posted 08-26-2002 10:58 PM                  

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GaryC@ProwlerOnline.com

posted 08-29-2002 05:39 AM                  

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Originally posted by Gary C:
Such a deal, with my frame change, complete suspension and some body work, we are at $30,000 and going up daily.

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posted 08-29-2002 01:33 PM                    

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Originally posted by VirginiaCatDude:
It really amazes me that they didn't classify yours as totalled...

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It's very easy why they don't classify it as totaled.

If totaled, the dealer or place fixing your car would get nothing. An old trick is to lowball the amount of damage and have the insurance company start paying. Once they start, you can then keep antying up the costs to repair till it would have been cheaper to just buy two new Prowlers. once into the fixing costs, most insurance companies will just keep paying.

I once had a Mazda RX-7 that if the repair costs were $12K or more the car would have been totaled. The bill was for only $5K. I looked at it and said, "Yeah that fixes it if you don't want the hood fixed and you forget about the front wheels being ripped apart". They adjusted the bill and it now was hovering around $10K (big difference). Once into repairs, they noticed the transmission was shot and a few other things bringing the tally to about $18K. New ones at that time were around $17-19K......

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Trey
"Who are you calling chicken? I said I'm YELLOW"