need body work/insurance advice

[mkii at nycap.rr.com (Josh20V)]

>not settle for some paltry "blue book" payment amount.


sadly pretty much the only way to assure that wont happen is to have a
current appraisal of the car on file and recognized by your insurance
company.

Try to find other Sciroccos of your quality and year that have had this done
and present the insurance company with other values instead of the low ball
blue book.

Josh Able
www.JsHouseOfEuro.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Wolfsbrg8v@aol.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 4:56 PM
Subject: need body work/insurance advice


>
> First accident in 20 years... a 16 year old girl, just got her
> driver's license, darts out across the road in a honda civic,
> no time to brake, so I cut the rocco to the right and mashed
> her door in, and also mashed my front bumper 4 inches to
> the right.  Also skewed the frame an inch or so, it looks like,
> as the hood is cattywonkus and won't open, and the passenger
> door won't open either, it bumps against the right fender edge.
> The rocco drives fine but the frame's gonna need straightening,
> I think.
>
> Anyway, I was hoping for some advice if anybody on the list
> has been-there/done-that -- somebody told me that since my
> car is an 84, their insurance company may not pay for the body
> work but claim the car is "totalled" instead.  Is there any strategy
> or way I can avoid this?  The claims adjuster hasn't looked at
> the rocco yet and I sure would like to get the damage fixed right,
> not settle for some paltry "blue book" payment amount.
>
> TIA
> Leo
>
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