Toyota Camry: The day my baby died...
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The day my baby died...
I was driving home in my baby from work last week. As usual, the fast lane was the slowest
lane during rush hour and our lane was stopped. In the rear view mirror I saw a Jeep
Liberty barreling down my lane. He was 1/4 mile at least. He made no effort to cut down
his speed until he was less than 100 ft away. I guess he had just noticed that we were
stopped. Sensing what was going to happen, I maneuvered my car to the shoulder of the road
so that he would have a couple more feet to stop. Apparently he had the same idea. He
managed to stop just short of me. Unfortunately he stopped so quickly that the Toyota
pickup behind him barely had time to hit the brakes. Toyota pickup crashed into Liberty
crashed into Camry. My baby was totaled, the rear end being nothing but a hunk of twisted
metal. Needless to say, the Toyota pickup's insurance company is picking up the tab.
Here is my question:
The insurance company totaled my car. They are offering about $3200+taxes for a
fully loaded, 1990 Camry V6 LE with 126,000 miles on it. Since I wasn't planning on
selling it, I had no idea of the value, so I looked at the classifieds and found 4 ads for
the same vehicle (almost all had more miles on them than mine) and the average came to
about $4700. I figure this to be kinda high, with these being dealership prices. I told
the insurance company that I thought their offer was low. They replied that their figure
was fair and was arrived at by outsourcing a service called Autosource, who had 37
vehicles of the same make and model within a 96 mile radius in their listings database.
How can Autosource have 37 1990 Camry LE's when I could only find 4??? I used as many
online search engines as I could find. I asked to see the listings that Autosource used so
that I could verify the price and the insurance agent indicated that she would send the
listings to me. What do you guys think? Should I take the money and run?? Should I hold
out? They seem to have a good case for their price, although I haven't seen the data yet.
I've never negotiated with an insurance company before. Anyone have any tips?
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Re: The day my baby died...
I would suggest to the insurance company they give you the addresses of the
location of these available autos. It they cannot then I think their price
is low. While 4700 is the asking retail price I figure you could buy them
for $4000 + taxes. Therefore would ask to settle at $4000. You in all
likelihood will want to move up a few years any way and still will be paying
out additional funds.
May just as well get all you can from the insurance company as they never go
down in their rates. I would be fighting like hell for a better price just
on that principal alone.
The Artful Codger
"TDY" <takemyspamaway.mail> wrote in message
news:com...
was the slowest
saw a Jeep
effort to cut down
that we were
shoulder of the road
same idea. He
the Toyota
into Liberty
hunk of twisted
up the tab.
for a
planning on
found 4 ads for
average came to
prices. I told
that their figure
who had 37
listings database.
used as many
Autosource used so
would send the
Should I hold
seen the data yet.
tips?
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Re: The day my baby died...
Asking price is that asking price most will come down alot, on that
year. Google you will find alot for sale at high prices , maybe Auto
trader if i remember. The key is getting one priced in the condition
of your car .
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Re: The day my baby died...
TDY <takemyspamaway.mail> wrote in message news:<com>...
Don't know if this helps, but for the future, in similar situations, I
always activate the emergency flashers temporarily, and step on and
off the brake pedal to flash the rear brake lights, trying to give the
guy behind a clue.
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scottyinco@hotmail.com
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Re: The day my baby died...
check some online value guides like http://www.edmunds.com,
http://www.nada.com, http://www.kbb.com
edmunds showed a fully loaded 1990 V6 Camry LE with 126,000 miles dealer
price of $3600, private party $2424
hope this helps.
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Re: The day my baby died...
Good God! The insurance company came back and offered me >$6000 for the car!! I know it is
not a fair offer, but it's nice to be on the other side of fair for once :-). Thanks for
everyone's input.
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 20:24:34 GMT, com wrote:
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Re: The day my baby died...
I would be quickly renewing my policy with those folks.
The Artful Codger
TDY wrote:
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Re: The day my baby died...
TDY wrote:
On a 1990 Camry V6, you can bet it would of beena bout $500 if it was a
Taurus.
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