TTales From The Damp Side, part III... (opinions wanted - see text)
10-12-2000, 04:59 PM
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TTales From The Damp Side, part III... (opinions wanted - see text)
Things begin to accelerate. After getting the call that my car was being declared totaled, I had to haul *** to the dealer to get out what I could. Five days sitting in the sun left the car quite aromatic. Mold patches were beginning to form on the leather. Removed various ingredients.
Tonight, the total-loss insurance adjuster calls from State Farm, Terry, very nice. She asks me mileage and sales price. I couldn't find the Monroney, or any paperwork (we're redoing 2 closets, **** everywhere). I give her my dealers number. Ten min. later, he calls, telling me that the agent called him, and he told her my car was $39,300, telling me he exaggerated a bit on my behalf. State Farm deducts .316 per mile as depreciation (incidentally, the girl from State Farm said she could not get a used car average for the TT because none exists yet!).
I only had 3,500 miles on the car, so 3,500 X .316 = $1,106. In State Farm's estimation, my 225 QC which I took delivery of in May, in 6 months had depreciated by little over $1k. Not too shabby! In reality, my car was $38,500, so if they go with his figure today, I should come out even better than before.
Now, I need advice. In addition to the modded silver 225 coupe w/black ebony interior, my dealer can get me, within a week's time, a brilliant black 225 QC with light gray interior, or a denim blue 225 QC with black interior. Your aesthetic opinions are greatly desired.
The silver coupe can be returned to it's stock state except for suspension mods (wheel/tire combo is 18" three piece exotic set-up costing about $4500, so I'm passing on that one). The other two cars would be bone-stock.
Tonight, the total-loss insurance adjuster calls from State Farm, Terry, very nice. She asks me mileage and sales price. I couldn't find the Monroney, or any paperwork (we're redoing 2 closets, **** everywhere). I give her my dealers number. Ten min. later, he calls, telling me that the agent called him, and he told her my car was $39,300, telling me he exaggerated a bit on my behalf. State Farm deducts .316 per mile as depreciation (incidentally, the girl from State Farm said she could not get a used car average for the TT because none exists yet!).
I only had 3,500 miles on the car, so 3,500 X .316 = $1,106. In State Farm's estimation, my 225 QC which I took delivery of in May, in 6 months had depreciated by little over $1k. Not too shabby! In reality, my car was $38,500, so if they go with his figure today, I should come out even better than before.
Now, I need advice. In addition to the modded silver 225 coupe w/black ebony interior, my dealer can get me, within a week's time, a brilliant black 225 QC with light gray interior, or a denim blue 225 QC with black interior. Your aesthetic opinions are greatly desired.
The silver coupe can be returned to it's stock state except for suspension mods (wheel/tire combo is 18" three piece exotic set-up costing about $4500, so I'm passing on that one). The other two cars would be bone-stock.
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10-12-2000, 05:15 PM
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Very biased opinion - Brilliant Black is the Bee's Knees !!
....aka the 'Dog's Bollocks' :-) I've had my BB 225QC for 2 weeks, it is drop-dead gorgeous (told you I was biased). Completely stock, no mods planned for a while - improving on perfection is not an easy task. I'd be happy to show it off, I'm just up the road from you in Melbourne Beach (well, only about 180 miles!). Wanna meet halfway this weekend?