>Check ep.com and autotrader.com for similar vehicles to determine
>the value of yours. You do not have to give up the van if the
>insurance adjuster totals it, you can buy the salvage back and fix
>it yourself. If you do this you will probably end up with a title
>identifying the van as a salvaged or reconstruct vehicle.
You could take photos of the vehicle and have them dated and signed
by a JP. If you sell the vehicle, they can be proof of the extent of
damage...

>I can not speak for other states, but here in Ak as of a couple
>years ago you could contest the reconstruct/salvage title if you
>could prove to the DMV that the vehicle suffered no major structural
>damage, and that the only reason it was totaled was the cost to
>repair at retail price exceeded known value.

That is a sensible clause.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut