So I get up early this morning, and walk out to my car. I get to the car, which I keep under a car cover. The first thing in notice is water pooling on the cover, right over the roof of the car, I put my hand on where the water is pooling, WTF! The whole roof is caved in!!!!! I take the cover off to reveal a huge dent, about as big as a person. I live near the uc Berkeley campus in the frat area. DRUNKEN IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE PEOPLE!!!!!! WHY ME!!!!!!!!!!! of course nobody was around when this happened, or saw anything, and I don't have any kind of un-insured motorist coverage, because I can't afford it. So, thinking this was my only option at the time, I drove to about 6 different auto body shops, all of which quoted me between 2,100-2,400 for a complete roof replacement, including new rubber seals and all that jazz. The one I decided to take it to if I decide to fix it seemed like he was more knowledgeable and experienced then the other guys. He had the brilliant idea of first just taking off the headliner which he would need to do anyway in order to install a new roof piece, and just trying to punch the dent out, then, if it still looked bad we'd go ahead and replace the roof. So basically he'd try to fix it for the cost of the labor (2hrs=about $140) if it's no good, do the complete fix for around $2300 minus the labor for the headliner removal. The new roof piece is only $650, it's the labor that kills me, at least 17 hours! I really can't afford it, and I don't want it to look like crap. the metal is streached, but no folds or cracks. Any advice or help you guys can give me would be VERY MUCH oppriciated! I AM SOOOOOOOO PISSED OFF, I can barely type. Anybody own or know of a good auto body shop? cheap? GRRRRRRRRRR! Thank you for your time!
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