

| Subject: | Re: van wrecked; documenting selling prices |
| Date: | Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:17:00 EDT |
damn.. i just saw your westy not that long ago when u were down here and we met at that JY. .. that sucks man.. it was a pretty clean van and i know u took it to alot of vw camping and LiMBO events so quite a few of us know that westy.. is it too bad to be fixed? good luck w/ the ins. co.. and for a grand, id definately buy it back if i were you.. chris In a message dated 6/17/09 3:32:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > 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 ************** Dell Days of Deals! June 15-24 - A New Deal Everyday! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222677718x1201465083/aol?redir=http:%2F%2F ad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215692163%3B38015526%3Be)
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