Hi all,
Long time lurker, finally got around to making an account due to having an interesting incident happen to the Mrs.
Long story short the person behind her was rear ended and pushed into our vehicle, there is some deep scratching to the rear bumper but nothing much more than that.
I reckon it will just warrant a bumper replacement, around $1,000-1,500 - thing is we don't want this showing up on an accident history on the car, and thus losing another $4,000-5,000 in resale value.
Curious if anyone knows how this information winds up on accident reports - is it only when the vehcile is repaired through insurance? If we simply go to a bodyshop of our choice and pay it out of pocket will we avoid this dilemma?
Curious if anyone knows!
Thanks kindly.