Ok...update again:

In response to my irrate message I left him, the bodyshop manager called me yesterday and said, "I'm sorry, I've led you down the wrong road by saying your A-pillar was 'crushed' in my last message to you." He went on to say that the A-pillar has an internal structural portion, and then an external "cosmetic" cover that the door hinges attach to. He told me that only the lower door hinge area was pushed in slightly. They took a hydraulic attachement of some sort and pulled that hinge area back to stock location. He assures me it was the proper repair to do on that damage, and that the car will absolutely take a hit the same next time as it did this time, with no weakening. He SOUNDED very trustworthy on the phone, but I sure seem to remember the side of the dash being angled inward towards the center of the car after the wreck. Made me think the WHOLE A-pillar had been shoved over.

Can someone open their door and look at the side of their dash for me? Does the thing seem to angle inward slightly, so that the front of the dash up by the door frame is in slightly more than the rest? I figured this was a result of the wreck, but I honestly cant say I ever looked at it BEFORE the wreck to see if it was flush or angled inward as it went forward.

I guess I'll know if the dash doesn't angle in that way when I go look at it to pick it up. Then I'll KNOW they moved the whole A-pillar over when they did this pulling procedure.

At any rate, this IS the body shop of my choosing. I was recommended specifically one of their employees by a friend. This employee (who I insisted was the one to work on my car) is supposed to do amazingly good work, and can make things look absolutely like stock again. The problem comes in with the decisions being made on HOW and WHAT work to do, by the body shop's adjuster and the allstate adjuster. This employee that is doing the work on my car may be an amazing craftsman, but he doesn't have control over the financial decisions being made regarding HOW to complete the work...his job is just to make it look perfect again.

A car that looks perfect, but doesn't perform as it did "pre-accident" is definitely not good enough.

Oh, and the body shop reported that my car seems to have aquired the mystery "no crank" problem while sitting in their yard for a month. They are unable to get the car to turn over at all. I told them I have no idea what the problem could be, but to let me know when they have it fixed.