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06-11-2014, 07:37 PM #573

(06-11-2014, 01:29 PM)Purplecomputer
(06-11-2014, 01:25 PM)willbhere4u Add up all of the work you have had done to the car + parts and labor for fixing it plus your original purchase price!

Not even sure where to begin.

I'm guessing I put double what the car is worth.

I paid 5k for the car. 10k over three years seems reasonable

anyway, in the case they do total it. Im going to need a new car.

I was thinking either a TDI or find a newer mercedes diesel with a manual transmission already swapped in. I cant do automatic, I love driving stick shift.

maybe a 190D or a w211 body. Hard to find with a manual put in it. Would probably have to do it myself.

Im glad you have a police report! awesome. In time it will work out as long as you don't let these crafty buggers railroad you into something. The adjusters job is to pay as little as possible. I remember when my work van was totalled, It had literally rolled out of the paint shop earlier that week. The woman had the gall to tell me is was scratched and dented consistent with the age of the vehicle. I told her to find me a single scratch on it. I took the cash, never fixed the van (which was totalled over a fricking dented passenger front door if you can believe it), and i still have it.

Why do you lose the car if its totaled? Let them pay you for the car, then keep it for a few hundred off the payout. Even if you are done and buy a new car, you could sell the car and make some money back to add to the payout.

Expect a 1500-2k estimate on value from the insurance Co. Do you still have the bill of sale from when you bought if for 5k?

A used TDI or newer merbenz will require every trick in the in book to maximize your payout. If you let the insurance company keep the car, it will be crushed and you will get 500 bucks more on your total payout, maybe even less. They offered me 300 bucks off the payout on my 300D when it was totalled.

Id bicker with them until I could get the maximum dough, then keep the car which should be an option. Then either fix or sell the car which has some good parts on it and will get you more money anyway. All the cash can go to a new purple ride.

1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van

JB3

06-11-2014, 07:37 PM #573

(06-11-2014, 01:29 PM)Purplecomputer
(06-11-2014, 01:25 PM)willbhere4u Add up all of the work you have had done to the car + parts and labor for fixing it plus your original purchase price!

Not even sure where to begin.

I'm guessing I put double what the car is worth.

I paid 5k for the car. 10k over three years seems reasonable

anyway, in the case they do total it. Im going to need a new car.

I was thinking either a TDI or find a newer mercedes diesel with a manual transmission already swapped in. I cant do automatic, I love driving stick shift.

maybe a 190D or a w211 body. Hard to find with a manual put in it. Would probably have to do it myself.

1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van