A beutiful day....

[vw_85roccoZ400 at hotmail.com (Brian Spinney)]

Julie,
First off sorry to hear about the car!  Do you have picture of the car for 
us all?

Watch out for the insurance company, they will do anything to cut there cost 
down.  I feel that I got screwed last year when I T-Boned a car pulling out 
of a one way street the wrong way in my 98 jetta GT.  The insurance company 
totaled my car based on the fact that both Air Bag went off.  They only give 
me $3200 for the car and the book value was higher.  They said they based it 
on the dealer price for used cars.

I feel that I should have gotten atleast $4200 for the car, but that wasn't 
the case.  I ended up buying the car back for $300 and parted it out, and 
then sold the shell for $400.  I  ended up making what I thought I should 
have received for the car, so in the end it all worked out.  Sucks that I 
have a car payment now.

GL and let us know how it goes.
-Brian

85 Scirocco 8vT       01 Jetta 20vT       84 Rabbit GTI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>
To: <julie@menloparkrandd.com>; "Org, Scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: A beutiful day....


>I got screwed when someone sideswaiped my 91 Audi 200 Turbo Quattro 20V. 
>The damage was about $3000. I didn't have collision. I was offered $4200 or 
>43400 and the car. I felt it was worth over $5000. The conehead insurance 
>adjuster said that the NADA and KBB figures were not realistic and I could 
>only consider private party sales. Those are even more than that. I was 
>screwed because I had no collision. It was the agent's offer or sue. This 
>would have cost more than I would receive. Good luck!
> Sadly,
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <julie@menloparkrandd.com>
> To: "Org, Scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:52 PM
> Subject: A beutiful day....
>
>
> Filling the tank with gas on a nice sunny day. I look up to see the young 
> couple emerge from the store and go to their car. I look back to the pump 
> to see how much its sucked and ......
>
> The guy reverced right into my car. F**K!
> I stop the pump, put the cap on and close the hatch. Walked around to see 
> the front fender damaged. Not the nav light, just the liner and the 
> fender.
>
> He gets out of the car "I didn't see the car!" he exclaims.
> I looked at him in amazement. "Its a black car against a light background 
> AND YOU DIDN'T SEE IT?"
>
> I took his insurance info, plate number etc and went in to pay for the 
> gas. Inside, 3 people I know asked how bad was the damage etc. I called 
> and made a report to the local cops and gave them the info.
>
> I stopped at a freinds garage (Performance Auto) and got a quote of $848. 
> The insurance guy says he might pay $800 for the damage. He's coming over 
> tomorrow to settle the complaint.
>
> According to him NYS DOES NOT follow the NADA Blue Book. WTF? What book do 
> they follow?
>
> Disgusted and maybe looking for a MKII DS fender in black.....
>
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