Originally Posted by Ramrod39
I've looked around a little bit. Valuation tools on KBB and NADA are $2700 and $3350 respectively, assuming "very good" condition, which I think this car qualifies for. I've found similar Buicks in Tucson and Phoenix (100 miles away) on Craigslist offered for similar prices.

The $2042 offer is low in my opinion. I'm prepared to take a total loss settlement but I think they are low balling me. For what it is worth, I put $572 in the car 10 days ago for an oil pan gasket, tune, and window regulator work.

I don't think I'm going to accept this offer, not sure what will happen. I have their rental until Feb 14. Part of me thinks I should file a civil suit against their insured and let the insured raise hell with them.


They probably won't take those valuation tools into account. E-mail them the ads you found and they should look at those. They usually take a percentage off for asking vs selling price and give you something a bit higher then their offer.

They won't give you anything extra for the recent service. If anything they might have deducted a bit if you still had those problems and they noticed. I had new tires on my truck when it was totalled, they were several months old but a week before one was replaced and I had paper work that said they were still all at brand new tread levels. They didn't care.