For those who have totalled their cars...
08-24-06, 10:02 PM
#6
Rotary Enthusiast
dude look up the blue book dealership price for your car and thats what they should give you plus any receipts for mods and what not and minus your deductible. if you fight it enough you could get that much.
Trending Topics
08-24-06, 10:09 PM
#8
Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
I'll be the first to say it.
You should be ashamed of yourself. What in the hell are you doing driving around with bald tires?
You should be ashamed of yourself. What in the hell are you doing driving around with bald tires?
08-24-06, 10:10 PM
#9
Rotary Freak
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Macungie, Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,802
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
I'll be the first to say it.
You should be ashamed of yourself. What in the hell are you doing driving around with bald tires?
You should be ashamed of yourself. What in the hell are you doing driving around with bald tires?
08-24-06, 10:30 PM
#10
You arent going to get much for it. I just got my car totaled and didnt get near as much as I had into it. I argued for over two months and it finally got to the point where my only other thing I could do would be sue the insurance company. At that point it could take many many more months. Good luck with what you get.
08-25-06, 09:48 AM
#13
Originally Posted by BryanDowns
Would your advice change if you were the sole car in the accident and its 100% undeniably your fault? (standing water in the road, nearly bald tires... dont ask 
)
)
08-25-06, 03:11 PM
#15
Under california law you are entittled to fair market price of your vehicle.
I totalled my first FD due to an engine fire. That was in 98 and two months after I bought it, 36k miles on the clock.
First offer from the insurance was 13k lol... I had payed 17.7K IIRC. After sending them several newpaper clippings of what these cars were going for they came back with a reasonable offer of 17.9K. $200 more than what I had payed for the car.
I totalled my first FD due to an engine fire. That was in 98 and two months after I bought it, 36k miles on the clock.
First offer from the insurance was 13k lol... I had payed 17.7K IIRC. After sending them several newpaper clippings of what these cars were going for they came back with a reasonable offer of 17.9K. $200 more than what I had payed for the car.
Last edited by Montego; 08-25-06 at 03:13 PM.
08-25-06, 04:49 PM
#16
To those that answered - thanks.
To those that wasted time scorning me - please dont waste your time replying. It hadnt rained in 3 days, and the streets were PLENTY dry. With the tires on it I didnt even drive it when it was wet out for this specific reason. There was a puddle of standing water in a low lying area of the street that I didnt see. (and still didnt see until after I had already wrecked. I still have NO IDEA what water was doing there given how long it had been since it rained. Every other street in town was perfectly dry) I was going about 45-50mph. It just so happens where it was hit was perfect to total the car given the focused energy of the impact on the fire hydrant I hit. (side impact on fire hydrant right where the drivers door connects)
Dont tell me no one on here has ever put off buying new tires because they werent ready to spend nearly $1000 on a set...
To those that wasted time scorning me - please dont waste your time replying. It hadnt rained in 3 days, and the streets were PLENTY dry. With the tires on it I didnt even drive it when it was wet out for this specific reason. There was a puddle of standing water in a low lying area of the street that I didnt see. (and still didnt see until after I had already wrecked. I still have NO IDEA what water was doing there given how long it had been since it rained. Every other street in town was perfectly dry) I was going about 45-50mph. It just so happens where it was hit was perfect to total the car given the focused energy of the impact on the fire hydrant I hit. (side impact on fire hydrant right where the drivers door connects)
Dont tell me no one on here has ever put off buying new tires because they werent ready to spend nearly $1000 on a set...
08-25-06, 07:23 PM
#17
buy the car back from your insurance company as well and part it out, or even just resell it on here.
hell, I'd buy it even :P
not to be an *** or anything, but if you're spending $1000 on a set of tires you're either shopping in the wrong places, or you have rims that are WAY too big.
hell, I'd buy it even :P
not to be an *** or anything, but if you're spending $1000 on a set of tires you're either shopping in the wrong places, or you have rims that are WAY too big.
08-25-06, 08:03 PM
#18
Newbie
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: MI
Posts: 1,171
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by bigcox_03
dude look up the blue book dealership price for your car and thats what they should give you plus any receipts for mods and what not and minus your deductible. if you fight it enough you could get that much.
like others have said, do some research, figure out how much it would cost to get another FD like yours (in factory condition, forget about recouping costs of the mods) and make sure thats how much the insurance company cuts the check for
... sorry to hear about your accident, but you were kind of asking for it, whats 1000 dollars now or 1000 dollars later when it comes to your safety, hell take out a loan if you need to, but if your spending a grand on tires you do need to shop elsewhere, i can get full race rubber for my 17's for less than that 
... good luck with it all though, hope you get top dollar for your FD and get another one soon ...
08-25-06, 09:20 PM
#19
Full Member
iTrader: (4)
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Orange County, CA, USA
Posts: 230
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Insurance Payment on totalled car
My insurance Co's first offer was $10,500, ('93 with virtually no mods. but only 10K miles on a new engine). Otherwise reasonable condition. It was obvious from various discussions with the insurance co. that they had no idea about the cost of replacing it. So..... I bitched and complained. I got comps. from this forum. I got comps. from various ads on the web and in local papers (few). I sent it all to them in writing, expressing my concerns and opinions. I threw several fits and temper tantrums! I strongly expressed my absolute inability to get a true replacement at that price. I requested the basis of their report, (there was very, very little to sustaniate their offer). I was a pain in their neck for 2 to 3 weeks.
I finished up with $15,900 + CA state tax.
The message is - don't give in. Your position is "I need to replace it with a like vehicle." End of story. "I will settle for nothing less."
Knowledge is on your side. This is an oddball for them. They be glad to get it closed if you work on 'em hard enough.
Go get 'em.
I finished up with $15,900 + CA state tax.
The message is - don't give in. Your position is "I need to replace it with a like vehicle." End of story. "I will settle for nothing less."
Knowledge is on your side. This is an oddball for them. They be glad to get it closed if you work on 'em hard enough.
Go get 'em.
