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Originally Posted by sperry

Unfortunately, I think this situation is far too commonly solved with "just file a claim with your insurance, that's what it's for" for anyone to be interested in helping me out with these more complicated plots. Really, if this had been any car but my SVX that's worth so much more to me than the insurance value, I would just claim it on my insurance... I just don't want it totaled out over what's really just minor cosmetic damage.

Certainly, I'm not interested in hiring a lawyer. The cost of a lawyer just to get the video subpoenaed is probably more than the cost of the repair, and I have no guarantee I'd be able to get the license of the car that hit me off the video in the first place.

So let them total it out and just buy it back? Then you will get your money and the car.