reminder that it saved your life. #FordTough.
Might want to pick your brain on that via DM if it comes to it. I've heard so many wildly conflicting answers on what to expect from DV that you might have a solid idea given your vehicle was the closest model to mine. Sorry you know from experience!
Thankfully my little girl wasn't with me that day. Agree she'd likely have been fine, but showered with glass and terrified of car rides to say the least. Definitely don't see an outcome where I am made whole here but just letting the process play out and we'll see where it ends up. I'm tired of pulling my hair out over it. Currently the car that never spent a night out of the garage is sitting in a dirt lot with a busted window in a torrential downpour while insurance drags their feet.First and foremost, glad you're ok!! Don't know if anyone was in the carseat but that's a sobering pic. A little one would have been well protected but likely gone in another vehicle. Good on the truck driver for admitting guilt since it will likely ruin their career. Shame to see such a nice rig in that state. Usually with insurance you score or get screwed, rarely a happy medium. Hopefully they have good insurance and you have GAP and underinsured just in case. If it were me I would have it totalled and paid off or, if the insurance allows, a replacement off a lot. If your cost to retain the vehicle after the settlement is low I'd buy it back for parts if nothing else or to fix or sell. It sucks now but vehicles, unlike life, can be replaced. It would be cool to retain it and fix it as a spare for offroading and as a
I mentioned it in another comment - but I have no idea how accurate that distance was- mostly just what it felt like and looking at the skid marks from pictures. I do know those brakes work incredibly, even with the loss of two tires
I don't know your state, but I'm almost certain that you're entitled to loss of value (legal term for diminished value in my state) but they likely won't offer it you will need to press or if your insurance is helping you have them press for it. My son recently got hit by an uninsured driver but since we had uninsured coverage, they automatically evaluated loss of value for us without us even asking.Might want to pick your brain on that via DM if it comes to it. I've heard so many wildly conflicting answers on what to expect from DV that you might have a solid idea given your vehicle was the closest model to mine. Sorry you know from experience!
Thankfully my little girl wasn't with me that day. Agree she'd likely have been fine, but showered with glass and terrified of car rides to say the least. Definitely don't see an outcome where I am made whole here but just letting the process play out and we'll see where it ends up. I'm tired of pulling my hair out over it. Currently the car that never spent a night out of the garage is sitting in a dirt lot with a busted window in a torrential downpour while insurance drags their feet.
As for the buyback- I do get first dibs but apparently they get prices via auction first so I'm sure whatever price they come to won't be worth while to keep it. Would definitely be a cool trophy!
I mentioned it in another comment - but I have no idea how accurate that distance was- mostly just what it felt like and looking at the skid marks from pictures. I do know those brakes work incredibly, even with the loss of two tires
My insurance has only JUST moved the car to the appraiser lot, after almost 3 weeks of sitting in the elements with a busted window. I'm beyond livid.
Wow 3 weeks is a long time. My vehicle was taken to an auto shop over the weekend. It's been there for about a month now. Though I don't think there was a risk for totaling my vehicle - the airbags did not go off for me.
Agreed. I think they saw that price and said "never mind" lol... As far as the rental yeah I have a video as well as the police report. The problem is that "comparable" seems to be a very subjective term when it comes to a rental car. Going to be a long several months ahead of me.
