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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 400823" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>I don't want to be a naysayer but when our insurance company (they are highly respected in the industry,by the way) decided to total our Jeep five years ago we couldn't believe it. We had sentimental attachments to that Jeep and wanted to get it repaired. We believed it was fixable and eager to do it.</p><p> </p><p>We were shocked. The insurance company would not allow us to keep the Jeep. The policy is/was that once a vehicle was identified as "totaled" it could not longer be considered road worthy. I'm quietly assertive and decided to make it my mission to "save our Jeep". Not! Could not make it happen. Even if we added our money to the settlement to make the repairs it could not go back on the road. I talked to all kinds of people that were not part of the insurance company and only found one man who had been able to finally fight that policy with his insurance company. It took a very long time and threats of law suits etc. etc. for him to get his truck back and retitled. That guy has owned his vehicle repair business for over twenty years.</p><p> </p><p>So...fixing it often is not an option. Can you believe it?</p><p> </p><p>The one thing I did successfully is get more money for the car than the insurance company had offered. I went on various web sites and found similar Jeeps that were on the market for considerably more than they offered. I faxed those to the</p><p>agent and they gave us fair market value...thousands more than blue book. We still miss our Jeep. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 400823, member: 35"] I don't want to be a naysayer but when our insurance company (they are highly respected in the industry,by the way) decided to total our Jeep five years ago we couldn't believe it. We had sentimental attachments to that Jeep and wanted to get it repaired. We believed it was fixable and eager to do it. We were shocked. The insurance company would not allow us to keep the Jeep. The policy is/was that once a vehicle was identified as "totaled" it could not longer be considered road worthy. I'm quietly assertive and decided to make it my mission to "save our Jeep". Not! Could not make it happen. Even if we added our money to the settlement to make the repairs it could not go back on the road. I talked to all kinds of people that were not part of the insurance company and only found one man who had been able to finally fight that policy with his insurance company. It took a very long time and threats of law suits etc. etc. for him to get his truck back and retitled. That guy has owned his vehicle repair business for over twenty years. So...fixing it often is not an option. Can you believe it? The one thing I did successfully is get more money for the car than the insurance company had offered. I went on various web sites and found similar Jeeps that were on the market for considerably more than they offered. I faxed those to the agent and they gave us fair market value...thousands more than blue book. We still miss our Jeep. DDD [/QUOTE]
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