Written off Cherokee

[zudoo]

A mate of mine John, (He has a tilt tray bussines in south Bris if anyone knows him) side swiped his Cherokee into a concrete barrier at speed the other day, the car has been written of by Suncorp, It is a 1996 Classic with 170000km's.
They fist offerd him $3000(which by the time he pays his excess leaves him with $2500) then after he had a bit of a dummy spit at them they came back at $4000 which still seems low to me. Anyone had any experience with insurance companies not paying up.

[OIIIO]

Hey Mark,

That seems about right to me, value wise.

Sad but true, that's all they're worth these days.

Insurance companies not paying up?.... nah, never heard of it..............:rolleyes:

[krankieone]

probably worth at least another dummie spit or 2 I had a dunniedore written off by a truck while I was stopped at the lights first offer was 2 k ended up getting 4 after plenty of bitching at them but still less than value of the car IMO

[super jeep]

all i can say is agreed value that way you're insurance will cover you and if it's another drivers fault then you're insurance company should be chasing that agreed value for you.

[zudoo]

Yep agreed value sounds like the way to go, will be changing my policies after this episode with Suncorp. For John to find a good Cherokee with low K's to replace his car he's looking at 5-7k looking at the prices on carsales meaning he's out of poket several thousand. hey Wayne if ya see any good Cherokees come up let me know.

[Blujeep]

Beware the agreed value policy, i had one on my XJ for a few years, then one day i check the renewal and the 'agreed' value had halved. Thing is i never agreed.

[super jeep]

Beware the agreed value policy, i had one on my XJ for a few years, then one day i check the renewal and the 'agreed' value had halved. Thing is i never agreed.
yeah i've heard of this and i also heard that they change you're policy back to market value every year unless you renew it as agreed again.

[zudoo]

Sounds like they try and screw you every which way they can

[zudoo]

After a big sh#t fight he ended up getting $5500, alot more than the 3000 that they first offered, goes to show don't let them walk over you.

[Jeeps]

They hit me up with the old value less 10% (for gst) routine last time round...