Good news this morning -- PEMCO is repairing my 164S, not totalling it. I sent them my (breathtakingly substantial) receipts, the import data, and the Hagerty standards and value estimates. Twenty four hours later they told the body shop to go ahead.
I am really grateful for all the front and backchannel advice and support, and for the statistical maniacs both here and on the AlfaBB. You may not be saving lives, but you sure are saving cars. I think this autumn will be when my freshly repaired gem becomes a Sunday treat and not a daily driver. And switches over to Hagerty insurance. So of course then the question becomes: what on earth approaches the experience of driving my Alfa? Thank you all again. You're a marvel. Joan -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]

