There's ONE on ebay..... 175k miles, in Connecticut, so it's probably a rusty turd underneath as well.
$2100 so far, has a salvage title, and the reserve isn't met.
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There's ONE on ebay..... 175k miles, in Connecticut, so it's probably a rusty turd underneath as well.
$2100 so far, has a salvage title, and the reserve isn't met.
Give them the AutoTrader ads - I was able to bump the value of 8runner about $2500 this way.
Don't give up and don't blow up. Just be patient and keep going round & round with them. Despite what they tell you it IS a negotiation (that's not my advice it came from a lawyer on another total loss deal)
Sorry, I thought John said take the pics to State Farm, I was agreeing.
have an appraiser come out and look at the car to determine value post wreck maybe? wash and wax portions of the car so they can see how good the paint is? and why would they give you a salvage title? seems like a waste of time. my brother was just rearended in his jeep and they didnt bother asking us for the title when we bought it back from insurance.
I've seen a few of the insureds we work with haggle back and forth with their adjuster about things to get what they wanted. Don't think this won't work, just play the game and keep things civil and keep escalating it if the person you're talking to doesn't give you the answer you want. Eventually you'll get to someone who wants it off their desk enough to agree with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8Runner
Tell them I had my license revoked and they still insure me, and charge me super-low rates. THen while they're distracted and are calling their manager's manager about how they are insuring what karl would kall a "felon"...steal the checkbook and write out a check for what you think its worth to your good friend "CASH". I don't see how this can go wrong!
now- all you had to do was get the car on Gossip Girls and it then the insurance company would realize that it's the real deal:D
Yeah, I mentioned the ads to my agent and he promptly changed the subject. They will be shown to him this afternoon as well as the receipt archive and pictures of the car pre-damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8Runner
I'm not paying for an appraiser because I really shouldn't need to. State Farm and I should be able to work this out. As far as washing and waxing the car, it doesn't need to be waxed and I washed it before I even took it over to the shop to have the estimate done. Plus, you should never wax an adjacent panel to a repair section right before taking it to a body shop anyway. That's a good way to contaminate the repair area. Turns out I used to work in a body shop, so I know the drill. As far as the salvage title goes, you might want to go run a carfax on that jeep, because if they mentioned the word "total" when settling with you, then there is a 99% chance you have a salvage title and don't know it.Quote:
Originally Posted by william_ace
Yes Brett, and Scotti too, I realize this needs to stay civil. It may seem like I'm pissed on here, and it's because I am. Turns out none of you will be cutting me a check, so I'm not really worried that it's obvious on here that I'm ****ing pissed.Quote:
Originally Posted by bburris
I like this side of Fred :gigem:
What, Angry Fredo? You'd have loved him a couple of years ago
Nah not all the time, more just out to kick State Farm in the ballzini's
Just trying to return the favor to them.
Good man.
wow, there was a lot of male bonding at gilmer... BMRA = Brokeback Mountain Recreation Area?
my family owns the tow business in Boerne so i also know my way around this stuff. about the "salvage" title . we still have the clean title, for them to give us a salvage title they would have had to get the original title from us and get it re-issued, which didnt happen. try and do the same for yours if they are dead set on totaling it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
:laughing:-pimp--pimp-:laughing::argue::rainbow:Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
Honestly, I could barely tell your were mad on here - pissed off in your world is on a totally different scale. I just know how much I wanted to smack the lady that tried to tell me 8runner was worth $3100 and I know how much more of your own sweat you have put into this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
If you need help or want to bounce your story off me before seeing the insurance guy, just give me a call.
Sorry to hear that Fred. Just stay positive and stick to your guns as you have and it'll all turn out ok. State Farm is one of the best insurance agency's but some of their agents can be hard headed. It will all turn out well in the end, just keep doing what you are doing so they see what's up with the investments in your camaro.
Had a nice chat with the agent last night. After talking to him in person, there seems to be a ray of hope that he is trying to help me. He was dumbfounded at the archive of receipts. He said, "Holy **** man, that's a lot of reciepts. I can't believe you have your car this well documented." I responded by saying, "I have a file like this for every one of my cars." The look on his face was one of, "please, don't have a claim in any other vehicle you own." heh. Still haven't heard anything from him today. I'll probably call him in a few minutes to see if he got anything done today. Probably not, but here is to hoping.
update?
Still wrecked.
definitely not christine then
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Originally Posted by william_ace
I settled with State Farm this week. Here's the short version.
Car was totalled with $5400 worth of damage.
Car was valued at something low like $6888, then after my deductable, then reimbursement for tax, title, registration, it was basically a wash putting the amount at $6868.00. They offered for me to buy back the car for $250 and somehow are doing this without issuing a salvage title.
So, I verified with them that it will indeed have a clear title, and if I decide to put it back together, they will also allow me to reinstate coverage on it. So to recap, I'm getting the car back with a clear title, and a check for $6618.13, when it will only take $5400 to put it back together. Doesn't make much sense to me, but I can live with that.
Now comes the hard part. Part of me wants to put the car back together and keep it. Another part of me wouldn't mind parting it out and moving on, while yet another part of me wants to part it out, then sell the tahoe, and then replace both of them with something like a Vette or something like this: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/900489531.html
I really don't know what to do, but I don't have to rush the decision turns out. I mean, it's not like it's my daily driver and I'm without a car. It's just sitting in the garage waiting for me to decide its fate. Decision time...I always hate that time.
great! you wish they would have put a savage title on it doesn't it. would make the decision a lot easier...
put 6g's into lt1 from camaro, 600 into crappy beater, combine the two, hold on for dear life.
sounds like a pretty good outcome! Seems like you could get pretty deep into the impala with that kinda bread. Or a down payment on a house if you're debt-free...
Butt out with your logic you hippy! Yeah, I had thought about putting a down payment on a house....seems like the responsible thing to do at this point in my life.
screw a house. youve got the rest of your life to do that. what you dont have the rest of your life to do is live with your big brother that sleeps cuddled up next to your c7 in the garage.
You have a pretty sweet deal going on right now though...owning a home isn't always the right move.
Fred talks about a vette the way other people talk about owning a house or whatever. It's his American dream. I told him to buy it, live it up for a year or two and then if he needs skrilla to buy a house he can sell it. The stock market sucks anyway, might as well invest in something cool while you are young enough to enjoy it. When you are 40, with a wife and a couple of kids what's the point of having a vette? I also like your idea Gerald, beater with an ungodly turbo'ed motor and a jungle gym of cage. Could have a lot of fun with that...
I've been pushing for a corvette but samantha's not having it.
looks like state farm actually came back good
Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
Good stuff, glad to hear it worked out.
p.s. Vette
Good stuff Fred, whatever you decide to do I am sure it is going to be *****in for sure. :gigem:
glad to hear it turned out well. I say part it out or sell it whole, then go buy a Vette.
How much for it whole? I'll let you drive it again. The body work wouldn't be as good as you would have done though. If you're interested, PM me and we'll go over costs and exactly what's damaged.
Idea for you fred:
It seems to me you really enjoyed the "sleeper" qualities of the camaro, but you also like vettes.
Why not sell the tahoe and camaro parts get an older body-style vette like a low-mileage c5 and then take the cash and dump it in the motor? People will be like "oh its just an old vette with a tired ass 5.7, its not even running right you hear that whine, you can definitely take him"....and then nothin' but tail lights:gigem:
Chevy II and keep the Tahoe or sell both and buy a vette.