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Charles,

Push your insurance company to fight for you. That is their job! Guaranteed the other guy's insurance will try to worm their way out of this. I've had it happen. Luckily my insurance company got tough with the other company (Your company can do this too if you ask them to do so). The best thing they did was a phone inteview with the person who caused the accident (and suddenly changed their story, telling them the call was being recorded. The story changed back to really what happened and her insurance paid off almost immediately after my company got involved.

You might prepare by having Factory Five provide you with a comprehensive list of replacement parts (I would think they could just run a parts list with a price next to each item for the whole car. You can pick the ones you need from the list later). Then have your insurance company recommend a shop that specializes in custom work (believe me they know at least one that works on high end cars). Get pictures to them now in hopes of a preliminary labor estimate, or potentially a "total" if necessary.

In any case, good luck. Just be proactive and don't wait for the other guy. Believe me, if you push hard, things will get done faster. Don't forget, your insurance company has a very good staff of attorney's available as well!

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