Car damaged! Lack of management from Property owners. More info in commentsSubmitted by Ill_Significance9716 t3_1095gz9 in jerseycity
Thecomputerkid94 t1_j3w9egc wrote
Call the police, file a police report then contact your insurance and provide that report to them. Treat it like a car accident basically. Your insurance will figure out the details of the property owners.
minislice t1_j3x6lxh wrote
What building is this? Is this beacon?
Ill_Significance9716 OP t1_j3w9xfl wrote
Wont that affect the carfax report and decrease the car value? (First time car owner)
whybother5000 t1_j3wau4s wrote
Yes but your car started losing value the moment you bought it.
imaluckyduckie t1_j3wi1av wrote
Don't forget about the time when OP got the car stuck in a storm gutter
data__daddy t1_j3wr3xr wrote
LOL too soon.....
Economy-Cupcake808 t1_j3xcab8 wrote
Dude it’s a Honda civic.
jim13101713 t1_j3wb8vy wrote
You should be able to go after management company for loss of value as well but your own insurance will usually not help with that.
Sometimes body shops report the damage/fix to carfax anyway, so not calling police or reporting to insurance does not necessarily help with this. Also, you should be honest when you sell the car regardless.
To this end - I would suggest getting quotes from Carvana etc. today for your car with an accident and without and save the screen shots. That would help you negotiate with management company for loss of value.
TotoItsCallMtrRacing t1_j3zqvji wrote
Typically most police reports aren’t reported to CarFax. I have fallen victim of several hit and runs in this area. The ones are CarFax happen to only be the ones that the damage was repaired by a shop and not myself. As far as the loss of value, that would be a waste of time. That would mean you’d be able to do this for every accident if you were not at fault, that typically isn’t an outcome
Thecomputerkid94 t1_j3waum7 wrote
There are several levels to a Carfax report. Something like this would show up as minor most likely. I'm not an expert with Carfax. Your other option would be talking to property management and asking them to pay for damages so it's not reported to your insurance. But that's up to you.
Ill_Significance9716 OP t1_j3wbj0y wrote
That would be my preference to not report it to carfax. Before contacting the property management i wont to make sure i am not missing anything
christinems4280 t1_j3wwacg wrote
You shouldn’t be trying to hide this happened. Your car loses value the minute you drive it off the lot. Insurance/police reports don’t report to Carfax. Body shops do. You should want to be honest when selling a vehicle (if you plan to).
TotoItsCallMtrRacing t1_j3zrbwu wrote
Do things the right way and get it repaired at a quality shop (yes they will most likely report it to CarFax). With that being said, damage will show as minor and as long as it was a quality job you won’t take as much of a hit in value. Believe me, people who will appraise your car in the future can tell if it’s been in an accident, regardless of the records and especially if you repair it at a shitty shop
Ill_Significance9716 OP t1_j3zrhwm wrote
Any recommendation on repair shops?
calripkenjk t1_j3wpdax wrote
Even though it is minor, it will show up as an accident from the buyers perspective
Stillill1187 t1_j3wx5lh wrote
Unfortunately, you don’t have a say in what shows up in it.
fuhgettaboutitt t1_j3z3l12 wrote
> Unfortunately Fortunately, you don’t have a say in what shows up in it.
ftfy
Stillill1187 t1_j3z3pf5 wrote
Lol true!
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