Oh, I'm sorry to hear that!  Or more accurately THAT SUCKS!

But I hope no one was hurt!  Vans are, after all, just metal, and can be
replaced.  But people aren't.

Joy

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Ed Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Last Friday on the way to a VW camping event, another driver was making a
> turn, swung over into my lane, and crashed into me. It was clearly her
> fault, and her insurance company (Geico) is taking responsibility, but now
> the work has to start on my part to show what my van was worth. They have
> declared it a total loss, saying that the damage is more than $7,000. Our
> vehicles colided on the driver's sides. The damage to my van is from just
> outboard of the headlight, to the wheel arch, driver's door, lower part of
> the middle panel under the camper inlets, and both driver side wheels, as
> well as likely suspension damage on the driver's side.
>
> I have started to look online at various sites to document to the insurance
> company what similar vehicles sell for. So far, I'm looking at or will look
> at The Samba, eBay completed listings, GoWesty, Poptop Heaven, JDB
> enterprises, cars.com, autotrader.com.
>
> My van was a 1985 Vanagon Westfalia, that Hershey brown experior with the
> usual brown interior. The interior was in very good condition, the body was
> very good except for a few rust spots (but very litttle noticeable seam
> rust), and a different color brown slider and passenger door. The skylight
> was new, the tent was in escellent shape.
>
> If anyone has any leads on a replacement similar to mine, or if you have
> recently documented any similar vans for insurance/valuation reasons, I'd
> appreciate some input. I'm about to call the adjuster back, who has some
> numbers for me.
>
> Thanks,
> Ed Duntz in CT
>