My car has arrived
04-21-2008, 02:39 PM
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My car has arrived
Well, I finally got my car today! But Matson did a number on the hood and doors. Quite a few scratches all over my poor baby. Both Driver side doors side skirts hood rear quarter on driver side tore my front lip off!
BLAH I almost cried! So I'm filing my claim and what not! I'm guessing she'll need pretty much a whole new paint job. So who does a great job? I'm guessing they are gonna low ball my claim. The adjuster was a douche.
BLAH I almost cried! So I'm filing my claim and what not! I'm guessing she'll need pretty much a whole new paint job. So who does a great job? I'm guessing they are gonna low ball my claim. The adjuster was a douche.
04-21-2008, 03:46 PM
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samething happened to me when i shipped my car here. it looked like they drove my car into one of those yellow boundary posts!! it's all good now they fixed it. estimate was about 3000 bucks though.
04-21-2008, 06:12 PM
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IIRC, Matson insures up to $8000 in damages. Horizon on the other hand only covers $500... and then tries to sell you outrageously priced marine insurance (and terrorism insurance
). Fortunately, my regular comprehensive policy will cover any damages during shipping (although I will be devastated if my pristine car is damaged).
04-21-2008, 06:15 PM
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Sorry to hear about your car... I would be crushed. Is your car lowered? How much ground clearance does it have?
04-21-2008, 08:10 PM
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try Northland shipping if leaving the westcoast or Seattle. Gave me insurance coverage up to $75,000 in the deal and I got my own container..
http://northlandservicesinc.com/
http://northlandservicesinc.com/
Just curious... which shipping carrier did you use when you had these problems? I have finally worked out the kinks and booked my Legacy to be shipped via Horizon Lines in July.
IIRC, Matson insures up to $8000 in damages. Horizon on the other hand only covers $500... and then tries to sell you outrageously priced marine insurance (and terrorism insurance). Fortunately, my regular comprehensive policy will cover any damages during shipping (although I will be devastated if my pristine car is damaged).
IIRC, Matson insures up to $8000 in damages. Horizon on the other hand only covers $500... and then tries to sell you outrageously priced marine insurance (and terrorism insurance
). Fortunately, my regular comprehensive policy will cover any damages during shipping (although I will be devastated if my pristine car is damaged).
04-21-2008, 10:19 PM
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Valet mode...
I would put your valet map on as your base map Mike...the savvy ones know to unhook the battery terminal if they want to reset your maps...
I would flash in the valet mode map as your base map so they cannot exceed 2500rpm's...heh heh, have fun with that one...there are a bunch of bastards working the shipping yard...
I would flash in the valet mode map as your base map so they cannot exceed 2500rpm's...heh heh, have fun with that one...there are a bunch of bastards working the shipping yard...
04-21-2008, 11:21 PM
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^^^^^ verry good idea! bummer to hear that matson did that to your ride ive used them a total of 64 times and have never had one problem other than my cars being really dirty
04-21-2008, 11:46 PM
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I used Horizon...
to bring my car from Anchorage Alaska to Honolulu.
It costs a bit more, but they put the car in a sealed container...minimizing damage caused by driving the car on the ship...I've seen those setups...it's scary man...
Go Horizon.
It costs a bit more, but they put the car in a sealed container...minimizing damage caused by driving the car on the ship...I've seen those setups...it's scary man...
Go Horizon.