Someone threw a lit firecracker in...Part 2!

[caveatipse]

Man I am sorry that happened. I suggest writing a letter, a very nice, polite letter, to the president of Toyota, explaining the situation, and showing him the photos. I have had success before writing polite letters to the presidents of companies. You would be surprised.

[ECHOKnight2000]

Wow! That sucks! I would be pissed as well. Sounds like a typical GM vehicle but this is Toyota!

They must have out sourced it and there must have been a break down in communication as well as your car. But still that's no excuse. Good luck and hope things work out!

Also like someone mention, the BBB. Let Toyota Corporate know as well.

[Astroman]

Originally Posted by caveatipse

Man I am sorry that happened. I suggest writing a letter, a very nice, polite letter, to the president of Toyota, explaining the situation, and showing him the photos. I have had success before writing polite letters to the presidents of companies. You would be surprised.

That's not a bad idea really. I think I might just do that.

Originally Posted by brickhardmeat

that looks like total shit. BBB

Super agree with you.

Originally Posted by Shijima

Astro, you have the worst luck brother. I could have done a better job with my eyes closed.

Yeah, first the accident in December and the body shop not doing the best job, but I have to give them credit though. I don't think anyone could have done as bad as the dealer.

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

I would have told them to eat a dick, and I would have kept the rental car, and made them fix it right

What sucks is I didn't notice most when I inspected the car there (was in a hurry). If I had noticed that much wrong I wouldn't have picked it up or payed them my $500 deductible. I didn't get rental car coverage on my insurance because at the time I had the LeBaron (and we know how that ended) and the GF has a Taurus wagon. I ended up having to drive the wagon which feels like driving a hummer (gas wise).

Originally Posted by BailOut

I couldn't read a word you said due to a lack of paragraph usage, but the pictures look like a 3rd grader was let loose in your interior.

Sorry about that, I typed quite a bit there. I put in some breaks so it should be easier to read. Yeah, I'm pretty sure the guy they let do this only had a 3rd grade education, and only one tooth.

The insurance adjuster isn't surprised in the least that I want to trade my car in for a new one. He told me that they go up to 70% cost of damage before they total out a car. And with the '07s they aren't in the system yet so they have no baseline when to total out a car. Considering my car is only worth 10K before the Toyota techs got their hands on it, the damage has exceeded 70%.

On a better note my GF saw the truck unload a couple of '08 Yaris! I'll be heading down there tomorrow to check them out. I'm going to try and haggle my salesman quite a bit with all the crap I've gone through to get maximum for my trade-in and get a good discount on the '08.