[quote name='daly' post='37953' date='Jul 7 2007, 05:53 AM']My prisitne 93 cab (44,000mi) was just whacked badly by a guy who obviously could not see my perfectly just waxed white car.
Anybody had an experience lately with insurance valuations for our cars?
I e mailed sunset to see availability of parts.
Anyone want to ballpark costs or have suggestions for parts?
front bumper
left side turn signal and socket
left fender
inner wheel well splash guard plastic cover
rubber molding and clips for fender
headlight
might need assembly also
black little bumper guard piece by the driving light and turn signal
rear bumper
rubber molding and clips for the rear bumper
left side rear light assembly
left rear quarter panel
body piece that sits above rear quarter panel and abutts trunk
I am going back to crying now.[/quote]
Two years ago January, a Dodge truck backed into the right rear panel of our 95 Cab, just above and behind the wheel. Repairs were ~$4500, including a new quarter panel from Germany. A year ago last January a Toyota backed into the left rear of the cab and knocked all the paint off the flexible panel, and cracked it, repairs were $2500 including reconditioning the rear flexible panel. Friday while waiting to merge onto the roadway leaving SD Naval Base, I was rear-ended. That's three times in less than 30 months that this car has been hit when it was standing still.
Another Toyota, but this time it looks like all the impact was taken by the left rear rubber bumper post. It left quite a dent in the front of the Toyota, but nothing visible on our car. Older cars would have had a shock absorber or something to replace. Is there anything to replace or check under the rear bumper for damage? Trunk lid and lights etc... still work. Can't even tell the wife, she would insist on getting rid of the car as it seems to be a magnet for accidents.
In my case parts were still available from Germany, although with a several week delay. I didn't lose any light packages, and some very expensive parts like the flexible rear wrap around bumper/panel could be repaired for much less than replacement. From my experience with far less damage I would say that the repair cost for your accident will exceed the value of the car to the adjuster. The second accident involved State Farm, they can be vey hard nosed. They found a scratch on the rear panel underneath, estimated the cost to repair that, deducted that cost from the cost to repair the visible damage caused by their driver; I think I ended up owing them money by their estimate. I had to file the claim with our Allstate policy using our collison deductible in order to get the car repaired. Several months later State Farm evidently settled with Allstate on responsibility and paid/refunded our deductible cost. In addition to ignoring diminished value, some insurance companies will use pre-existing damage to reduce the value of your claim as they did in my case. I got estimates only from shops recommended both by AAA and the local Porsche club; I would recommend a similar approach.
Sorry to hear of your accident, I got off far luckier his time. I'm beginning to think these cars are invisible. Maybe I should name ours the "Gray Ghost"
-sp4149
