"However, when it is a special interest car, or a rare one, -- and I know EXACTLY what the E500 is!!!---by the way,--- you should SERIOUSLY consider hiring a professional automobile appraiser. Yes, it may actually cost you a few hundreds of dollars to have that done, but the results are usually inarguable, it is like an investment to do that sometimes, that will pay you back far higher than what the appraiser's fee cost."

Where do you find a professional auto appraiser? Is that the same thing as an independent adjuster?

It's funny, I'm a lawyer and I work for an insurance company and just when you think you know a little bit about something, you find yourself in a situation which you proves you don't know much at all. I actually work in surety bonds, not car insurance, but after a while you think you know the business a bit.

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