Re: Re: V8 5 speed - What they are really worth

[Bryan Kamerer <kamerer@madriver.com>]

At 03:56 PM 11/4/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 11/4/98, 11:19:43 AM, kamerer@madriver.com writes:
><<Were my car totalled, I would be screwed, which is why I keep careful track
>of the prices of v8/5's independent of auto models and later 4.2 models.
>If that were the case, I would HOPE I can extract 17-18k from the insurance
>co. for my car, then I'd have to pony up 10-15k to import an S6 4.2, or
>wait until fall 1999 and buy the A6 4.2/6 which is coming.  But that'll be
>prolly 45k new and I'd have to wait one year.
>>>
>
>Unfortunatley Insurance companies look at Actual value and not what the owner
>thinks it's worth or what it would cost to replace the car.  Actual Value
I.E.
>Blue book is somewhere around 10-15K depend on condition etc.  
>
>Scott
>

Hmm, then why'd they pay $19k in repair work because of minor front-end
collision for me 18 months ago?  "Actual Value" is just that, actual value.
 What will someone pay?  Show them the actual numbers, then they write the
check.

	They will listen to what the market is, because I showed them with actual
sales and ads for V8 5 speeds above 20k, then they wrote out a check for
19K (original estimate was 16k, so that's what they started with, then it
climbed to 19 and they paid no questions asked).  Otherwise we were going
to court, and they knew they'd loose.

Bryan
V8/5, well repaired and straighter than new.