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So long story short the Accord is probably a write off. It was hit while parked in gatineau. So my question is where can I find what the car is worth. Know I now it's a piece of **** but it had a ton of new parts on it. That car would of lasted a few more years. So I really don't want to get screwed by my insurance and need to know what it is worth. Our insurance is willing to work with us cause the guy who hit it is admitting he was a fault. So post up if you can help. Thanks

 
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hmm...well the black book won't be much help but I would suggest looking online at www.autotrader.ca. I think they have a search feature that allows you to find damaged/wrecked cars. But aside from that, just look for the same car in general and try to knock off what you think the damage is worth.....hope this helps! Good Luck!

 
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Thanks Mike. That was a great help.

 
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Yup...the black book is what you're looking for. not the blue book.

Give that a look-see.

Plus...the insurance company will barter with you...they just won't tell you that they're lowballing you.

You can always say "No, that's not enough" and they'll come back with a counter-offer. Keep trying until you get what you want (within reason of course).

Sh1tty beans about the car...what a moron. was it a drunk guy, or a teenage chick?

 
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Not to sure on all the details. Our witnesses speak french but according to my insurance guy the guys cane fell and hit the gearshift, so he looked down and when he looked up he hit the car. He left his name and number on the windshield and we have witnesses. Something seems fishy though casue this was around the corner and he hit the car so hard it moved it about a foot in the front and a bit in the back. thanks for the advice about dealing with the insurance.

 
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That sucks ballz Caryn, hope everythihng works out for ya!

 
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Hope it works out for you and Julian.

 
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Written off....offer of $1700 with tax he said just over $2000.

 
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So take the cash and then put it into the civic hehehe

Is that better than you expected?

 
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that's not too bad.. sucks about the car, but 2000+ is decent for a beater I think

 
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We were kind of hoping for $2200 since there is about $2000 in new parts. We have the suberu still so we might put the money away till we find something good.

 
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aww dam sucks to hear that. Glad to see things worked out with insurance tho!

 
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Sorry to hear Caryn ... a little better since the car was parked and no one was harmed in the process, but at the same time, worse to hear because it was frigging parked.

 
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id love to meet the guy that hit a parked car.

 
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remember...they're trying to lowball you.

tell them $1700 isn't good enough. they'll probably come back with a counter offer!

 
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So we told them we wanted more and he said no way usless you can tell us why. So Julian told him about the money and work that went into the car. The insurance said well we wont take that since a licence mechanic didn't do the work. So Julian said that $1700 wont do and to call back when he has a better offer. About 45min later Julian gets a call from the rental company to return the rental and it had to be done by 6pm or we are charged an extra day. Well that was about 4;15pm so we had less than 2 hours. I was at work so by the time I got home we had 1 hour to get it back. We take it back and find out there shuttle service stops at 5pm so we had no ride home. So we had no choice but to take the rental for an extra day that we are being charged for. So tomorrow we are going above this guys head and going to deal with it. Giving us less than 2 hours notice to return the car is wrong. The insurance guy called after 3 so even if we came to a deal we would not of had enough time to return the rental. So tomorrow we are looking for another insurance company. Everytime we have to deal with them it is such a hassel.

 
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If you lived in Ontario still I would reccomed Paul Landry Ins. They are brokers, my insurance has been awsome. I am with Ecconomical. Was it the insurance company that screwed you over with the rental, or was it the actual rental company?

 
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Not it was the insurance company. They called the rental company and told them that they will not cover us after today

 
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man, what a bunch of a$$es.

good luck with the whole deal. they WILL give you more moneys if you wait it out.

 
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They would only budge a $100 from the original price. He even called someone selling the same car and got a price of $2100 befor tax. So bottom line they would only give a total of $2100. So we took a loss and can't even buy the same car with out putting money out of our own pockets. So tomorrow we are getting another company and leaving ours.

 
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Here are a couple for under 2000 the first one is the same engine as mine

http://www.redliners.ca/cgi-bin/ikon...T;f=26;t=66154

http://www.redliners.ca/cgi-bin/ikon...;t=66270;st=25

http://www.redliners.ca/cgi-bin/ikon...T;f=26;t=64856

 
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Thanks for the links. we decide to trasfer our licence and insurance up North. They dont require the etest so we can put the Justy on the road. I have a job interview up there next week so we might just use the money from the insurance to move and save $$ for a bit and buy something better. Thanks again for the links.

 
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interview where? for who?

 
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North West transport. the interview is on Monday. So hopefully if i get it we can finally move up North

 
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^ Thats good for you guys, shitty for the rest of us. We'd never see you guys again.