My 02 needs a favor from you all

[ArdenK]

Hey Clay,

Fight like hell with the insurance, they just don't want to pay.

Here's a link to a 76 on Hemmings for 7K,

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/bmw/2002/966142.html

Good Luck!

[ArdenK]

Hi Clay,

I thought of a few more suggestions.

1. Bury these people with paper.

2. Ask the adjuster where he came up with the $3500 figure, then give him a print out from NADA Classic.

3. Print all the listings mentioned and give them to the adjuster and make sure Barret Jackson is on top!

4. A magazine article or two that rave about the 02 wouldn't hurt.

Good luck!

[dubois]

here is a website that will give you everything out there:

http://www2.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/mash.cgi?itm=bmw%201970s&cat=cp&fil=&pg=0&state=&ys=&ye=

six or seven in that list, including this one: http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/bmw/2002/966142.html?refer=rss

[ClayW]

What happened?

Here you go:

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,335611/highlight,/

[ClayW]

For what it's worth

NADA Classic guide (google it) shows Low retail of $5,750, Average retail of $9,700 and high retail of $16,700

Yeah, I mentioned that to the adjuster. He told me that it's a lot more affective to present ads of similar cars that recently sold for higher prices than what they currently value the car.

[Dutchie3719]

Clay, I bought my '74, which is local to you for 5 Grand. I can get you some papers if you need.

[Guest Anonymous]

How much is the repair estimate? If you can avoid being totaled and get started on the repair the body shop can work with the insurance company to fix the car properly.

Years ago I had a damaged E30 and the repair estimated was 3k. We ended up spending 6k in total costs.

The car was valued somewhere near the 6k.

[williamggruff]

Clay,

It occurred to me that the engine might have been damaged by the jarring, especially with the front strut poking up so far. You better check to see whether your recently installed EFI system fell off, as you may want to include that in your insurance claim. ;-)

[ClayW]

Clay,

It occurred to me that the engine might have been damaged by the jarring, especially with the front strut poking up so far. You better check to see whether your recently installed EFI system fell off, as you may want to include that in your insurance claim. ;-)

And somehow, the pothole mangled a perfectly good set of vintage Panasports into E30 Bottlecaps!

[williamggruff]

You mean those rare, vintage, NLA bottlecaps? Last I heard, those were going for $300 each on Tii's here in DC.

[ArdenK]

You mean those rare, vintage, NLA bottlecaps? Last I heard, those were going for $300 each on Tii's here in DC.

Thank God they weren't the Uber Rare "turbines" that sell for $1500 per set!

[kbken62]

If you have an IPhone, download CraigsPro+, you can search every Craigslist city at one time. There are about 6 76 2002's for sale in various cities in the US. Several were over $8K.

Good luck.

Get as much as you can for them to total is and then buy it back for $1,000.