Bad News...

grumpuscreature said

Don't count on it. Most large corporate fleets are self insured and take longer to pay a claim than the worst insurance company. When I worked for Ma Bell, I ran over a Nova with a line truck and it took the company almost 2 years to pay for it. Probably would have taken them longer if I hadn't filed a grievance with the Union because I was being sued personally by the owner of the car in an attempt to collect something.

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Wow. Ma Bell really sucked. I've seen the self-insured companies and had to deal with them a few times over the collision career. Some of 'em can be like this, others can be pretty upfront, especially if they realize they can loose customers over it. UHaul is self-insured and usually pretty dang quick about fixing in the event of an accident. They usually want a reputable body shop to act as a middle man, preffering to deal with a shop who's going to fix, instead of cutting a check directly to the owner of the vehicle. Hopefully, in this case, Coke, if self-insured, will be quick on the ball to get the car back to it's previous condition.
Am I the only one who sees the irony of this situation? The driver followed John's buddy down the street to get a better look at the car and winds up wrecking it?