Moi, 👋 Finns ed espatriati che vivono in Finlandia! 🇫🇮
Sono uno straniero che vive in Finlandia e ha recentemente affittato un’auto (VW) attraverso un servizio di condivisione di auto. Dopo aver restituito l’auto, mi è stato addebitato € 841,68 per un graffio sul paraurti anteriore.
Il danno sembra piuttosto minore e puramente cosmetico: nessuna crepa o ammaccature, solo graffi a livello di superficie (foto allegata: questo è l’unico danno che hanno segnalato). Tuttavia, sembra che la fattura di riparazione includa oltre 7 ore di manodopera, vernice, materiali e persino una sostituzione della griglia leggera, che mi ha sorpreso.
Dal momento che non ho familiarità con il prezzo delle riparazioni delle auto qui, apprezzerei molto il tuo contributo:
– Questa carica sembra ragionevole in Finlandia? In caso contrario, come è il costo medio approssimativamente?
– Hai subito costi simili per questo tipo di danno minore?
– Qualche consiglio su come contestare o seguire questo?
Grazie mille in anticipo per il tuo aiuto e prospettive! 🙏
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14 commenti
To me? Absolutely not
Well, to make this look like a new again is not going to be cheap. Mostly these kind of things might be covered by insurance, but I dont know how those things work on rental cars and what the contract states on these cases.
So in short, you might have had the short end of a stick in here
That is unfortunately the real cost of fixing the bumper to the original level. I’d say 600-800e is the average.
Yeah, looks like what one would expect.
Automotive work is expensive, and they basically have to repaint rather large part of the bumper to blend it in.
As you can see, most of the cost comes from work, I challenge you to remove a bumper from a modern car in less than two hours without damaging it more. Shits complex.
LPT: Always take the extra insurance when taking rentals.
It’s a ridiculous price but I think you’re cooked.
you can probably make it less visible if you can find the original paint / similar paint
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If you don’t want to pay anything for damages you cause, you need to have waiver-type insurance. And this applies to all countries.
Automotive labor is extremely expensive in Finland.
Some of the scratches are quite deep that they burnt thru the gloss / paint coating. Thats why you see the grey / primer finish however: its not too bad, a good detailer can buff out most of those scratches for around 300€.
Seems about right but it’s on the high end. “Peltipaja”, ie. cheap hobbyist would probably be able to fix it at half the price and achieve almost the same results but the rental company wouldn’t accept them to do the work.
To those saying it’s totally off I’d like to hear what they think it should be down to each item on the estimate. The bulk of the cost is on labor, which to me seems like a reasonable estimate and reasonable rate. It takes time to make it look new again and blend to the old paint.
Absolutely not could sand an paint that for next to nothing with a bit of time and effort and you’d never know the difference if you were careful and color matched the paint. You’re being taken for a ride there.
“Expats”…
Painting is always expensive, as they probably have to remove the part, sand away any roughness and paint the whole part. 841€ sounds quite normal to me. I’ve ordered repairs like this for hundreds of cars back in the day when I worked for car rental company.