memcm_expert
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- First Name
- Randall
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- Oct 4, 2020
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- Location
- Washington
- Vehicles
- Mach E First Edition Carbonized Grey, Audi Q7
- Occupation
- Systems Engineer Lead
I wouldn't make that assumption. Once it shows up on Carfax you can count on the value going down at least 10%. I had to have a windshield replaced on an MDX that I had. Just a windshield! And they listed it as "Front End Damage". Dealership told me when I started to look at trading it in that the trade-in value was going to be at least 10% less because of how they labeled it. I even tried to get Carfax to remove their tag of "Front End Damage" and they refused. I even had the documentation showing it was just a windshield. They weren't interested in it.So sorry to hear about the accident. I hope everyone was OK. My wife was in a similar situation back in May... First Edition. Just picked up her tags the day before and was rear-ended. The dealer estimated 6 weeks since the part was on backorder. It took about 8. They repaired everything they could prior to the bumper delivery. Thankfully, not much overall damaged, but the total cost about $2,500. Wasn't till they took the bumper off until the estimate more than doubled. Since the overall damaged was minimal, I didn't pursue a diminished value claim...didn't seem to be worth the headache.