Bad day for the 84 930! Left work about ten minutes early and was heading home. An older gentleman turned right in front of me, and the the 930 lost the battle. Two year work in progress down the drain. The doors, dash, etc. were bent very bad (could not believe the dash was bent as well). I am going to see what the appraiser says tomorrow but probably is not going to be good. Any help/tips for the appraiser would be great. Listening to the crowd, I did get an appraised value with my insurer but do not know if his insurance (state farm) will agree. Also, just threw away my Excellence with market values about a week ago (great timing!). I would really appreciate it if someone could send me a .pdf file or anything with the stated value. I know that it does not have the 84 but would put it close to the 86 because had 9" wheels and hydraulic tensioners. Any help/tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Chad

 

Sorry for the loss.. Cars can be replaced, hope you are okay?

That was a hard hit.

Get all your estimates and values of current sales.

 

Sorry to see that happen to you. At least you are ok. You can always find another car. I hope you don't have too bad of a battle with the insurance.

 

Chad - OMG...total carnage...very sad! Firstly I am glad to hear that you are OK...cars can always be bought and sold, there will only be one of you.

I can scan the Excellence article for you...send me your email addy at slownrusty@yahoo.com, it will be in jpg format though not pdf.

Sorry to hear and I hope that the insurance and the appraisers come through - x-fingers for you.

Again sorry for your loss.

Yasin

 

I can't help it. It just hurt's looking at that car!!!
Again,hang in there and at least you are ok.

 

I appreciate the kind words. Sad day but hopefully another project in the future. It is amazing what we go through creating our cars. Then to have it taken away so fast. Guess that is life but I guess the lesson is appreciating what we have. I appreciate all the help and will let you know how it turns out with the insurance company (keeping my fingers crossed). Chad

 

Good to know you are OK...
Now you can look for a G-50 930...
Find a good lawyer if your insurance co so much looks at you the wrong way...
good luck and keep everyone posted.
E-man930

 

Chad,
I know it does'nt look too good but at least your ok.

 

My condolences.

Also glad to see that you're OK.

On a brighter note, I can tell you that at least once each month since I hooked up with my lovely 930, I have spotted another for sale and secretly thought, "Why wasn't she available when I was looking?!"

Think of these and the future might not seem too bleak:
Geoffrey's wicked 89
Ed's twin turbo beast
Steve's hawt DP 935
The black DP on ebay...

I'm having unfaithful thoughts right now, but don't tell my car, or my wife for that matter!

 

If the other gentleman has State Farm you should be in excellent condition. I have State Farm and they treated me very fairly on my 1983 Euro 930. I figured they would undercut the value of it since it was a non-US model, but they actually went the opposite. I actually shot myself in the foot by having a stated value policy because they valued it higher than I had my stated value set for ($30K).

This was just last December by the way.

Good luck!!!

Brian

 

WOW! How sad! I'm glad that you're okay to purchase and drive another! I've had a few cars that were complete/total restorations wiped out just like this! It's hard to deal with the loss, but at the same it's exciting to think of a new project. Best of luck.

 

Just a note on my own experience. If you have put a lot of removable new pieces on the car and still have the old ones you might ask the insurance agent if you can swap them out. Also, the car will be auctioned to the highest bidder so if you want to bid on it, find out where and when the auction will take place. I had just replaced the entire AC system, new tires, new radio, white face gages and sheep skin seat covers. I lost them all because I did not follow up on it.
Rudy :-) lol

 

Very sorry to see this. If they offer you less than what you can buy one for get several ads for similar cars to prove the actual value. I would not get a lawyer, they will take 33% to 40% of any settlement. If you don't have big medical bill it's not worth it. You may be able to buy your car back for 25% of the settlement and part it out or keep the engine and other salvagable parts.

 

Sorry to hear about your car. I just went through the same things with my 73E. I was rear ended HARD. The person that hit my was insured by Safeco. The first thing they did was split the car from my injuries. This allowed them to not include any pain suffering to the value of the time I put into the car. In my state insurance companies are required to pay the value of the car prior to the accident. This value is assessed through two ways, first what two dealerships would pay for the car. Safeco called two used car lots just out of town and asked what they would pay for an "73 porsh". Both bids cam in at about 5K. After a long talk, safeco agreed to have a so-called neutral party appraise the car. Safeco found the person and payed the bill despite my protest. The adjuster was payed $200.00 to take a guess at what he felt it was worth. His quote to me was "they did not pay me enough to look into this very hard". Safeco kept pushing me to have my insurance take over the claim if I don't like their bid. after a talking with my lawyer I new I was screwed. His advise was to go hard at the injury settlement regardless of how much I was or was not injured. Long story longer, my experience has taught my that with some companies (Safeco) do your own appraisals, fine and read the local laws as to what insurance company are are not required to do. Information is key. If you can take your time to settle, gather anything that shows equal valued car through out the country to give to appraisers. Then just have faith! All said and done I ended you with a 86 911 turbo and love the car! Good luck!

 

I found having pre-accident photos, the receipts, a couple of appraisals (including one from PCA), and the Excellance valuation and a willingness to sue the other party instead of dealing with there insurance company all helps.

When I was rear-ended the other insurance company (progressive) was starting to give me the run-around... until I called there customer (the one that hit me) and asked how they were going to make up the difference in value. The insurance company called me the next day with an open checkbook.