Well certainly, the market value of any item is what someone is willing to pay for it. In this case it seems that a decent-looking Carat with a freshly buffed wax job and armor-all on the rubber and a few aftermarket accessories is worth $10K. I'm just pointing out, it has over 170,000 miles, a waterboxer engine, wrong tires, and an accident history. I wouldn't pay $10K for that. If someone else will, more power to the seller. And you're right, it's a good data point for anyone trying to fight a low-balling insurance adjuster. Allan Mark A Kippert <vanagon@KIPPERT.COM> writes: > Playing the devil's advocate here. > > I have to say I'm confused. Over the last year or so I've read a > number of threads that relate to how our vans are often undervalued by > insurance companies, as well as websites like Edmunds and such. We > often feel our vans are worth much more than they are typically > rated. Even after they have been wrecked and (properly) rebuilt we > believe they should still hold their value. > > Now it seems odd that most of the posts on this thread feel that this > van is going for far more than it's worth. Maybe it is, but I would > think we should be happy as this helps us prove to insurance companies > and such that they need to think again. > > Again...just playing devil's advocate. > > Mark K 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD -- 1991 Vanagon GL |
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