[Vwdiesel] Pricing on VW diesels

[Scott Kair]

In a message dated 9/21/2005 7:10:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Bob writes: 
> I think those prices were accurate before the price of fuel went up 
> recently.
> Last week a diesel jetta A2 went for $2700 on EBay.
> 
> Bob in the Entire State
>>A blue 86 Jetta with a non turbo engine, no AC, no PS but it had some
fancy wheels and tires on it, went for 4600 on EBAY a couple days ago.  It
did look pretty good in the pics.  Curiously, it said "turbo" in the header,
but clearly was not.  Ferg _______________________________________________<<


	Something else to consider if you pay market price is insurance
replacement value should the car be destroyed. Most insurers will offer book
value, rather than market value. Documentation of market value can be useful
if a company tries to lowball you.  Condition can be established with
photographs updated a couple of times a year.  Printing off Ebay sales of
VWD's of similar vintage, type and condition and retaining those records can
also reinforce your case.  It helps to remember that to an insurance
adjuster, your case is a file in his "pending" box, and his objective is to
get it off his desk.  In that line of work, generosity is selected against,
but with sufficient documentation, most will come close to being fair. For
stubborn cases, there is always recourse to state insurance commissioners,
consumer affairs offices, or retaining counsel.
	HTH,
	Scott Kair