[s-cars] Bummer... Another Avant bites the dust

[matt ludwig]

I too can vouch for Hagerty and their superb service and coverage. My  
family has used them for many, many "vehicles" and they are  
wonderful. I can also put anyone in touch with the owners, as they  
are good friends of my family.


matt ludwig.
1995.5 S6 Avant
Washington, D.C. / Portland, ME

On 25Jul , 2006, at 5:07 PM, Bluemaxww1 at aol.com wrote:

>
> I don't know if anyone of the Scars has done this, but I have my  
> car  insured
> with Hagerty Insurance.
>
>  A little background.  Hagerty used to only insure classic  cars.   
> I had my
> 914 insured with them for years.  They do an "agreed  to, value" on  
> the cars
> they insure.  My 914 is a 73 2.0, with only 106,xxx  on the clock   
> I have it
> insured for $8500.
>
> Recently, Hargerty added another category to their insurance  
> policy,  Exotic.
>
>
> So I talked to them about my 90 Coupe.  It only has 76,XXX on the   
> clock, 16
> years old, less than 1700 in the country. and I  have had it since  
> 1996.  I
> have done a few mods to it, just about  everything but the turbo  
> motor. Ground
> Control Coilovers(w/Kone and Eibachs),  delrin control arm  
> bushings, HR camber
> bolts, 2B camber plates, 2B rear bar,  5X112 ABY S2 hubs and  
> carriers, NuS6
> wheels, S2 front(modified for larger grill  openings) and rear  
> bumpers, B4 hood,
> British S2 gauges, S2 steering wheel,  P&P head with 272 cams,  
> modified TB,
> etc, etc.
>
> I have an agreed to value of $25,000 on the car with Hargerty.  I  
> sent  them
> a list of every modification I have done to the car, along with a  
> full set  of
> pictures showing everything.
>
> Since I have insured the car for this value, if someone else is the  
> cause  of
> an accident, there is no dispute as to the worth of the car.
>
> Now granted, this is not a daily driver, but it is driven.  They  
> do  not
> insure my track days, but do insure it while being driven, in the  
> garage, on  my
> trailer, etc..
>
> This cost me less than $600 a year.  Might be worth a look.
>
> _http://www.hagerty.com/_ (http://www.hagerty.com/)
>
> Greg W.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/25/2006 11:50:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> serge at rfdp.com writes:
>
> Greetings Fellow S//folk
>
> I am really bummed. A couple of Sundays  ago, a minivan driven by an
> individual whose head was deeply inserted into  his posterior orifice
> attempted to make a left turn from the far right  lane, crossing 4   
> lanes of
> traffic before the intersection.  Unfortunately, I was going  
> straight in the
> left lane. In spite of my (and  the 4 pot AP brakes) best efforts,  
> his rear
> driver's side bumper corner hit  my passenger headlight, doing  
> enough damage
> to total the car. I was in the  car with my wife and two kids,  
> everybody is
> fine, and I am thankful for  that.
>
> I cannot express with enough sarcasm what a joy it has been   
> dealing with
> insurance company reps, cops, body shops (the car was  initially  
> deemed
> fixable, until the shop opened up the hood, and found the  radiator  
> came into
> contact with the spinny engine bits) in New  York.
>
> So now I'm reaching out to the list for any info on recent   
> purchases of 95.5
> Avants. Especially Europa ones with 90K miles full RS2  (EM, Turbo,
> Injectors, MAF, 3bar software, Samcos, Hyperboost BPV,  Eibach/ 
> bilstein, rear
> torsen diff, Stromung) as mine was equipped. I am  trying to work  
> with the
> adjuster to establish the car's value based on past  sales. I  
> understand
> there is a registry that was compiled with this purpose  in mind,  
> but I could
> not locate any reference to this on the s-car site.  Any help, or  
> friendly
> advice would be greatly  appreciated.
>
> TIA,
>
> Serge Filanovsky
>
> 95.5 S6 Dead Avant
>
>
>
>
>
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