My Q is totalled! Sad day

[kev1n]

Well, I had just finished fixing up some maintanence items, and had the car running great, when some kid ran a stop sign, spun me out and sent me over a curb. Due to the crappy resale, and expensive parts insurance totaled the car. This car was just an awesome highway cruiser, I loved it! I will miss it.

[MinisterofDOOM]

That sucks! Sorry to hear it. Any idea what you plan to replace it with yet?

[kev1n]

That sucks! Sorry to hear it. Any idea what you plan to replace it with yet?

havent thought about what to do yet. The y34's are appealing, but I think I might consider a different brand altogether, Infiniti's resale value is great for buyers, not for owners.

[unknown007]

The car that hit you was and Audi?

Anyways sucks big time.Hope you get another one.

[Romeo5k]

Whats with the Qs getting damaged.. Seems like everytime i log on now, one Q down. Sorry to hear the bad news.. I say go get a bat and TOTAL out the person who hit u not the car

[maxnix]

Surely your car is worth more than the $7K -$8K required to repair it correctly?

[Drake57]

Where do you live and what model is your car?

[kev1n]

Surely your car is worth more than the $7K -$8K required to repair it correctly?

Well that's what I thought too, but insurance company thought otherwise. It was a high mileage car, just hit 141k miles on it.

Drake, its a 2002 Sport model, with cold weather package, and sunshade package. No Nav, no premium.

[Drake57]

I'd be interested to know what ins. says that it is worth. I've put literally dozens of body damaged vehicles back on the road in the past for much less than commercial bodywork prices.

Unfortunately, insurance companies nowadays seem to try to work things to scr*w the customer, regardless of how they settle. I wish you the best in dealings with them.

Drake

[maxnix]

Go in with your maintenance records and pump their offer.

The quarter panel won't be cheap, and it's difficult to tell what subframe damage may have been done.

I would milk them for the highest offer then get a 2003+ one.

[Rex]

Glad to know you're okay.

Keep in mind if he hit you and their first offer is tot total the car, you can counter by showing the true value of your car is higher than they're stating.

[slybydesignq45t]

Sorry to have read about your lost. My manager at my job lent his 87 Corvette mint original hot red to his girlfriend who last night drove it right under a brand new Infiniti SUV. He is bent right now, because it took him some time to find one is OEM condition. When I crashed my E320 I was completely sad because I did a lot to that car. Good luck with your next purchase.

[Kiven422]

Man I used to do body repair... so cool that I don't mind doing ghetto home-made jobs now as long as its done well

But since those wheels are out of place that requires extra special care... Great thing you already did 141K miles out of that car.

[Q451990]

Wow... that sucks. It's scary how little the "new" Q's are worth now.... almost getting to my price range! I would definitely milk the settlement for all that it's worth. The line I used the most that worked for me in response to the adjustor saying that "your value is not reflected in the market" was "my car was not for sale when your client hit me!"

If you have service records that show non-typical maintenence and can show that the car was in better condition than available replacements, you should be able to talk them up some.

Here's the thread from my wreck with Q1. zerothread?id=153122I got over $5K for a 90Q with over 200K on it a couple of years ago. I will admit that I may have gotten lucky with the adjustor though... or he just wore down after almost a month of me driving his rental car and peppering them with paperwork and voice mail.

Good luck!

Heath

[slybydesignq45t]

I feel you. When I took a good look at my E320 I was saddened by the fact that the damage was not just to the front but the entire car got banged up pretty good. I spun three times hitting a divider, then a tree then flew into a ditch where another tree stopped me. Believe it or not the car started right back up. But after looking at it, I decided not to fix it and just buy me a new to me car. Actually its because I crashed that I purchased this Q45T. I don't regret the purchase, I just miss my E.

I'm sure you will get a car as sweet.