I would not let them have the car towed until they have settled with you, it's still your car. You may want to have the car towed to your house though, the insurance company should cover towing costs, but they might refuse to cover storage fees after a certain number of days.(You will probably have to pay it up front, then send a copy of the bill to the insurance company to get reimbursed.) As far as getting what you deserve for the car, I would recommend that you do some research(craigslist etc.) to find out what similar cars are selling for. It might also be helpful for you to get the NADA and Red Book values. Make sure any cars they compare yours to are actually comparable. You should expect to do some negotiating. If you can afford to wait, dont be afraid to refuse their offers until they give you something fair. I had a terrible experience a couple months ago after getting hit by another car in my 9000 Aero. The first offer they gave me was for 750 dollars, the paperwork they sent me with two comps listed 9000 CS models, it took me over a month to settle. I was lucky enough to have another saab enthusiast in the insurance business give me some pointers. Some things that really helped were to ask to speak with a supervisor, and to tell them you would be filing a complaint with (in my case) the CT board of insurance. They also dont seem to like the possibility of going to court to settle. Good luck with this.



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• Total loss - insurance troubles, Matt Jost, Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:34:40
  • Re: Total loss - insurance troubles, MARK G , Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:24:15
  • And when all else fails....then write to, TG, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:16:26
  • Re: Total loss - insurance troubles, Slee, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:52:25
    • Re: Total loss - insurance troubles, steven, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:17:36
  • Rear ended?, Stephen Goldberger, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:23:30
  • what about the car that hit you?, TimBrown, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:22:46
    • Re: what about the car that hit you?, Matt Jost, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:28:34
    • Re: what about the car that hit you?, EGD , Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:21:04
      • not necessarily., TimBrown, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:12:20
  • You are correct, john b, Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:03:35
  • An alternate strategy, steve, Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:37:52
  • Re: Total loss - insurance troubles, KP, Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:31:04 <-- Viewing This Message
  • A suggestion...., Herb Hirsch , Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:09:34
    • Re: A suggestion...., saabsince 93b , Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:47:34
  • Re: Total loss - insurance troubles, George K, Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:11:23
    • Re: Total loss - insurance troubles, saabsince 93b , Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:00:14
    • Re: Total loss - insurance troubles, westernny, Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:38:21
      • Re: Total loss - insurance troubles, B Millar , Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:56:07
        • Re: Total loss - insurance troubles, saabsince 93b , Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:57:51

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