Something really fishy is going on with the bodyshop, accessor, and insurance company. I had orginally asked the insurance agent that the check be sent out to me and that I would pay the shop directly at the completeion of the repair. Mysteriously it somehow ended up going right to the bodyshop? I would not have paid the shop one cent if I had my way. The bodyshops workmaship was mediocre, my hood is misaligned, the grill sticks out more on one side than the other, there are all kinds of loose screws, dissconnected cables, missing headlight parts, the engine overheats, the powersteering leaks, the headlights, fog lights, wipers, all do not work. I asked the shop to use mercedes coolant, they used prestone and lost the gallon of coolant that I gave them. When I noticed that the power steering was empty they came out with a bottle of ATF fluid, whitch I stopped them from using and had to supply my own. I also think its kind of strange how they had me pick the car up on a Friday right before they where closing so I could not bring the car back.

Bottom line is I did not have an electrical problem, engine overheating problem, or leaking power steering before the accident. Now I do, the body shop says they did their part, and can do no more? The insurance agent is referring me to the accessor, the accessor is referring me back to the bodyshop.

The accessor is a real piece of work! he started telling me that most of the problems where probably caused by the car being towed from the accident. That I should go after the towing company. Talk about passing the buck. Wish I had that conversation recorded. He went on and on about how its an older car and I shouldn't really bother and should just give up.

I feel kind of bad going on and on about this since it really isn't tech related, so this will be my last post on this subject. If your interested in the outcome of this saga feel free to e-mail me.

Thanks for all the usefull advice and words of encourgement. I'm sure I'll get this thing resolved eventually.