<http://gerry.vanagon.com/files/auto-insurance-madness.html> On Jun 17, 2009, at 3:26 PM, Ed Duntz wrote: > Last Friday on the way to a VW camping event, another driver was > making a turn, swung over into my lane, and crashed into me. It was > clearly her fault, and her insurance company (Geico) is taking > responsibility, but now the work has to start on my part to show > what my van was worth. They have declared it a total loss, saying > that the damage is more than $7,000. Our vehicles colided on the > driver's sides. The damage to my van is from just outboard of the > headlight, to the wheel arch, driver's door, lower part of the > middle panel under the camper inlets, and both driver side wheels, > as well as likely suspension damage on the driver's side. > > I have started to look online at various sites to document to the > insurance company what similar vehicles sell for. So far, I'm > looking at or will look at The Samba, eBay completed listings, > GoWesty, Poptop Heaven, JDB enterprises, cars.com, autotrader.com. > > My van was a 1985 Vanagon Westfalia, that Hershey brown experior > with the usual brown interior. The interior was in very good > condition, the body was very good except for a few rust spots (but > very litttle noticeable seam rust), and a different color brown > slider and passenger door. The skylight was new, the tent was in > escellent shape. > > If anyone has any leads on a replacement similar to mine, or if you > have recently documented any similar vans for insurance/valuation > reasons, I'd appreciate some input. I'm about to call the adjuster > back, who has some numbers for me. > > Thanks, > Ed Duntz in CT |
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