Collision repair tips, insurance guidance, and local news for drivers throughout the Puget Sound.
Your policy almost certainly allows aftermarket parts. What the three part types are, where the substitution genuinely matters for safety and sensors, and what you can ask for.
Frame damage does not mean your car is finished, and a total loss is a financial calculation rather than a mechanical verdict. How both are decided, and how to challenge a valuation.
Typical ranges by damage type, the five things that actually set your schedule, and the two reasons a repair runs past the number you were first given. Applies to any make.
Never filed a claim before? Here's the whole process, step by step, including the one thing insurers don't emphasize: the shop is your choice, not theirs.
Sap is one of the most common paint problems here in Pierce County. Here's how to tell a quick clean-up from a real clear coat repair, and why you should never scrape it off.
The eight things that actually need to happen in the first few minutes after a crash, in order, so you have something to fall back on if it ever happens to you.
What a supplement is, why hidden damage shows up so often once a car is disassembled, and why the extra insurance approval step actually protects you.
