Z3papa
Senior Member
- First Name
- Clark
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2018
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- Location
- Bloomington, IL
- Vehicle(s)
- 2019 Civic Type R, 2011 BMW M3
I'm not licensed to practice law in the State of NJ (that's a hint) and would strongly suggest going onto one of those diminished value calculators rather than going to Carmax if you want to document your claim.I guess I do not understand how showing the difference in trade in value between a repaired car vs. an unrepaired car is going about it the "wrong" way. While I do understand the monetary value of what the car would actually "Sell" for and what I would get for a trade would be different, I do not see how showing that, for example, my repaired car received a whole sale offer of $23,000 vs. an unrepaired car with the same year, make, model, equipment and mileage received an offer of $25,000 would hurt my case. I also believe that the majority of the general population does not sell their cars private party, and will most likely look to a place like carmax or trade the car in at a dealership, so it is a comparison that makes sense.
The problem is that I have no way to make a true apples to apples comparison, because I am not actually selling my car. So any case I put together is entirely hypothetical.
I appreciate the response, and you seem to have some knowledge of DV claims, but saying I am doing it "wrong" without any suggestion about how to do it "right" is not really helpful.
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