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Originally Posted by mazspeed
I agree. You need to seriously inflate your damage award to get the right amount for your car. Been there and done that. They will throw a low ball offer, unless they accept that it's not your normal camaro, which is hard for them, because they don't typically care and they go by bluebook for that year.
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What they should, and probably will do, is let you take it to the shop of your choice, and pay the entire bill with no quibling. You shouldn't even have to be involved.
I put a 98 vette into a ditch leaving my lakehouse in wisconsin once. Then tried to drive between a large sewage pumping station and a 2' diamter oak tree. Unfortunatley, the space was 6" narrower than the car. She lodged just in front of the doors.
I actually tried to back her out, looked in the rear view mirror just in time to see one of the front tires hit the ground 40 feet behind me. That damned LS2 was still purring like a kitten, but the PCM was laying on the ground in a puddle!
A neighbor recommended a shop about 40 miles away that retores corvettes. Insurance company had it tows there, and 4 months later I got it back good as new. Never saw a bill, never saw an estimate, just handed the shop owner my check for the deductible and drove her home.
Damage was 17k plus