Thanks for your replies on trading my C43 for an E55. The only problem is, without significantly more compensation from the ins. co., there is no way I could afford the upgrade. I need comentary on the actual issues presented in my last post.

According to the ins. co.'s current offer, it makes more financial sense to me to accept the repaired C43 and the ins. co.'s additional compensation (which amount I am currently planning to augment) and sell the car myself, rather than to let the ins. co. buy it from me for what works out to be an amount less than my cost and sell it at a profit to themselves. The ins. co. would not pay more than my invoice amount if they elected to total the car.

Certainly, if finances were not an issue, I'd eat the financial loss and trade the '99 C43 in on a new 2002 E55. The $35 to $40K cost difference over the Starmarked '99 C43 is prohibitive. I really want a C43 anyway. A C32 would be nice, but currently, I still prefer the C43.

Given that the ins. co. has already partially settled, I believe that I would have the time to leisurely excercise my litigation muscles and practice my craft with little down side. However, I'm looking to see if you guys think my position is reasonable. That way I'll have a better sense if I can wrest fair compensation from the ins. co. with a couple more letters and minimal or no litigation.

Marc
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