Ding on new car, get insurance involved?

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Originally Posted by colorider

I have given up on fixing things like that on my vehicles. If it happened once, it's going to happen again.

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If it was a couple years old I could probably live with it.. but with it being 2 months old, the dent will piss me off more than just paying a couple hundred bucks to get it repaired. Until the next one happens of course....

You might check with one of those paintless dent removal guys. I had a couple of decent dings worked out on one of my wife's new cars. Couldn't tell they were ever there and didn't have to mess up the factory paint. Off the top of my head I think two dents cost me about $80.

If the metal is creased, PDR won't work.

I wouldn't get the insurance involved in this case.

As others have said you may just want to take a few days and let it sink in.....I know the feeling (personally posted 3 threads on this forum about car/truck damage myself) of getting a new(er) car dinged/keyed/(enter any damage) as we try to park in the boonies whenever parking out vehicles

There will be others, but as long as it's not going to cause rust over time I'd just wait to fix

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Originally Posted by colorider

I have given up on fixing things like that on my vehicles. If it happened once, it's going to happen again. This really rings true if you or your wife park in a crowded parking lot for work. My wife works downtown and parks in a covered garage. Dings, scratches, gouges, dents show up every god damn week. We just waited till somebody really donked the side and had it all redone at once using our insurance. Sucks, people are assholes in parking lots.

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This
it's just a car
Go to a detail shop and get it buffed out and cleaned up and matched

good to go.
won't make any damn difference to the value of the car, won't ding your insurance and if it gets totaled (god forbid) in an accident down the line, still won't make any difference.
it's just a car, they made millions.