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Curious...............................
Why did you sign the check before receiving total repair costs?
Did the damage control adjuster give you a statement in writing they'd cover over that?
Or is that the limit your car is valued at before they consider it totaled?
We had the car towed to Greencar. The mechanic there took a look at it and thinks it can be done for $5,600, though there is a major part that can't be checked until the engine is out. It is going to get a new engine as we could not locate a rebuilt with low enough mileage. He suspects that the other major part is not damaged (the dealer assumed it was damaged - part is $2,900 plus labor)). Insurance said if the repairs are over $6,000 (or $5,500 since we pay the deposit), they will total the car. At that point we'd have to get a replacement car with whatever they give us. I think the Blue Book is about $10,000. We figured if that other part is not damaged, this is the cheapest way to get out of the mess, and if it is damaged, Don only wants another TDI engine, and there were only a few used ones we found in a price range we could afford, and they were all older than our car and have at least double the current miles.
I just hope it works out! We need the car back soon. I'm driving 140 miles a day if I have to drive Don in to work and pick him up (2 hrs one way by bus! no good connections).
Happy New Year!
Curious...............................
Why did you sign the check before receiving total repair costs?
Did the damage control adjuster give you a statement in writing they'd cover over that?
Or is that the limit your car is valued at before they consider it totaled?
We had the car towed to Greencar. The mechanic there took a look at it and thinks it can be done for $5,600, though there is a major part that can't be checked until the engine is out. It is going to get a new engine as we could not locate a rebuilt with low enough mileage. He suspects that the other major part is not damaged (the dealer assumed it was damaged - part is $2,900 plus labor)). Insurance said if the repairs are over $6,000 (or $5,500 since we pay the deposit), they will total the car. At that point we'd have to get a replacement car with whatever they give us. I think the Blue Book is about $10,000. We figured if that other part is not damaged, this is the cheapest way to get out of the mess, and if it is damaged, Don only wants another TDI engine, and there were only a few used ones we found in a price range we could afford, and they were all older than our car and have at least double the current miles.
I just hope it works out! We need the car back soon. I'm driving 140 miles a day if I have to drive Don in to work and pick him up (2 hrs one way by bus! no good connections).
Happy New Year!
