Good to know about the car history details. I worked in a body shop LONG, before the intar-webs were given to us by aliens, so tracking anything in any manner was stone-age and nobody cared.

Travelers Ins has been very cooperative, surprisingly. The notation on the estimate about "other possible damage TBA upon teardown" had to be signed by me and the body shop. It dictates that an immediate check for damages visible will be cut now, to begin repairs, and the body shop is to inform them and the me of any damages uncovered during repairs, of which then they will send out an adjuster to review what was found. Pretty typical from what I remember (even though I was a painter and rarely dealt with adjusters).

Its all covered though. She has been torn down since last Wed and is probably hitting the NEW spray booth (thats right, my VX will be the 1st vehicle to christen their downdraft, haha).

And just for the sake of it, I took it to a shop previous to going to the body shop to have the brakes and the coolant system looked at. No issues anywhere. They found no coolant leaks and brake pressure/rotors/pads were fine. It was worth the day and the $20 to have them look it over with a fine toothed comb. These guys were recommended to me by, of all people, my sister.... and they were great. Even more impressive was the entire row of 1/4 mile cars and offroad vehicles they had sitting in the bays. I think I found my new shop. They loved the VX. Never seen one before.... and they wouldn't shut up about "you know, if it was mine I would do this and this and this and....". Enthusiastic techs can be scary and reassuring at the same time, heh.