Thanks for the praise, guys. Fortunately, it was my company car and not my personal car; I won't be stuck with it for the next 10 years. Unfortunately, I treat that car like its mine (polish, seal, wax, etc). It pains me to see something I've taken care of get wrecked because of some idiot who was late to work (or whatever).
When it happened, I seriously thought she got the WHOLE side of the car (since the mirror was all pushed in and everything). But it turned out to basically be the front pass area. The only thing that's going to be a headache with the whole experience is HER insurance. She has some insurance through an online company...I waited on hold for 20 minutes the phone rang like it was going to someone, then they picked up the phone and hung up! Then I had to wait (again) for another 20-25 minutes only to find out they don't service her policy (actually through another company). Called them and waited on hold for 35 minutes (no joke) to find out they will send (by mail, they wouldn't e-mail or fax them) forms for me to fill out, then I have to go to an "approved" body shop on their list to have it looked at (probably a bunch of Joe Blow's
). Then they will submit the estimate and it'll finally get repaired. What a crock.