The day came...She's wrecked.

[jameskk]

YES, make sure to get compensated for the loss in resale value. The insurance company will most likely tell you that they don't compensate for loss in resale value, it's their standard line.. trust me, they will if you make a big enough deal over it. talk with your Porsche dealer to calculate fair value. I took a bad hit in my BMW Z3 roadster back in 1998 and I had to fight the insurance carrier over the resale value but in the end they paid me $2000 for the value, which I used to trade the car for a newer model. good luck!

[SD987]

Sorry to hear about your loss...I think other boarders have covered the insurance angles, but I just wanted to add that make sure Progressive covers a "comparable" rental. A Ford Fiesta from Avis is not a comparable replacement for a 987.

It can take a long time to sort these things out. My BMW convertible got rear-ended a week after purchase, from an SUV. Exterior damage was not as bad as one would think, but after removing the rear trunk and checking out the frame there was a "crumple" and the frame was somewhat bent. Anyway, it took two months and a couple of adjuster trips before I ever saw that car again. I told the rental company to put me in the nicest thing they had (an Infiniti Q45) so I was Yakuza Pimp-man for those two months and submitted the invoice to the other insurer.

It made me feel minutely better when I was writing monthly checks for a car I couldn't drive.

[AtlantaBoxster]

Sorry to hear about the loss Rail. Think of it this way also, for a few weeks, you won't be driving the car, when you get it back, it will be like getting a new car all over again. Well enough for my poor attempt to make you fell better...

Here's my story.

A few short weeks after going from a Honda for 8 years (with no accidents) to the Porsche, I rear-ended someone. The process to get it repaired was very simple and a few weeks later, I had the car back. The insurance company voluntarily sent me a check to compensate for loss in value.

A whopping $104.93 for $6K worth of damage. hmmmm.... I wonder how they calculate it. I have yet to cash the check and would appreciate advice, especially after reading these posts on how to up that value.

[Rail26]

Tonight was one of the most frustrating nights. I called around to see how much it was going to be to transport my car to Phoenix at the lowest price I came up with 1700 clams. My insurance is not going to pay for the transport. So I went to the U haul to rent a car trailor and found out my 4 runner is way too small to pull it. So I borrowed my friends suburban to take it to Phoenix and spent an hour trying to get the car on the trailor. First of all, there is no place to hook the safety chains so that didn't really work out. Secondly, the front tires cannot go all the way to the front of the trailor because the lip is too high and it catches the air dam underneath the car. So I had to put the front tires on 2X4s to get the tires high enough, well that made the car unstable to lateral loads so I ended up taking the car off the trailor and am going to have the adjustor come out and take a look at it and see if it driveable to Phoenix. I am not leaking any fluids, the fluid levels are normal and I don't really see any structural damage. We will see what the adjuster has to say.

This is a very frustrating experience. Why does this always happen right before the holidays. Thanks for allowing me to gripe...I feel minutely better.

[fefyfo]

Maybe I missed something but why would you need to transport it to Phoenix? Seems out of the way for cosmetic repairs.

[Rail26]

The closest dealers are Alburqueqe...4.5 hrs ....Tucson 5 hours....Phoenix 6 hours. Phoenix comes highly recommended. Everyone I have talked to have said to stay away from Alb. and Tucson. Even the guy that towed the car echoed all those negative recommendations. That is why it needs to go to Phoenix...I bought the car while I was in Korea and didn't really think to find out if there was a Porsche dealer in El Paso...ooops.

[SD987]

Rail, did you try conventional car transporters only? I'd think that if you call ten independent tow-truck operators (with a lift not a hook) and said I'll pay you $500 (or even $750 to cover the drivers expenses) to drive my car to Phoenix you wouldn't get someone to bite. That's not a bad day's pay for most people.