car depreciation after a collision

Originally Posted by torpedo2k

$325. He was very professional. Used a paint meter over the entire car and justified his appraisal over about eight pages of documentation. It gives you ammunition to go after the insurance company. In my case it wasn't as big a deal. I just wanted to prove a point to the company that I wasn't going to rollover. If it were 5k+ worth of damage it is probably worth it depending on how big of a jerk the claim rep you are dealing with.