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Dealing with insurance - my 85 244 is totaled 200 1985

posted by  Jorrell on  Thu Nov 27 07:33 CST 2008
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Ouch,

They will total it with that much damage. Even if you can show them every receipt, they will only consider the blue book value of the car. If you decide to buy it back to fix it, the car will have to be put on a frame rack to straighten it back out, this is not cheap.

My advice would be to buy it back for parts, and this is where you can negotiate with the insurance company. When ours was totaled, they wanted $600 for the buyback. I then asked them where they would tow it to if I didn't buy it back. There response was to Charlotte (about 100 miles away). Anyway, I convinced them that they could save $200 on not doing the tow if I bought it back.... Long story short, I bought it back for $400.

jorrell
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92 245 250K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently taking names and kicking reputations!






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