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Originally Posted by JH23JOB

My Daughter accidentally backed into another guys car, a '91 Toyota Corolla. The damage to my daughters car was minimal, just her right rear taillight. The Corolla has a 1/4 inch deep crease running along the drivers door, and extending to the rear divers side door halfway. OK, This is Minnesota where everything rusts out after 5 years, and this Corolla is no exception..... The doors were already fucked up with rust holes, and this guy now wants me to have it professionally fixed, with new doors, and also wants results within 2 weeks. I asked him if the doors were still functional other than the cosmetic and they worked just fine. When he opened the back door to check it out, a large chunk of Bondo dropped off the door and onto the ground. [img]/images/graemlins/laughing.gif[/img]

This car is going to be impossible to color match for one thing, and the sporadic oxidation of the paint along with the rust, and bondo work of the past, isn't going to make it any easier. This car is actually this guys only transporation, and even though I look at it as a piece of crap, this car means alot to this guy. Well, now what ?? I've located a pair of doors for it, and they'll cost me about $250 for the pair, and then I'll have to have'em painted on the car to get the match as close as possible. Now what the heck is this guy going to do for transportation for the week it's out of service ?? Is this my problem, or should it be ?? Part of me is thinking that I wanna just offer him a lump of cash to just forget all about it........ Would this be right ?? If so, how much would be fair ?? I had to talk him out of calling the cops when the accident happened, and also that I'd agree to "take care of it" just to keep my insurance agent out of it too. He took all the information off my drivers license just "to keep me honest". I had no intentions of running out on this guy, but I don't wanna go overboard with costly repairs either.

What would you do ??

His mode of transportation is none of your concern; if it was being fixed thru insurance he wouldn't get a rental or any bullshit like that. Give him the $$ to fix what you agreed to and nothing more; he's trying to milk it. Get it taken care of quickly and forget about it.