Expert: Michael Kakuk - 10/7/2009

Question
Woke up this morning to find that my car had been taken for a joy ride. Without proof of much, I'm going to be financing almost all of it myself. My drivers door handle is completely gone, there's a multiple dents in the the drivers door and one solid dent at the front rim of the rear drivers door. The front door will either need a new handle for now or an entire new door, any advice on where to find parts for this or who to go through?

Answer
AMANDA.....IF A FRIEND TOOK THE CAR WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM YOU,YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME COVERAGE AVAILABLE THRU YOUR INSURANCE. I WOULD CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND ASK....THEN IF THERE IS COVERAGE YOU WOULD ONLY BE OUT OF POCKET FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE. MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM ABOUT THE DAMAGES.

IF THERE IS NO COVERAGE AVAILABLE I WOULD TAKE IT TO 3 BODY SHOPS FOR ESTIMATES AND GO FROM THERE.