Subject	Insurance
Posted by	mm_95TT on December 17, 2002 at 2:46 PM
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In Reply To	Got the bad news this morning, the Z is totaled posted by JeffZTT (ATL) on December 17, 2002 at 02:05 PM
Message	My 280Z was totaled (that's why I have my TT now!) and State Farm (the insurance handling the claim) originally offered 3K for it. I complained and what they did was hire a clasic car appraiser. I had the receipts for the $7k paint job/interior restoration and photos of the car (luckily I had just waxed it a few days before the accident), send them to the appraiser along with listing of similar cars for sale that were asking as much as possible. They ended up paying me $9800 for it, I bought it back for $500, took out my $200 (Catz MSX) fog lights, radio (400), and my custom built speaker boxes, then sold the car to a junk car dealer for $950. Sold the radio and speaker boxes on eBay, still have the fogs if anyone wants them make an offer. Anyhow, if you can complain enough they will pay you more, and if you are dealing with hard nosed mofos then hire a lawyer and you will get the most. Especially if you got injured. In my case I had to go to chiropractic for 3 months, and they ppayed for that. At a minimum I recommend looking up what similar cars are selling for and faxing them to the adjuster.
Follow Ups	Got the bad news this morning, the Z is totaled - JeffZTT (ATL) 14:05:14 12/17/02 Re: Got the bad news this morning, the Z is totaled - JERRY 14:20:22 12/17/02 How do you determine the value of the vehicle? - JeffZTT (ATL) 14:31:29 12/17/02 get the reciepts for the mods. (n/m) - Zboost 15:36:22 12/17/02 Damn, sorry to hear... - Mal1ce 14:22:57 12/17/02 Since the engine was recently rebuilt (<10K miles) - JeffZTT (ATL) 14:27:00 12/17/02 i bought the car back from my insurance for $500 - ademan 14:33:43 12/17/02 Insurance - mm_95TT 14:46:20 12/17/02 That's 10k in damange? Wow :( - ZBlacktt 15:05:45 12/17/02 Re: That's 10k in damange? Wow :( - ownerofz 15:09:09 12/17/02 total it, collect the value, buy it back for like 2-3k (n/m) - dusthis 15:26:36 12/17/02 i totaled my Z and bought it back >>>> - Furious(Houston) 15:38:18 12/17/02 Is that considered a "Salvage Title"? (n/m) - Escort Z 16:33:36 12/17/02 Re: Is that considered a "Salvage Title"? - ownerofz 17:17:43 12/17/02 yes but usually parts$$ > salvage cost (n/m) - Furious(Houston) 17:49:16 12/17/02 Sell it to someone out of state: no need for salvage title (n/m) - mm_95TT 18:54:22 12/17/02 Re: Sell it to someone out of state: no need for salvage title - SactoTodd 18:59:06 12/17/02 Ethics?! - mm_95TT 23:31:14 12/17/02 here >> - degradated 15:48:23 12/17/02 here are a couple links to help you out - onlinediamond 16:22:47 12/17/02 well damn, here are the working web addresses - onlinediamond 16:25:51 12/17/02 good information at that site, thanks. (n/m) - JeffZTT (ATL) 17:32:18 12/17/02 hmm, they probably sell back at 20% of the total amount. - BeaZ 19:46:45 12/17/02 buy it back and make autox/road course car :) (n/m) - JustinZTT-ATL 19:56:17 12/17/02 Jeff, email me when you can. Thanks! - DVDBurn(90NA/91TT/93TT) 20:05:57 12/17/02 buy it back (n/m) - Z. 22:33:53 12/17/02
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