How close does the insurance co. have to get to "replac

by STUCKinLODI » Thu Oct 30, 2008 07:18 am

My truck was totaled and the person who hit me was at fault. His insurance company quoted me a acv(actual cash value)of 6,500 and I disagree with the amount. Blue book value is 8,900.I was told that the acv is figured on what a simaler vehicle is being sold for in that area and availability. I cannot find any cars with the same amount of mileage or add-ons I had on my car for less than 9,000. I asked the insurance Co. to send examples of the vehicles used to determine their acv. I was sent 2 examples, one (7,700)was a year newer with 40,000 less miles but lacked many of the factory extras. The other(5,500) was'nt even close. I then sent them what I had found. The trucks I found in my area,using a 500mi. radius, Ranged from 9,000 to 12,000. They then raised the acv to 6,900. Am I wrong for requesting the info. on how they came to figure their ACV. Can they use the same model with a different year(obviously newer) as an example? Can I request the same color? How close does the insurance co. have to get to matching my totaled truck? where can I find the written leagal guidelines on this matter?

Total Comments: 13

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 01:58 pm Post Subject:

Another flaw that no system accounts for...right now with gas being what it is...you can buy a gas hawg for next to nothing...and an economy vehicle is at a premium...

Lori, Does this mean a vehicle that has better gas mileage should actually value for more? Why wouldn't they have the updated amounts that people have to pay now to buy these types of vehicles?

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 04:29 pm Post Subject:

Lori, Does this mean a vehicle that has better gas mileage should actually value for more? Why wouldn't they have the updated amounts that people have to pay now to buy these types of vehicles?

Yeah that's what I mean, and really it can't because it changes too quickly, for instance in my part of the world gas has now dropped to about 1.99 (big giant surprise with the election next week :roll: ) so if it stabilized at that price then eco gas cars wouldn't have that much of a higher value, but if it jumps back to nearly 4 bucks a gallon then yes...

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 01:18 am Post Subject:

Thanks for taking the time to explain. It really does make sense that with the rate things change they would have a hard time keeping up. Lucky you our gas is $2.65...

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