ranss12
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So on November 18 I had a minor fender bender accident - some guy in the lane beside me veered into my lane and damaged the right front fender/bumper/wheel area of my LEAF. The police report states that he veered into my lane, sideswiping me, and causing about $2300 damage. The parts arrived at the collision shop to repair the car and I made an appointment to bring the car in for repair on Monday (today). Since I wanted to watch the Bills lose to Denver, I dropped the car off at the collision shop yesterday around 3:00 pm so I'd be home for the 4:00 game (no one was at the shop, but they said to just drop the keys into the earlybird drop box slot in the door). So I did. Today I called the other guy's insurance company, to verify that they were going to cover all of my $500 deductible and also car rental. They said that they have concluded that I was 20% responsible so they were going to only pay $400 of my deductible. They said that "I should have seen him veer into my lane". Since I didn't, I am 20% responsible. Then I get a call from the collision shop - they can't find the key to my car. Then they call again - they can find neither the key nor the car itself. I turns out the car was stolen from the collision place. The car had only about 30 miles of range left in the battery so they can't get very far. And I had to open another claim with my insurance company, this one for a theft loss which has it's own $200 deductible. I expect the collision place will pay that, though, since it seems to me that they have some liability here. But the way my luck has been going, all bets are off!