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Why responders are being so heated and rude is beyond me, but it’s pure ignorance on their part.
You absolutely have a diminished value claim. You’ll need a professional appraiser with diminished value experience to appraise the vehicle after the repairs are made and before you are completely settled with the offenders insurance company. It is much more common than many think (ignorance). Your vehicle’s value has definitely been diminished and my experience is the insurance company will probably not balk on the additional money settlement.
My wife was sideswiped in a parking lot also, and at the end, after her car was fixed, we had an appraiser write up the diminished value claim which we presented and promptly received a diminished value check from the other insurance company with no fuss. I would start by asking your ford dealership if they have an in house appraier or one they recommend.
To speculate value of the claim would be just guessing. Let the professional appraiser do that.
You absolutely have a diminished value claim. You’ll need a professional appraiser with diminished value experience to appraise the vehicle after the repairs are made and before you are completely settled with the offenders insurance company. It is much more common than many think (ignorance). Your vehicle’s value has definitely been diminished and my experience is the insurance company will probably not balk on the additional money settlement.
My wife was sideswiped in a parking lot also, and at the end, after her car was fixed, we had an appraiser write up the diminished value claim which we presented and promptly received a diminished value check from the other insurance company with no fuss. I would start by asking your ford dealership if they have an in house appraier or one they recommend.
To speculate value of the claim would be just guessing. Let the professional appraiser do that.
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