[V8] Tis the season-Goodbye to my V8

[DieMarthaDie at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/4/2005 1:25:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
bhitzler at kpbsd.k12.ak.us writes:

The  adjusters will always give a first time offer that's laughable at
best,  it's their job. Just keep wangling with them. If you still can't
come to a  suitable settlement let them find you another V8 in similar
condition.  Either way it's a frustrating experience. Just remember it's
the adjusters  job to leave you with as little as possible. That's their
job description.  Good Luck, Bill



when my '84 5000s was hit (in '96), the adjuster offered me $1200 saying he  
could find them all over for $1000.  then I asked him to find me THE SAME  car 
before making his next offer.  it looked near perfect in/out, had 103k  on 
the odo (yeah, so it was broken... i didn't mention that) and had every  option 
(yeah so some of them didn't work...).  I also showed him receipts  for work 
done recently.  He came back three days later with a new offer of  $3500.  
 
Which I took :)  I paid $1250 for it a year earlier... so that money  went 
into an '83 CGT :)  whos sale helped finance the 90 V8... oh it's an  ugly 
place, that addicts head...
 
of course it helps when the incident is CLEARLY the other persons fault and  
you take it to an Audi dealer's body shop for a complete VIN report and repair 
 estimate before the adjuster ever shows up.  just make sure you hold  out 
for a replacement in the same (provable)condition, especially if you had  Tbelt 
done, etc... based on mileage.
 
good luck!
stand firm and occasionally mention your sore back ;)
 
John