Just Another Trip To Home Depot,, Until: Screeeech, Bang; shortened 914 Options

[Spoke]

On the way to Home Depot last night, 1/2 mile from my house,
waiting to turn left on Rt309 outside of Allentown,
I heard a loud screech behind me, looked in the rear view mirror
in time to see headlights disappear behind my car - then BANG.

The 1990 Mazda faired much better than the 914.

From what I can see without looking underneath the car
or opening the trunk (which won't open):

Trunk lid folded
Rear bumper crumpled
Pass Taillight gone
Rear Valence creased
Fender pushed into rear tire, car moves under its own power but not far
Engine seems to have a miss now
One cylinder is very loud (header or head damaged?)
Pass and Driver door gaps now different
- Pass door gap almost nothing at the top, seems larger at the bottom
- Driver door gap even top to bottom but seems larger now

[dmenche914]

Plenty of adjusters are pukes, some others may not be. i have not suggested anything illegal. I have had adjusters the day before a court hearing offer to settle on my terms, then they tell me to cancel the court date, and wait for the check and release form in a few weeks! Right, and loose all my rights????(canceling court would have meant no more recourse without something in writting from them) I insisted that I pick up the check before I canceled court. That really ticked them off, but they did it, that evening. Uhm, agents trying to take folks as fools. and they insisted that i should "trust them" after months of getting no where and then the last day ask me to back off on the court and trust them to come thru with nothing in writing.

Agents have told me that when i told them I would take the insured driver to court, they said "No you sue us, not the at fault driver" i had to explain the law to the adjuster, he was dead wrong, and given his line of work should know better, no excuse, he was hoping I would file the lawsuit aginst the wrong party, and find out the mistake too late to change it after the statue of limitations expired, Ah yes that is another nice adjuster "trick"

There is nothing boardereline criminal it what i suggested. Maybe you can be more specific. The car is his until it is transfered, he can pull his radio out as acsessories from my experience are allowed to be removed, however if he does remove then, he will get less money for the car. If he leaves them in he will get more money for the car, and the difference maybe less than the increase in price of buying back the hulk with the radio still in it. i told him to not make it appear the parts are worth a lot to him, i did not ask him to lie, just not give the agent something that can be used aginst him. (which seems ok to you Mr adjuster, as your comments about my boarderline criminal suggestions should be deleted by me, but then you tell me you have a copy anyway. As i said, don't give the insuarance company anything it can use agianst you, cause they will. You Mr adjuster really seem to fit the shoes of the type of adjuster I have warned the accident victum about.

Now I could go on about some illegal things that insurance agents tried on me, but since some of the adjusters post here, I will spare them that disgrace. some agents may be fine and ethical, others are not.


The bottom line it that it is the crash victum verses the company. You want full compensation, and the insurance wants mininal payment made. Things get dicy which classic cars,a nd determining value.

I had agents argue that my 40 year old classic was not worth anything (original owner family) more than $1500. i held out and got about $4000 for it. I have had adjusters insist that i use their low priced repair shops (and it was the others guys insurance doing this) they have told me they wont pay for color matching and all sorts of crap.

maybe you are a good adjuster, but my experinece tells me they are few and far between. i am giving a 914'er advice on protecting his rights so he does not get screwed by bad adjusters, if he has a good one (for him that is, not the company) then he need not worry, but as i said experience is that they are few and far between.


i suggested if he does hurt to see a doctor, again solid advice, there could be a bad injury that will be worse if not treated. and difficult to be compensated for if it goes untreated.

So what does Mr. ethical agent have for advice for a 914'er that got crashed? You want him to accept the first offer? (I have found first offer near always is low ball amount)Would you advise him to not seek a doctor if he is in pain? if so state so, then we will all know what side you are on.


Please correct me if i am wrong, which law is "boarder law criminal "that I am boarderline breaking?

By the way i never suggested you are a "trained thief" so stop trying to place your thoughts in my words.

i wish the owner of the car the best, and hope he gets full compensation.

Maybe you are coming form the point that you have had fraud aginst you,t hat does happen, folks do set up accidents as a scam, i don't think that is the case here. I doubt he made plans with the mazda to stage the crash.

When my 914 was wrecked, I thought I would tough it out the first day, wrong, hurt like hell the next, and did so for a year, until surgury repaired the damage. My 914 looked very much like his after the crash, i figure he might be hurt, and if he is to get it checked out, would you advise aginst that Mr ethical adjuster?


To be fair i did have one non-injury accident where the company paid me a fair amount for the damage without argument at all, I was shocked! It was one of them Farmers companies, state farm , or farmers or someone like that.

AAA has been the worst, and in fact has had plenty of complaints to the State against them for failure to act 'ethically' cause they refuse to pay and drag it out.