Nah. I bet he went in and gave the dealer $5k to get his smashed up truck back and will keep driving it. Dealer isn't obligated to do any more than that.ok, I heard through the grapevine that after reading all the replies here, he went into the dealer and demanded a courtesy TRX, to keep his smashed truck, a $500 gift card to Hooters, and a BJ from the sales manager's wife.
True story, even a pine cone. I prefer the left or right sock given the choiceI'm here to say anything can be used as toilet paper
If the dealership is going through their insurance they'll be required to report it.With the insane prices today and inflation soaring, I believe the OP just said screw it give me a loaner for a few months and fix my truck. No cash out of my pocket.
Hopefully the repair place won't report the accident so he would have no diminished value to worry about down the road.
Ok, all here is the update!
After reading all of your replies I will answer as many questions as I can but here is the Long of the Short.
The dealership is repairing my truck and will have it to me soonest. there was 13k in damages.
The dealer offered me a new truck......They offered me a 2022 1500 Ram Limited 10th-anniversary Fully Decked out......If I pay 18k out of pocket! SMH
And get this, they were offering me the MSRP Value of the truck at $79,790.00 no surprise there, I was talking with the GM of the dealership.
They offered me 62K for my truck and this was their offer as if there was no damage to the truck. I told them I would think about it......I went home and just shook my head. So I did some digging and found the number of the director of sales for the entire chain. We had a very good conversation. He was "aware" of the situation since I called and left a VM for him and emailed him prior to our conversation.
I explained my position on the issue and said when you look at the video...yes there is a video on their CCTV, it was impressive to see that after the guy struck a 2500 Duelly with my 1500 and he kept pushing the 2500 out of the parking stall....to my surprise he said: "there's a video?" When he saw it he called me back and took 10k off their price and negated any additional fees.
Short of the long: They are ordering me a 2022 Ram 1500 Limited and I will be paying exactly what I originally paid when I bought my 2021 (which was well below MSRP at the time). With my bank, I will have the same interest rate and same payments. I will be adding on a year to the loan so it is as if I am starting all over again.
So I get a 10th-anniversary model / MFT with Cargo / 22inch rims / upgraded Uconnect 5 / and everything else I added from their parts department, mud flaps, chrome bug shield, and a few other things. I will transfer my S&B cold air intake mod and oil catch can. Overall I am ok with the deal.
Here is the video:
That's great news, and good foot work on your part to make it work, finding the director of sales. If you want things to go your way, sometimes you have to do those things, congrats on the new truck coming in.
On a side note, what the heck was with the guy driving and keeping on the throttle after impact? I can understand the first mistake, but did he panic and just keep his foot on the gas pedal?
Glad you were eventually taken care of, but I'd find a new dealer. Maybe the guy who got this all sorted for you could recommend one of his that doesn't suck.Ok, all here is the update!
After reading all of your replies I will answer as many questions as I can but here is the Long of the Short.
The dealership is repairing my truck and will have it to me soonest. there was 13k in damages.
The dealer offered me a new truck......They offered me a 2022 1500 Ram Limited 10th-anniversary Fully Decked out......If I pay 18k out of pocket! SMH
And get this, they were offering me the MSRP Value of the truck at $79,790.00 no surprise there, I was talking with the GM of the dealership.
They offered me 62K for my truck and this was their offer as if there was no damage to the truck. I told them I would think about it......I went home and just shook my head. So I did some digging and found the number of the director of sales for the entire chain. We had a very good conversation. He was "aware" of the situation since I called and left a VM for him and emailed him prior to our conversation.
I explained my position on the issue and said when you look at the video...yes there is a video on their CCTV, it was impressive to see that after the guy struck a 2500 Duelly with my 1500 and he kept pushing the 2500 out of the parking stall....to my surprise he said: "there's a video?" When he saw it he called me back and took 10k off their price and negated any additional fees.
Short of the long: They are ordering me a 2022 Ram 1500 Limited and I will be paying exactly what I originally paid when I bought my 2021 (which was well below MSRP at the time). With my bank, I will have the same interest rate and same payments. I will be adding on a year to the loan so it is as if I am starting all over again.
So I get a 10th-anniversary model / MFT with Cargo / 22inch rims / upgraded Uconnect 5 / and everything else I added from their parts department, mud flaps, chrome bug shield, and a few other things. I will transfer my S&B cold air intake mod and oil catch can. Overall I am ok with the deal.
Here is the video: