Certainly good advice on how to respond to the insco. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Wed, Jun 5, 2019, 7:02 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A friend got in a crash this morning in her 2008 Volvo C30, that little > hatchback coupe. It was in pretty decent condition, she took pretty > good care of it. Whatever hit it dented in the passenger door and the > panel right behind the door ahead of the rear wheel. Looks like the > side airbags deployed there. Looks like the door might not open so that > is an issue, but maybe it will. She thinks the insco will total it, > probably given it is 11yo although from a pic she sent me it might be > sorta fixable in a redneck way to get the car usable. Use the Gman's > technique to pull things out a bit, maybe find a new door somewhere. > > She just lost her job, so money is a big issue right now, another car > might not be in the works. I told her to see what the buyback might be > after they (USAA) settle. Worse comes to worst she could get the > airbags replaced and just drive the thing for now, then think about > getting the door sorta fixed at some point. She drove it home, probably > wasn't too far away, so it hasn't been hauled off yet. I don't know if > the airbags going off get the nannies upset at all? > > I'll talk to her tomorrow, she is kinda rattled from the experience. I > told her we can work the payout and buyback, don't take their first offer. > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
