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> 'Broken neck-boy' receives good news, released by Doc
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post Jun 28 2006, 08:52 PM
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Well, I was at the Doc's today and was released from his care. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dancinnanner.gif)

My neck and back are still sore but I can hardly complain, well, a little. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

The car is STILL wrecked, I will now work on the resolution with the insurance company in earnest, as I am more able to operate.

My 914 future is unclear (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) , we will at least finish re-building the '72 car.

I have been out window shopping the Lotus, a little bit......



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post Jun 28 2006, 08:59 PM
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Glad your getting better John. I hate dealing with the insurance companies, even if they are my own. I got into a bad accident ( not my fault) and my insurance guy told me NOT to get a lawyer, I knew better then changed companies. Good luck.

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post Jun 28 2006, 09:05 PM
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Sounds like you were dangerously close to being a broken back boy......wait a minute. Never mind. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

Glad you are getting better. Can I get a ride in the lotus?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Jun 28 2006, 09:07 PM
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Great news!!!
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post Jun 28 2006, 09:22 PM
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QUOTE(MW 914 @ Jun 28 2006, 08:05 PM) *

Sounds like you were dangerously close to being a broken back boy......wait a minute.





I guess I am actually, several times! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

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P.S. Thanks, buddy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aaron.gif)

P.P.S. Not that there is ANYTHING wrong with that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shocked[1].gif)
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post Jun 28 2006, 09:33 PM
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Hit the insurance company hard when they pay you for the 914! Saying "I'd hate to litigate this over $xxx" works suprisingly well. One good thing is the 914 will be a lot harder to value than a modern car which will give you more negotiating room. They'll probably 1st come up with a ridiculously low ball figure and tehen say its not negotiable. BS! use the above line and see how it changes their tune.
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post Jun 28 2006, 10:14 PM
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Using some values from recent auctions and ebay should give you some real values to show them. Excellence also has periodic valuation reports to go from, but it definately seems prices are going up.

If you're a member, PCA has valuation commitees for precisely this use as well.

Good Luck but best of all you're OK.
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post Jun 28 2006, 10:19 PM
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The PCA thing might become useful, this was not an average teener OR a stock one.

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P.S. The bottom line is the Ins. Co. is in a 'fixing mood' cause it is gonna cost a pile more if it is 'totaled' by the way, it IS!
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post Jun 28 2006, 10:20 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Did you play the uninsured motorist bodily injury card yet?
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post Jun 28 2006, 10:24 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Did you play the uninsured motorist bodily injury card yet?



Nope, a legal friend in that line says it is a 'limits' deal.

He is going to issue a demand letter for me.

Ins. Co. acts like the car and my body are 'apples and oranges'.


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post Jun 28 2006, 10:31 PM
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I just got my renewal notification on the car insurance today! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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post Jun 28 2006, 10:39 PM
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QUOTE(Flat VW @ Jun 28 2006, 09:24 PM) *

QUOTE(Howard @ Jun 28 2006, 09:20 PM) *

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Did you play the uninsured motorist bodily injury card yet?



Nope, a legal friend in that line says it is a 'limits' deal.

He is going to issue a demand letter for me.

Ins. Co. acts like the car and my body are 'apples and oranges'.


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Good man. Even minimum limits of 15K (here in CA, don't know what you have) will certainly sweeten the deal. And it's not much, but don't forget the med pay, another at least 1K.

Hope this all works out for you. As I told you on the phone, all the years we have dealt with Hagerty with no problems. You must have gotten the one jerk.

And show him this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


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post Jun 28 2006, 10:55 PM
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post Jun 28 2006, 11:32 PM
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QUOTE(GeorgeRud @ Jun 28 2006, 09:14 PM) *

Using some values from recent auctions and ebay should give you some real values to show them. Excellence also has periodic valuation reports to go from, but it definately seems prices are going up.

If you're a member, PCA has valuation commitees for precisely this use as well.

Good Luck but best of all you're OK.


Pretty special car. Normal values are out the window. If you don't know the car go to Patrick Motorsports, look at the 1972 194-4 2.2L in the Gallery section.
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Thanks be to God and my father-in-law, a retired insurance adjuster of fourty years, it ain't the minimum! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smiley_notworthy.gif)

The medical bills alone are right near $90K, not to even mention my lost wages.

I've learned more about insurance than I EVER wanted to know, and it still amounts to a 'thimble full'.



A quote from the movie, The Flight of the Phoenix....

"Insurance companies move in mysterious ways, like God really, just not nearly as generous. It's bound to be a setback."

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post Jun 29 2006, 09:51 AM
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QUOTE(gregrobbins @ Jun 28 2006, 10:32 PM) *

QUOTE(GeorgeRud @ Jun 28 2006, 09:14 PM) *

Using some values from recent auctions and ebay should give you some real values to show them. Excellence also has periodic valuation reports to go from, but it definately seems prices are going up.

If you're a member, PCA has valuation commitees for precisely this use as well.

Good Luck but best of all you're OK.


Pretty special car. Normal values are out the window. If you don't know the car go to Patrick Motorsports, look at the 1972 194-4 2.2L in the Gallery section.



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post Jun 29 2006, 10:11 AM
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