need help settling with insurance...

[mabatzis at gmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

yeah, the second is toast too. i've been a saab guy for 7 months now. 
cathy, i'd appreciate that scan, esp since your car is pretty similar
to mine.  vortex, etc is only showing beaters for sale.  ditto ebay. 
some actual settlements would be nice. anyone have a settlement they
could get out to me?

On 7/21/05, Mauricio Tavares <raub@kudria.com> wrote:
> Neptuno wrote:
> > I dont know if this is of any help, but maybe looking at what the cars are going for on Vortex, ebay, craglist, thesamba.com,  and all the other used car websites (cars.com, autotreader, etc....). Make some print outs of what they are selling for what is being payed for them.
> >
> > That should give you a back up as to the "real" world value of the car rather than their decrepit formula...... Is is based solely on Blue book?
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > El Tony
> >
> > Michael Abatzis <mabatzis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > finally got my first offer for my wrecked scirocco--$500. i've been
> > through this before, as i know some of you have. does anybody have any
> > appraisals that they'd be willing to send me? if not, i might be
> > willing to split the cost of someone getting their pimped out mk2
> > appraised. mind you, this car was purchased for almost $5k 2 years
> > ago, has been painted, 2l 16v, mint corrado leather seats, suspension,
> > euro everything, etc.. alternatively, has anyone recently
> > purchased/sold a rocc for a nice sum? any help/ammunition would be
> > greatly appreciated. trying to avoid a lawyer on this one, but that's
> > where i'm headed, i'm afraid.
> >
>         I would also add that my previous adventures with insurance companies
> were only successful since I was willing to wait until what they offered
> was up to my expectations. The last time allstate's appraiser offered
> much less than I found body shops would charge and I told them his quote
> was biased and I could not take it.  In fact, at more than one time I
> sent their checks back unsigned. I also used words like "the car your
> customer wrecked" when mentioning my vehicle. I can send you my last
> letter if you want to see what kinda of crap I wrote.
> 


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-Michael Abatzis
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'88 2.0L Scirocco (RIP)
'87 2.0L Scirocco...(RIP also)
'91 Saab 900t convertible...