This sucks...Really sucks
12-10-2008, 01:06 PM
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Man, I feel for dude. I am constantly amazed at how screwed up people are that could do something like that.
It's going to be a bitch to get rid of the smell. Hopefully insurance will write it off.
It's going to be a bitch to get rid of the smell. Hopefully insurance will write it off.
12-10-2008, 02:21 PM
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sorry to hear that? on the subject of the burn smell though, wouldnt an option, albeit an expensive one, be to replace the entire interior? i cant imagine that it would still linger after that.
12-10-2008, 03:05 PM
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Two things that smell the worst...dead organic life forms and burnt plastic/rubber. Did you ever watch Myth Busters where they put a pig carcass into a C4 Vette and let cure for a few days? They could not remove the smell even though they gutted the entire interior.
12-20-2008, 07:25 AM
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The final word To start for all the people who said look at the film there is none in that area and it was 5 AM so very dark. The car was too far from any lights in fact on the other side of a low hedge from the main hospital. After keeping my car for 2 weeks the arson cops have nothing. This is not suprising the vandels never touched the doors just cut the top and threw the flares.
So it has now spent a week at the auto body shop to get a estimate. They decided that they would have to replace the whole interior at $25,000 so it was a total. I had spoken to the insurance case manager about how to figure value. I had checked Kelly Blue Book. Their quote was Excellent shape $22,000, Fair $19,500, Poor $ 17,000. I was hoping for $20,000+. I asked the case manager about this and he said that KBB is about a year old and with the economy the way it is these figures are not accurate. He said use Edmonds their numbers were Excellent $20,500, Fair $ 18,000, Poor $16,500. This was not sounding very positive. I had planned to buy the car back since it has heads,cam, intake, exhaust, headers. I was told that to buy back is usally 25% of whatever the value of the car is determined to be. So today the numbers finally came down. Car value $19,100 ( in the neighborhood of what I had hoped for. Then the salvage/buyback value I heard $15,010 !!!! I went off "$15K to buy back a $19K car what is this s*!t". The adjuster very calmly said "Jeff you are not listening that is $1,500. I can't believe it the car runs, the rims have to be worth that much." So needless to say I told them I would buy the car back. Finally some good news on this deal.
So I think one of these may be in my future:
http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html
Jeffy'
So it has now spent a week at the auto body shop to get a estimate. They decided that they would have to replace the whole interior at $25,000 so it was a total. I had spoken to the insurance case manager about how to figure value. I had checked Kelly Blue Book. Their quote was Excellent shape $22,000, Fair $19,500, Poor $ 17,000. I was hoping for $20,000+. I asked the case manager about this and he said that KBB is about a year old and with the economy the way it is these figures are not accurate. He said use Edmonds their numbers were Excellent $20,500, Fair $ 18,000, Poor $16,500. This was not sounding very positive. I had planned to buy the car back since it has heads,cam, intake, exhaust, headers. I was told that to buy back is usally 25% of whatever the value of the car is determined to be. So today the numbers finally came down. Car value $19,100 ( in the neighborhood of what I had hoped for. Then the salvage/buyback value I heard $15,010 !!!! I went off "$15K to buy back a $19K car what is this s*!t". The adjuster very calmly said "Jeff you are not listening that is $1,500. I can't believe it the car runs, the rims have to be worth that much." So needless to say I told them I would buy the car back. Finally some good news on this deal.
So I think one of these may be in my future:
http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html
Jeffy'
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12-20-2008, 09:57 AM
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To start for all the people who said look at the film there is none in that area and it was 5 AM so very dark. The car was too far from any lights in fact on the other side of a low hedge from the main hospital. After keeping my car for 2 weeks the arson cops have nothing. This is not suprising the vandels never touched the doors just cut the top and threw the flares.
So it has now spent a week at the auto body shop to get a estimate. They decided that they would have to replace the whole interior at $25,000 so it was a total. I had spoken to the insurance case manager about how to figure value. I had checked Kelly Blue Book. Their quote was Excellent shape $22,000, Fair $19,500, Poor $ 17,000. I was hoping for $20,000+. I asked the case manager about this and he said that KBB is about a year old and with the economy the way it is these figures are not accurate. He said use Edmonds their numbers were Excellent $20,500, Fair $ 18,000, Poor $16,500. This was not sounding very positive. I had planned to buy the car back since it has heads,cam, intake, exhaust, headers. I was told that to buy back is usally 25% of whatever the value of the car is determined to be. So today the numbers finally came down. Car value $19,100 ( in the neighborhood of what I had hoped for. Then the salvage/buyback value I heard $15,010 !!!! I went off "$15K to buy back a $19K car what is this s*!t". The adjuster very calmly said "Jeff you are not listening that is $1,500. I can't believe it the car runs, the rims have to be worth that much." So needless to say I told them I would buy the car back. Finally some good news on this deal.
