Try NADA values. You'll have to go with the collector book. My daughter got t-boned a couple yrs back in an 85 SD with about 240K well maintained but still showing the miles a bit. She got $4500 and we still kept the car.
Eric 85 300CD 112K --- BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend of my daughter has an '85 300 Turbo Diesel > as described below. I > suspect the insurance company is low-balling her, > but don't know what > questions to ask to figure a more favorable value. > Can anyone suggest a > procedure to follow from this point? They sent > pictures but only of the > damage and I can't really tell what vehicle I am > looking at. > > Thanks - > > BillR > > Jacksonville FL > > 1981 300SD 290k miles > > > > I am Dania's friend and she had called me and > mentioned your love for the > Mercedes Benz Diesel. Dania will send picture of my > wrecked car shortly. > > I was offered $2,168.00 from the insurance company. > They first offered me > $2042.70 and then my attorney faxed all of the > maintenance receipts to them > and they came back with the second price. > > Merz > > 300 Turbo Diesel > > 1985 > > 4 door > > Miles 211,000 > > My parents bought the car used from the German > mechanic that they continued > to use used for repairs. They had maintained it > extremely well (they had > intended to keep this as their last car that they > would ever need) and when > I got the car they still took it for me to the same > mechanic to keep it > maintained. > > I appreciate your time and any thoughts that you > might have on the value of > the car. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting
