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Well,
The bright side is you are alive and well (Good news) and able to write us your story and because of your car is replaceable but not your life, you can look it that way
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The bright side is you are alive and well (Good news) and able to write us your story and because of your car is replaceable but not your life, you can look it that way
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 986
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From: St Louis, Mo
AWD Sport with Tech
OP....SORRY this happend to your car. I had my 05 for 5 days and got rear ended but should have it back some time next week. 
Thank you for this. Someone said the same thing (diminished value claim), I asked for clairificaion but got none......
Originally Posted by ParkStr8
diminished value claim
Hopefully she has AAA Auto insurance, or similar.
When your car is repaired, take it to the Infiniti dealer and tell them you are thinking about trading it. Tell them you are sueing for diminished value and that once you recieve the check you will be in to trade it. Then ask them to put in writing what you would get for a trade in without an accident, and then again with the accident.
The difference is the Diminished Value.
Write a letter to her insurance company stating you are willing to avoid litigation if they pay you a "Diminished Value Claim" of the difference between the two numbers above.
I got $3500.00 when an elderly man sideswiped my 07 GRand Cherokee SRT8 and then fled the scene.
Usually the insurance company won't fight - especially if it's 100% her fault. It's a relatively new concept, but once a car has hit Carfax, the value always drops significantly.
Just a thought.
-s-
Hopefully she has AAA Auto insurance, or similar.
When your car is repaired, take it to the Infiniti dealer and tell them you are thinking about trading it. Tell them you are sueing for diminished value and that once you recieve the check you will be in to trade it. Then ask them to put in writing what you would get for a trade in without an accident, and then again with the accident.
The difference is the Diminished Value.
Write a letter to her insurance company stating you are willing to avoid litigation if they pay you a "Diminished Value Claim" of the difference between the two numbers above.
I got $3500.00 when an elderly man sideswiped my 07 GRand Cherokee SRT8 and then fled the scene.
Usually the insurance company won't fight - especially if it's 100% her fault. It's a relatively new concept, but once a car has hit Carfax, the value always drops significantly.
Just a thought.
-s-
Thank you for this. Someone said the same thing (diminished value claim), I asked for clairificaion but got none......
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From: Toronto, ON
Originally Posted by 1beastnstl
OP....SORRY this happend to your car. I had my 05 for 5 days and got rear ended but should have it back some time next week.
Thank you for this. Someone said the same thing (diminished value claim), I asked for clairificaion but got none......
Thank you for this. Someone said the same thing (diminished value claim), I asked for clairificaion but got none......
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/ins...20031201a1.asp
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Joined: Dec 2006
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From: St. Paul, MN
good luck with the diminished value claim.
In minnesota, insurance companies are not required to cover diminished value, so when I got rear ended (7000+ in damages, 2400 in rental car expenses for 2 months, I got rear ended in dec '06 two weeks after buying my '07 G35S) I researched diminished value and insurance companies in MN do not cover diminished value and talking to lawyers they all said it wouldn't be worth the effort. In fact, almost ALL insurance policies written in minnesota specifically excluded diminished value because state law allows them to.
If CT is anything like MN, you're going to hate the answer.
In minnesota, insurance companies are not required to cover diminished value, so when I got rear ended (7000+ in damages, 2400 in rental car expenses for 2 months, I got rear ended in dec '06 two weeks after buying my '07 G35S) I researched diminished value and insurance companies in MN do not cover diminished value and talking to lawyers they all said it wouldn't be worth the effort. In fact, almost ALL insurance policies written in minnesota specifically excluded diminished value because state law allows them to.
If CT is anything like MN, you're going to hate the answer.
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Joined: May 2007
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From: St Louis, Mo
AWD Sport with Tech
Originally Posted by dopey
good luck with the diminished value claim.
In minnesota, insurance companies are not required to cover diminished value, so when I got rear ended (7000+ in damages, 2400 in rental car expenses for 2 months, I got rear ended in dec '06 two weeks after buying my '07 G35S) I researched diminished value and insurance companies in MN do not cover diminished value and talking to lawyers they all said it wouldn't be worth the effort. In fact, almost ALL insurance policies written in minnesota specifically excluded diminished value because state law allows them to.
If CT is anything like MN, you're going to hate the answer.
In minnesota, insurance companies are not required to cover diminished value, so when I got rear ended (7000+ in damages, 2400 in rental car expenses for 2 months, I got rear ended in dec '06 two weeks after buying my '07 G35S) I researched diminished value and insurance companies in MN do not cover diminished value and talking to lawyers they all said it wouldn't be worth the effort. In fact, almost ALL insurance policies written in minnesota specifically excluded diminished value because state law allows them to.
If CT is anything like MN, you're going to hate the answer.
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Argyle, Texas
I just went thru 2 years of legal battles with Geico when a woman ran a stop sign and hit my wife in her 2 month old 2006 Honda Accord Hybrid($31000 car). Frame damage, both doors on the passengers side etc. I went thru her insurance(Geico) instead of letting mine(State Farm) handle it. After 2 years and going to small claims court with an attorney and a jury trial, I lost and got Nothing! The jury must have thought I was just after money because I had the best Loss of Value appraiser in the country and still lost. I was lucky I had a friend who was an attorney or it would have cost me more than the car was worth. My attorney still can't believe we lost.
Dan..I could picture this whole thing happening...you musta scared the sh*t outt of that lady..Im sure the paintshop is gonna get sick of you reall soon as your gonna be all over that shiet llooking for mistakes..Good luck with the repairs.
-Vin
-Vin
Originally Posted by VinNYCG
Dan..I could picture this whole thing happening...you musta scared the sh*t outt of that lady..Im sure the paintshop is gonna get sick of you reall soon as your gonna be all over that shiet llooking for mistakes..Good luck with the repairs.
-Vin
-Vin
Glad that the hit wasn't on the drivers side door.
