...at least you won't have to put your Crossfire away for too long in the winter in Seattle. I should know, I grew up in Kirkland, WA. You guys don't have to deal with the kind of snow and road salt that we get out here.

I'm surprised that you could only find one shop in the Seattle area to get your Crossfire aligned. Where do you suppose all of those folks that own SLK roadsters go? Probably, it's not the "best" shop for an "exotic", but perhaps the only one Progressive is willing to pay for. The wheels alone for the Crossfire aren't cheap, and I assume nothing else that needed to be fixed is, either. Progressive is probably paying a lot to get it repaired. How did the claim affect your rates? A lot of the worst insurance companies (i.e. Gieco) simply drop people for claims like this.