TwinTurboTerror

Some moron delivery van driver rammed into me while we were stuck in Midtown Manhattan yesterday (we were both stopped for 3+ min., and all of a sudden, he just decides to take off).
Anyway, he put a 1"X1" gouge (about 1/5" deep) gouge in my rear bumper (on top of 2 license-plate screw gouges I had previously). Since my car only has 2k mi. on it, I was angry and I threatened to file a police report and got his insurance info. But then we haggled and I got $40 out of him in lieu of a police report.
Does anyone have any idea how much it would cost to have this damage fixed professionally, so that I know how much $ to ask for next time? In the meanwhile, I did a very amateur job of patching it up with contour putty and touch-up paint.
I don't want to install one of those ugly rubber bumper guards, but I may just have to since morons seem to enjoy gouging my bumper.<p>2000 Silver S4
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dkirk

I had my pearl 1.8T rear bumper repainted about a year ago. It cost about $250.

samj

I had the same problem in NYC, although this was in my garage though. I had only a few K miles on mine as well. I had to have my whole bumper redone. Cost me about $300 which I got a break on because the guy was a family friend, looks like new, can't tell there was anything wrong.

RoCKZ

Just a suggestion... you drive an S4... in the world of body shops... you really get what you pay for unless you know the guy... really well...

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