--yes most insurance companys try to pay you bottom book,if your car is a total loss,i spoke to my insurance company and asked what payout id expect to get, my car is mint 13 k from new all original,interia as new chassie has no rot etc etc,they said without an agreed valuation id get 3500 pounds for it,i couldnt under stand that as thats unheard of a delorean selling for that,apparently all they did was look in the back of pratical classics magazeen and yes there you have it bottom book was 3500 then good condition was 8500 and top wak i think was 10 or 12 k,this was 18 months ago,iv checked that magazeen recently and the prices havnt changed,so please anyone who sees a below average condition d and are asking book price let me know il give you 1000 pound extra for it, they told me that an agreed valuation involves 15 pounds plus lots of photos and the delorean club saying yes the cars worth x amount and hey presto in the event of the car being a total loss your covered,so well worth doing,the agreed valuation stands for 12 months, just some advice if you tell them you think its worth say 12 they will come back and say 11 so add 1000 pounds to your value,i garantee they will come back with less - In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "essexdick" <tny1964@...> wrote: > > Hi all, i spoke to my insurance company today,to change my address > and i queeried agreed value. From what they said the 15k it is insured > for is not neccesarilly the amount i will get if it is stolen or > damaged or burnt. > They told me i will only get the market value of the car in these > curcumstancies, which could be way below that ammount. > So the long and the short of it is , they may need to be valued by a > club member who has a good idea of what they are worth. > I hope you dont mind me metioning this but i recently got payed out > on a total loss which sell for around £1400, and only recieved £950 > which was the book value.and would hate for anyone being caught out and > not getting a decent payout. > Im not saying this is true of all insurance companies but my one AON > does as far as i understand have this policy. > > Thanks Tony Vin 3484 doc 398 > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/HliolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doc-uk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/