Long story short: a lady decided to run a fully red light right while we were driving through an intersection and we were unable to stop in time and hit the side of her vehicle. She has admitted fault and now we are trying to deal with our insurance company who wants to repair 25k in damage to the front end of our 2014 Audi rather than write it off. They of course want to send it to their "preferred shop" which does not have great reviews, I want to send it to a proper repair shop, based upon what I have read on this forum, but I need them to agree to the higher cost. If they insist upon fixing this I really want it repaired as well as possible because I know we are totally screwed when we go to sell or trade this now.
So two questions:
1. How do I negotiate with insurance to get it properly repaired?
2. Would Cosmos, Maranellos or Continental Autobody be ideal for a significant repair on an Audi?