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Paul O. - 29 Dec 2007 01:32 GMT

For those of you that have been in an accident, I have a question. Last nite
a young gal rear ended my wife in her car. Today, while talking to our
insurance adjuster, I asked about rental car re-inbursement and getting
something from the young gals insurance for the diminished value the car
will have now at the time I want to sell it or trade it in. The adjuster
told me that "I" would have to talk to the gals insurance about that. My
main concern is getting something for the diminished value of our vechicle
now. This an 07 with only 7500 miles on it. Is this a common thing that most
companies will give something on? If they say no, what are my options other
than hiring a lawyer, which I don't think would be worth it since there were
no injuries. Thanks for your comments and experiences on this.

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Paul - 29 Dec 2007 03:17 GMT

> For those of you that have been in an accident, I have a question. Last nite
> a young gal rear ended my wife in her car. Today, while talking to our
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> Paul O.
> oplholik@gmail.com

I am probably naive, but I have never heard of such a thing.
Sounds like a money making idea for attorneys though.
An attorney always seems to cost right around $5000 USD.

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Dipstick - 29 Dec 2007 12:36 GMT

You can try and you can argue, but they're gonna pay the difference in
value of the car immediately before the accident and immediately
after. That is basically the cost of repairs. You'd have to prove that
the repaired vehicle was not worth as much as it was before the
accident. As long as they don't brand the title you will be hard
pressed to do that. I know of one person that tried this line....and
failed. That was some years ago on an almost new Caddy.

> For those of you that have been in an accident, I have a question. Last nite
> a young gal rear ended my wife �in her car. Today, while talking to our
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> Paul O.
> oplho...@gmail.com

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