my turn with a wrecked car
Hi,
Chiming in very late to this thread, i know...
When at a complete stop in the road, my 2011 TDI was rear-ended by a school bus (!), jamming me into the Range Rover in front of me, thus making the front-end very accordion-like..
the school driver was issued a police citation for causing the accident.
However, the car started and drove onto the bed of the tow truck - so it runs a little.
From this thread, it sounds as though my best actions could be:
- let the insurance company assess the damage (they will very likely claim it is totalled)
- tell the insurance company i want the full, current value of the car (minus salvage), and that i want it brought back to my house
- schedule an appointment with the VW dealer for return (i had already accepted the buyout offer - just was planning to drive it into 2018)
- get full buyback $ from VW
- get full current value $ from insurance company
Does this work?
Thanks
Hi,
Chiming in very late to this thread, i know...
When at a complete stop in the road, my 2011 TDI was rear-ended by a school bus (!), jamming me into the Range Rover in front of me, thus making the front-end very accordion-like..
the school driver was issued a police citation for causing the accident.
However, the car started and drove onto the bed of the tow truck - so it runs a little.
From this thread, it sounds as though my best actions could be:
- let the insurance company assess the damage (they will very likely claim it is totalled)
- tell the insurance company i want the full, current value of the car (minus salvage), and that i want it brought back to my house
- schedule an appointment with the VW dealer for return (i had already accepted the buyout offer - just was planning to drive it into 2018)
- get full buyback $ from VW
- get full current value $ from insurance company
Does this work?
Thanks