Eric,
I've had three accidents in my 72 B since I got it new. Every time I was
hit by someone with Allstate insurance and I had to fight them every inch of
the way to get if fixed correctly. Actually one time my car was backed over
while parked in Sears parking lot for a front end alignment by a Sears
mechanic (employee) while he was backing a SUV out of their shop. That was
a real fight for some reason that I don't understand. Needless to say I
wouldn't have Allstate insurance on a bet on any of my cars.
Dave 72 B
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, May 27, 2000 12:17 PM
Subject: Bent Bonnet Update
>After my rushed and very busy visit to San Jose I return to do all the
>work that I missed while I was away on top of my normal impossible
>workload... with jetlag :-) Now I can do the serious MG stuff!
>
>I finally got around to hassling my insurance company again and they
>were still pushing heavily for me to replace my bent aluminium bonnet
>with a steel one.
>
>The assessor came out for another look at my car and started making
>veiled comments about the repairer that I was planning on using
>(preferred restorer of my preferred MG repair shop), saying they seemed
>a bit dodgy to him, and harrumphing at bits and pieces of the quote. He
>then said that NORMALLY they would replace the bonnet with a steel one
>and maybe even a repainted, good condition second hand one.
>
>I told him bluntly that I trusted my MG guys and if I put my car in for
>repair with a bent aluminium bonnet and it came out with a steel one I
>would consider that incompetence and/or a rip off.
>
>He walked around the car once more in silence (I needed some other
>re-painting/repairs from damage done as the bonnet ripped itself off its
>hinges), closed his clipboard and headed towards the door saying over
>his shoulder that I could inform my repairer that he was approving the
>quote!!
>
>If someone wasn't quite so insistant they would have been ripped off by
>these guys.
>
>But the end result is that, possibly by the end of next week, I will be
>back to a single colour, Primrose MGB with an aluminium bonnet that
>looks better than the rest of the car... darn, does this mean I have to
>get the remainder of the little car now!?
>
>
>Eric
>'68MGB MkII
>
>PS Go figure... after my last race I actually had someone suggest that I
>get the new bonnet painted red because the blaze 'loaner' I had on the
>car looked good out on the track. Some people have no taste - but then
>again, I have been known to want to stand out in the crowd ..... ;-)
>
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