Re: My syclone is totaled
Re: My syclone is totaled
speaking from experience...
go to costco and pick up an economy sized tub of KY, then head over to sporting goods and get yourself a baseball bat, and some protective gear. You will need all of this when battling the insurance company. Doesn't matter if its your company or theirs both will definitely try to fvck you. Start searching the net now and get as much info as you possibly can on the value of these trucks. Get tons of info proving that they are limited product and considered a collectors item. Then do a search on auto trader and print out every ad, so they can see how much it will cost to replace your truck. if the total it, they WILL low ball you. Since your truck has about 80k on it... i would expect an offer from them of around 8-8500. Even 9000 is not enough for you to buy another truck and you need to explain to them. I guess the only good thing about the insurance low balling you is that you can buy it back cheaper. But still, youre gonna spend 15-20% buying it back... so whats the leave you with? 7000? even if you part out your truck thats a helluva lot of work to tear it down box up parts and ship em... just to get enough money to get another truck... thats time and labor you are not getting paid for.
If the frame is bent... then its a 50/50 call... sure its fixable... but no matter what, the truck will never feel the same to you. A frame swap is another thing to consider, but again thats a helluva lot of work too... So my advice, get as much info as possible and really think things through before you make your decision.
Trust me man if you love your truck anywhere near as much as i do, the fact that youre ok from the accident means nothing hahaha i remember my parents saying well the important thing is that youre ok... and im thinkin eff that! my goddamn truck is all eff'd up!!!!! and that period of time that you cant drive your truck seems like an eternity. you'll get on here reading threads in the kills section or about socal syty meets and get even more pissed off that you cant drive your truck. Believe me man i only got to enjoy my truck for 3 weeks before i got hit, and then it sat at the body shop for over 9 months! So i feel your pain!
Best of luck to ya man!
PS if insurance decides to fix it... battle them tooth and nail till they agree to paint the entire truck and all of the cladding!! Make sure you make it clear to them that no matter how good the shop is thats doing the work, you cannot match 15 year old paint. Getting them to agree to paint the cladding should be a piece of cake, just have the adjuster come out and look at a new piece of cladding and the cladding on your truck and say look man it doesnt match! (new cladding from the dealer is not painted and you can defintely see the difference)
