Thank you for the answer as to how it drives, I get it now.


I'm not trying to stir the pot here, but State Farm should compensate you for the extended warranty. Or in the long run, the insurance company for Firestone. I wish you the best.


Regards

 

If you lawyer up, I can help provide some precedence for your claim...

 

In the end probably not worth "lawyering up" The insurance companies know that for the cost of a lawyer and the time and effort involved for most claims its just not worth it (unless YOU are a lawyer)
This was a valuable but painful lesson. I wish you find another AM that meets your needs.

Take the Shelby out, do a couple of burnouts and destroy the rear tires.
You might feel better.

 

why is your insurance paying for it? shouldn't firestone be responsible? are your rates going to be affected?

 

Aye you saying there's a super cheap Vantage with salvage title out there now?

If so, I'm gonna buy that sucker and rivet in some reinforcement plates to the tub.

 

Looks like a track car donor to me....

 

I am sure this damage must be present on a lot of other AM cars also. Most of the owners wont catch it. It would be interesting to see what people find when they check their car.

IMO I would have taken some sort of compensation from Firestone and kept the car rather than have insurance total it.

 

Ditto! Would love to strip this down for a 'cheap' track car.

 

Dibs, I'm local

 

Good luck with the process, they have no idea what they are in for and I hope you get your fair share

 

Guys, as a result of this thread I have had multiple messages about our jack pad adapters.

TBH, I had kind of shelved them, we sold a few initially but then they were slow moving. I need to do some work to get the costs down, but wondering if it is worth us running some sets off?

 

Why would they be necessary? Isn't the technique here good:

CATTMAN

 

They aren't necessary, that technique is fine. Some people just like jack pad adapters because it makes the whole thing faster, easier & safer.

 

Chris
You need a new jack

 

Sorry you had this experience :/. Sounds like you got out from it okay at least........

In my mind though while reading this thread:

Good job destroying the piece of art that was once your vehicle. Sorry not trying to cause a fight, but wow. I mean it's not like Aston made a ton of these vehicles and you just killed it. Many would be very grateful to even have one of these cars and due to your careless actions you ruined it. I'm reading this thread and I love how you then tell everyone else after you collected the insurance payout to take it to a dealership........ How about you just find a good mechanic that works on exotics. And even if it's a Aston Master Mechanic you watch him and point out the jack points. I mean unless you're living in the woods I'm sure that with some effort a shop would have been found. If you couldn't find one then tow it somewhere or learn how to do it yourself.

It's an Aston Martin for goodness sake! It's not a bmw it's not a merc or a toyota or a nissan or..you get it. Why would you pick a firestone? I mean what were you doing while they were jacking it up? You never told the guys 25 times over not to lift it by any spots but these (show them) or to take the manual out and at least show them from the book. You let them jack it up without knowing where to jack the car up by?? You know all these exotic cars have special jack points, right?! Clearly this was just a "car" for you. Which is a shame since it's really a sculpture on wheels. Sorry guys, honestly this is just the worst thread I've read here. I hope you don't buy another one as you didn't care about this car and you surely won't care about the next one. This is why the insurance rates are so high for these cars because of this. Tragic really.

Anyway, enough internal monologue. Good luck on you're next Aston Martin!