"The third-party liability insurance of the opposing car owner covered 300,000 yuan, and the remaining 300,000 plus yuan had to be paid by the car owner themselves. Upon hearing that the repair cost would be so high, they claimed they had no money. We had no choice but to drag it out and eventually resort to legal means. But even if we win the lawsuit and need to enforce it compulsorily, the other party still has no money," Mr. Huang said. Months later, the opposing car owner privately approached him through acquaintances for help. Considering the other party's financial strength, Mr. Huang ultimately reluctantly agreed, resulting in the other party spending over 200,000 yuan, only performing basic repairs.
Zheng Weihua also analyzed several possibilities for repairs. First, only repairing without replacing parts, doing some paintwork, and fixing the wheel hubs could cost just tens of thousands of yuan. However, this depends on the material of the car door. If it is an iron door with only minor dents and paint scratches, it can be done. The problem arises with aluminum doors because they are lightweight, expensive, and difficult to repair. Once damaged, they usually need to be replaced, costing at least 200,000 yuan as a base price. If the customer has added other configurations to the car door, the price will continue to rise. The most troublesome scenario is when both the car door and the wheel hub need replacement. "If this car uses chrome-plated wheel hubs, combined with the car door, repair costs reaching over a million yuan are possible."
(Reported by Yin Chengcong, Communicators Lin Zhi and Miao Lina)
There was another case that similarly occurred not long ago on a central city road. An Audi sedan reversed and accidentally collided with a Rolls-Royce sedan, causing slight denting of the Rolls-Royce grille. According to the 4S store estimate, replacing the grille alone would cost 210,000 yuan. The Audi sedan’s insurance had expired, and after mutual agreement, the Audi owner withdrew 160,000 yuan in cash from the bank and compensated on the spot.
Mr. Huang from Wenzhou is involved in real estate business. At the end of the previous year, he spent millions buying a Maybach. Last year, while driving the Maybach, Mr. Huang had a scrape with another car. The traffic police determined the other party was fully responsible. The left side door of the Maybach was slightly indented and left with scratches, and the left bumper was also bent. The initial estimated repair cost was over 600,000 yuan.
Key points: The “2 million yuan repair fee” became the focus. Some people thought there was too much water (exaggeration), but experts believed it shouldn't be necessary to spend that much. Previously, two incidents involving Rolls-Royces being scratched happened in the city area, resulting in compensation of 18,000 yuan and 160,000 yuan respectively.
On January 31st, Ms. Zhu drove her Honda Accord and collided with a Rolls-Royce worth 12 million yuan in the urban area. The traffic police department determined Ms. Zhu was fully responsible for the accident. The Rolls-Royce owner sent the vehicle to a Shanghai 4S store for evaluation and repairs, with the repair costs borne by Ms. Zhu and her vehicle's insurance company.
In recent days, netizens have been continuously discussing this matter. Many netizens lamented: narrow roads, many luxury cars, how much psychological burden must ordinary car owners bear when driving? Colliding with a luxury car could easily lead to bankruptcy instantly.
The above-mentioned cases were confirmed by local traffic police.
Meanwhile, some auto repair experts believe that for many top-tier luxury cars worth millions, to ensure the quality of the vehicle, 4S stores generally replace rather than repair parts after damage. "And the spare parts are imported from overseas, so the back-and-forth costs are really unpredictable."
Luxury cars also have their own troubles.
Netizens say: cherish your wallet, stay away from luxury cars. But unexpectedly, many luxury car owners also feel troubled.
Even a light touch is unbearable.
After continuous reports by Wenzhou Evening News, the incident caused strong social repercussions. Central People's Broadcasting Station, Qianjiang Evening News, Urban Express, and other media extensively followed up on the reporting of this matter, making it a focal point of public opinion. What everyone is most concerned about is the "2 million yuan repair fee", with some believing the quote contains too much exaggeration. Additionally, according to informed sources, today, the damaged "Rolls-Royce" will go to the Shanghai 4S store for damage assessment. It is believed that the specific repair costs will soon be clarified.
Regarding the situation of the "Rolls-Royce" repair costs in this case, Zheng Weihua, the after-sales service manager of Rolls-Royce Hangzhou Store, said: "The price of each Rolls-Royce is different." Customers purchasing Rolls-Royce often add different configurations based on their preferences. Sometimes, just a small difference can result in a price difference of hundreds of thousands of yuan. For example, regarding wheel hubs: "If it's a regular wheel hub, it only costs tens of thousands of yuan each. But if some customers choose chrome-plated wheel hubs, the price starts at hundreds of thousands of yuan and could even reach several hundred thousand yuan."
Mr. Fang expressed his helplessness about this. He said that owning a good car first brings parking difficulties. You also need to hire a dedicated driver since good cars are too eye-catching, and when parked on the roadside, they easily encounter "unforeseen events". Once, he went to the bank to handle some affairs, leaving his car for only ten minutes, and someone broke off his car's rearview mirror and threw it beside the car. Later, replacing the rearview mirror cost more than 50,000 yuan. Even though it was an unexpected loss, the parts had to be shipped from abroad, and it took several months until everything was fixed...
Mr. Fang bought a red Ferrari in 2002 for nearly 5 million yuan. However, such a good car has remained parked in his garage as a display item. To date, in ten years, the car has only driven less than 30,000 kilometers.
Continuing this topic, someone quickly revealed two instances: just a few days ago, at the Fugaoqiao intersection on Fuqian Street in the urban area, a taxi slightly scraped a parked Rolls-Royce while turning right. For ordinary cars, this kind of scrape might not be significant, merely leaving a minor scratch the size of a thumb on the rear bumper's paintwork. However, the taxi side had to compensate 18,000 yuan.
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