So I think one of these may be in my future:
http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html
Jeffy'
So it has now spent a week at the auto body shop to get a estimate. They decided that they would have to replace the whole interior at $25,000 so it was a total. I had spoken to the insurance case manager about how to figure value. I had checked Kelly Blue Book. Their quote was Excellent shape $22,000, Fair $19,500, Poor $ 17,000. I was hoping for $20,000+. I asked the case manager about this and he said that KBB is about a year old and with the economy the way it is these figures are not accurate. He said use Edmonds their numbers were Excellent $20,500, Fair $ 18,000, Poor $16,500. This was not sounding very positive. I had planned to buy the car back since it has heads,cam, intake, exhaust, headers. I was told that to buy back is usally 25% of whatever the value of the car is determined to be. So today the numbers finally came down. Car value $19,100 ( in the neighborhood of what I had hoped for. Then the salvage/buyback value I heard $15,010 !!!! I went off "$15K to buy back a $19K car what is this s*!t". The adjuster very calmly said "Jeff you are not listening that is $1,500. I can't believe it the car runs, the rims have to be worth that much." So needless to say I told them I would buy the car back. Finally some good news on this deal.
So I think one of these may be in my future:
http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html
Jeffy'
That GTM would be sweet, and you have the perfect car to do it!
12-20-2008, 09:00 PM
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******* *******.
For what it's worth, I would have beat the ever living **** out of someone if I saw them do that to ANYBODYS car.
Thats a real shame man. Sorry to hear/see that. Sucks ***. I'd imagine the car is totaled now? I mean, the entire interior would have to be changed?..
Such a shame,..again, sorry to see that man. People just really suck these days.
12-20-2008, 09:02 PM
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To start for all the people who said look at the film there is none in that area and it was 5 AM so very dark. The car was too far from any lights in fact on the other side of a low hedge from the main hospital. After keeping my car for 2 weeks the arson cops have nothing. This is not suprising the vandels never touched the doors just cut the top and threw the flares.
So it has now spent a week at the auto body shop to get a estimate. They decided that they would have to replace the whole interior at $25,000 so it was a total. I had spoken to the insurance case manager about how to figure value. I had checked Kelly Blue Book. Their quote was Excellent shape $22,000, Fair $19,500, Poor $ 17,000. I was hoping for $20,000+. I asked the case manager about this and he said that KBB is about a year old and with the economy the way it is these figures are not accurate. He said use Edmonds their numbers were Excellent $20,500, Fair $ 18,000, Poor $16,500. This was not sounding very positive. I had planned to buy the car back since it has heads,cam, intake, exhaust, headers. I was told that to buy back is usally 25% of whatever the value of the car is determined to be. So today the numbers finally came down. Car value $19,100 ( in the neighborhood of what I had hoped for. Then the salvage/buyback value I heard $15,010 !!!! I went off "$15K to buy back a $19K car what is this s*!t". The adjuster very calmly said "Jeff you are not listening that is $1,500. I can't believe it the car runs, the rims have to be worth that much." So needless to say I told them I would buy the car back. Finally some good news on this deal.
So I think one of these may be in my future:
http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html
Jeffy'
So it has now spent a week at the auto body shop to get a estimate. They decided that they would have to replace the whole interior at $25,000 so it was a total. I had spoken to the insurance case manager about how to figure value. I had checked Kelly Blue Book. Their quote was Excellent shape $22,000, Fair $19,500, Poor $ 17,000. I was hoping for $20,000+. I asked the case manager about this and he said that KBB is about a year old and with the economy the way it is these figures are not accurate. He said use Edmonds their numbers were Excellent $20,500, Fair $ 18,000, Poor $16,500. This was not sounding very positive. I had planned to buy the car back since it has heads,cam, intake, exhaust, headers. I was told that to buy back is usally 25% of whatever the value of the car is determined to be. So today the numbers finally came down. Car value $19,100 ( in the neighborhood of what I had hoped for. Then the salvage/buyback value I heard $15,010 !!!! I went off "$15K to buy back a $19K car what is this s*!t". The adjuster very calmly said "Jeff you are not listening that is $1,500. I can't believe it the car runs, the rims have to be worth that much." So needless to say I told them I would buy the car back. Finally some good news on this deal.
So I think one of these may be in my future:
http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html
Jeffy'
Well GOOD for you man. Best wishes.
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