged. I could have pulled    
   > the guard away from the tyre, allowing the spare to be installed and the    
   > car could then be driven away. Not much damage. A new windscreen, to    
   > replace a small crack, new bumper, new front guard and a grilled. 5    
   > Grand, max.    
   >    
   > The smash repair guy called me to tell me that at $14.5k repair bill,    
   > the car was a write-off.    
   >    
   > So much for my estimate. The smash repair guy explained that when the    
   > engine caused damage to the firewall, that the firewall could not be    
   > repaired, because it would have impaired the integrity of the safety cell.    
      
   Trevor....the genius tech thinks a car with the front end so crushed the   
   engine is smashed    
   into the firewall and he's gonna drive it home.    LoL.   
      
   ScottW   
      
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