In Reply to: She told me to..., Clay McNeely [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:48:25

Do some searching on how to handle it. It will be in your greatest interests to find some higher asking prices for similar cars and argue that they are the closest to yours. Even if they are newer.

My honey's (we just got engaged, too: congrats to you) car got hit last year. We had just been looking into selling her car and were guessing it would be ~$2000 - 2500 due to cosmetics and 145k miles. Car was v.good mechanically, but was too small for me and had the famous fading blue Honda paint circa 1992.

Insurance started with $2200 "offer" and we ended up with about $2900 and got to keep the car at it's $500 "salvage" value, to boot. Net claim $3400. We had excellent repair records. Because we went thru the other insurance company, no salvage title. The minor dent down the side did catch the whole side, which is big $$ at a shop, but did not affect driveability, etc.

Her brother is really happy with the well maintained, very cheap to run set of wheels with the dent in the side, and I'm happier with the larger hand me down we got from her parents (even if its a v*vlo!)

You can take some satisfaction that depending on the insurance payout, their rates will be a reminder for some years to come. Insurance is a racket, and you might as well play the game. I'm not suggesting fraud or anything of the sort, but at this point, you need to get what reinbursement you can get.

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• She told me to..., Clay McNeely , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:48:25
  • FWIW, if you play the game right, you'll do ok w/ins., mdj, Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:11:18 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Actually..., Wavey, Mon, 12 Apr 2004 05:55:36
  • IMHO not having to deal with this person ever again, IanC , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 16:16:05
  • Get an Alias! ...my real name aint Yak..nm, Yak, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:11:40
  • well I have to give her some credit..., saabgirlie , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:41:49
    • Somewhat..., Clay McNeely , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:45:18
      • She deserves no credit, google his name..., JBinDC, Sat, 10 Apr 2004 06:57:35
  • LeeAnn McDonald it seems as though, Chad, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:59:49
    • Amen..., Clay McNeely , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:03:10
  • wow! she actually found that out here?, Bart, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:48:00
    • How about "Baart" ? ;-) n/m, SaabKen, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:32:50
    • Yep..., Clay McNeely , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:54:40
      • Don't forget that you can search for a user.., turrbo , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:31:22
        • And I know what you did last summer..., Clay McNeely , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:36:46
  • Damn..., turrbo , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:26:01
  • Passing the buck is never the high road..., KB900psi, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:11:53
    • Correction..., Clay McNeely , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:20:16
  • Insurance co's pay retail...., Mike Lyncy, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:10:36
    • I agree..., Clay McNeely , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:22:36
  • what a _ _ _ _ _!, Sonja, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:49:16
    • The wonderful world of explicatives. :-) n/m, Clay McNeely , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:05:18
  • What happened to responsibility..., Andy E, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:17:02
    • Thank you..., Clay McNeely , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:23:47
  • Re: She told me to..., matt 94 aero, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:58:17

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