travanx

I do see a funny brightside to this after thinking for a bit today. I am much less likely to spend into this economy now or buy anything of any form of value.

travanx

Thanks everyone for the PM's.

To add to why I am so down, my business we just started in January is just having some awful problems as well. Not only am I dealing with the car loss, but also people are not paying for work we have been doing. So I am getting hit by bad character types from all around lately. I guess peoples' true colors come out in the bad times.

travanx

Another question to ask. Anyone want to PM me on other places I can search for my parts?

SuperUser

KW coilovers or Work wheels for a 993 are not that common so if they pop up I am sure a rennlister will see them. I know I am keeping an eye out for you.

Try not to get too down about your busniess. My wife has also been going nuts chasing money from her clients.

NC TRACKRAT

TRAVANX, I know from experience that this is hard on you...over the span of many years, we were burgalized twice, our home was severely damaged by a tornado, our Ford Explorer was set on fire and our F250's tires were slashed by a teen-aged punk (and we live in a nice neighborhood!). At one time or another, poop happens...to all of us. All I can say is "practice your breathing" (pace yourself)....and just remember, nobody died.

agent325

Sorry for your loss man, I live in Glendale as well. I will keep my eye out!

Raptor

FWIW: I had a Vette stolen, as well as a motorcycle. In each case I refused to settle for the initial offer. Document your mods, build a case for aq higher amount and hang as tough as you can. In the case of the Vette, I got a letter from a friend saying he had offered to buy the car for 17% more than the ins. co. offered, and that I had turned down the offer. That became the settlement amount.

Mike M.

Just saw this post and so sorry to hear about your loss. Keep your head up, and hopefully karma returns a favor or two to you, and retracts from those that stole what you value.

travanx

Just got a call for the settlement, since the car at this point is considered a total loss. I am completely shocked that Mercury is being fair. I already realized that I would not be getting any money for the aftermarket stuff, but I still tried, and got another $150 for tires at least. Amazingly I am getting back basically what I paid for the car a little over a year ago, to a total of $31,373.00 after the $250 deductible. I paid ~$32k for the car May 2008 and put about 15k miles since then.

Still no idea what kind of car I will be going with this time.

MrRoboto

That's not too bad! Still sucks you lost the $$ that went into mods, but still that's not too bad.

JM993

Glad to hear they were fair.

In my opinion, you should get the same car. You can do pretty well with $31K in today's market. Why should those bastards (the theives) take you out of a 993?

travanx

The strangest part is that I am still preapproved for basically the same loan and interest rate I got with the car as well.

gonzilla

Yes!!! I think there are some good cars out there right now, and probably cheaper than they were last year!!!

NC TRACKRAT

Suggest that you check with your CPA. If you can document the the add-ons they didn't allow, you may be able to claim up to $3,000 loss. Any CPA's on board who concur?

travanx

My taxes are going to be very interesting this year. Especially since my mileage log book was in the car.