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I woke up this morning to this sight:
![]() Someone hit it while it was parked in front of my house. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can see how far the car moved forward from the impact by the white skid marks on the road... ![]() I think I'll go throw up now... -------------------- ![]() |
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QUOTE(flipside97LTD @ Dec 7, 2005 - 10:45 PM) [snapback]364623[/snapback] Well all they're gonna offer me is $5275 for my car... and the insurance company won't budge. I friggin had the BIGGEST argument on the phone with them and nothing... They say that all the work i did actually lowered the cars value. That the paint job would only appeal to a small number of people, and the body kit did add value but took it away. The kelly blue book on the car is only $4700 so they're really only giving me $500 for the $4000 i put into it... it sucks... This is just people being predigests to imports. It's stupid. I know if your car was a classic that you put a lot of work and money into, that they would almost have to give you more for it. Don't expect things to change, it's just the way close minded people work. -------------------- Live Free, Be Happy
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QUOTE(Bigmeanbulldog55 @ Dec 7, 2005 - 9:59 PM) [snapback]364630[/snapback] QUOTE(flipside97LTD @ Dec 7, 2005 - 10:45 PM) [snapback]364623[/snapback] Well all they're gonna offer me is $5275 for my car... and the insurance company won't budge. I friggin had the BIGGEST argument on the phone with them and nothing... They say that all the work i did actually lowered the cars value. That the paint job would only appeal to a small number of people, and the body kit did add value but took it away. The kelly blue book on the car is only $4700 so they're really only giving me $500 for the $4000 i put into it... it sucks... This is just people being predigests to imports. It's stupid. I know if your car was a classic that you put a lot of work and money into, that they would almost have to give you more for it. Don't expect things to change, it's just the way close minded people work. If your car was a classic you would also have special insurance that's made just for that type of coverage. My friend restored a 78 Cutlass with his dad and they never changed insurance to a classic car type company and when it got totalled it was only worth like $600 even though they had just put like $15,000 into it. Most insurance companies won't give you any extra or less for modifications to the car, just whatever the book value is. When my first Celica was totalled they gave me the retail value and the estimated sales tax cost for a vehicle of that value. It doesn't matter if there's a different engine in the car, bodykit, etc it's insurance on the STOCK car that you insured with them. If you wanted coverage on your kit or different engine etc you needed to get it covered with them. *Actually just found while typing this that (at least with my insurance company) comprehensive costs can cover more than the stock value like if your subs get stolen or something. -------------------- 1999 Celica GT
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