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Originally Posted by guru
I'm planning to buy back the car even if they total it out. But I wanted to know how much would be a fair price if it is totalled. My cur runs strong, is a daily driver, and has signs of rust only on the trunk lid. Craigslist indicates a condition of my car to be around $5000 but nadaguides say it could be $7000. Considering the accident is not my fault and how difficult its is to find a good 914 or repair it, should I accept it if the insurance company pays me less than $7000 or maybe even less than $5000 ?
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From a recent thread over at 914club:
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"My car is currently at Yeaman's Auto Body for an insurance claim. The now famous rock at WCR2010 Teeners at Tahoe. I got some good advice from Rick in Duluth MN and headed off the adjuster before he could even breath the words 'totalled'.
I had the Excellence Nov '09 issue valuations. I had NADA Classic Car Values which shows a peak value of $17.5k for the 914 2.0. I had several ads from people selling their cars in the $18K level. I had an ebay ad for a car like mine selling for $22K. In the end, the adjuster turned to Scott Yeaman and said, "what are these things worth" to which Scott responded "it's tough to find a fair one for less than $10K and this one is worth $18K at least.
These are not throw-away cars anymore. The values have climbed quite nicely."
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Do your homework and you should be able to convince them not to total your car ...
Andy