Originally Posted by
joebobclark
Never heard of them either.
Definitly not $1800 worth of damage, but thats in your favor. When you talk to the claim rep next, tell them that you ARE keeping the car and fixing it yourself. They cannot force you to give them the car. They will give you the "totaled" value ($1100) minus the buyback value. Tell them that you want to be compensated for "loss of use of the vehicle" from the the day of accident until they cut the check ($15-$35 per day). Depending on what the buyback value is, the should cut you a check for about $1000-$1100. Then you can fix it however you want.
Question though. They are/did give me a rental (cuz Matt can't drive it) until Thursday. The adjuster is working with me regarding the totaling it out issue. Said that I have to show him what the car was worth on Monday before the accident. So I'm hoping to get a bit more out of it due to the fact of what was in it, suspension, fender flares, spacers, 2 week old tires, etc. Would they still give you the cost of loss of vehicle since they gave us a rental? In a sense they fixed that part.
This whole thing has pissed me off more ways then one. It was bad enough the ass called me 15 til 5 on Friday, then an "oh btw we're totaling it out". I'm having them fax me the estimate on Monday so I can see exactly what they are saying is $1800.
I will bring up the buy back and see what they say. I didn't even think that the only reason they were offering $1100 was because of the rebuilt title.