hey guys.... okay, if I could get some opinions about what you would do it'd be appreciated
Okay, so I'm at work today, chilling, and I walk outside... boom... my windshield is busted on the drivers side... a small bit of cracks, but still its messed up, will need a new one soon now. Here's where it gets interesting:
This past month, I had my car bodywork done by Dales Custom Autobody in H-Town- after I had an accident. Some of you might remember this. However, after I got the car back, the door and the front drivers fender that I had, would "rub" against each other, creating a loud bang when I went to open the door. Some paint rubbed off, but I chose to ignore it, being happy that I had the car back.
Finally, a couple days ago, I had the car brought into my service dept at the dealership that I work at to look at it. Turns out, the fender was missing many bolts, and my wheel well was rubbing against my tire when I steered. Now, those bolts that hold the fender in place, SHOULD have been put on by Dales, correct? Especially after having insurance and laying out my deductible of a G.
Now, a lot of the paint has been rubbed off by that fender/door problem, and the part of the car dales fixed was exactly that part of the car. In my opinion, if the door and fender were not aligned by Dale's correctly, and there is NO other cause for my windshield to be cracked *it is cracked directly above where the door and fender meet, right where they rub together* wouldn't Dales be responsible for not only the bodywork on the fender/door but also for the broken windshield??
It just makes absolutely NO sense to me how this would happen... and like I said, my service guy that put in the bolts said that half of my car was unbolted underneath, including that fender. Usually they don't charge me, being a manager there, but they had to charge me 31bucks because it took him so long to put all the bolts in and get it lined up properly.
Now... after that huge rant, the question... what do you guys think? What would you do if this was you? Really looking for some opinions... thanks