Market value issue

[Mark R]

I helped my father go through this years ago.  What increased the value was
documentation.  Receipts for work done over the past several years, retail
price guides, recent sales or ads showing retail value.  The insurance must
"make you whole" and you buy on the retail market, not wholesale.  In other
words, to be whole, you need to purchase a pristine car and pay someone to
build a new engine.  Threaten to sue to be made whole and you won't settle
for a unrealistically low value of your exceptional vehicle.

We had pictures of the car prior to the accident and receipts showing
professional detailing, etc.

The truth of the matter is that you won't get as much for it as you think
you should, but $2700.00 isn't enough to even replace the engine.

Good luck... it's no fun!
Mark Rosenkrantz

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:02 AM, jesper moreau
<jesper5ktqm.audi at gmail.com>wrote:

> I really need some help. I have been searching the archives for something I
> know is there but can't find it.
>
> the Issue. My 95.5 S6A was recently totalled by the ignorance of another
> (failing to stop at a stop sign) and not (as expected) their insurance
> company is telling me the "fair market value for my car is 2700.00. now yes
> my ODO says 208000 miles but EVERYTHING other than the body has less than
> 20,000 mi on it (most things under 15.) I see the car between 6500 and 9400
> in NADA and they sell everyday here for between 8000 and 18000. My car was
> a
> built 400HP monster with attention to every detail.....big reds, hap bar,
> 2b
> coilovers, 034 coils, carillo rods, arp hard ware ti this light weight that
> and damn if I can't get more from them.
>
> can anyone point me in the right direction, I remember this being a subject
> line many times. Tanks in advance!
>
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