PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - 1987 300TD in California

Maxbumpo · #6 10-04-2017, 03:02 PM

If you had not accepted their check, and kept possession of the car (it is YOUR property, regardless of the collision or where it went for repairs) then you could have negotiated the proper value of the car based on (1) it is very rare and becoming more valuable due to rarity and (2) all the maintenance and repairs you put into keeping the condition very nice and (3) just try to find another in similar or better condition that is currently for sale in your area. Show examples of sales during the last year of similar condition wagons (look at Ebay, Bring-a-Trailer, look in Craigs List and Hemmings for current listings). Get the valuation high enough, and then the cost of repairs won't make it a total loss.