rob17san

As the title states I totaled it. Only had it 3 Months! I was in a ten car pile up Nov 28th. BAD LUCK. Nothing I could have done. Anyway, what do you think the insurance will pay out? Totaled for sure, and airbag blew. It was SUPER CLEAN and i am very sad to see it off the road. It was perfect. It was that rare tropical blue color and had 170k miles 4x4 ext cab auto.

I had just done the following to it within two weeks before the wreck.

Bilstein Shocks. Stabilizer shock. Sway bar end links. New front bumper. Cd Player. New hard license plates on the 21st

What you think the payout would be in Colorado? These are hard to find in good shape or in any shape really around here. I found this one at a dealer.

I will post pictures when I can.

DeathCougar

iTrader: (23)

Dec. 28th huh?

Were you going 88 miles per hour?

Every insurance company is different as to what they will pay, but a 97 should fetch you 5k or so. As for the new parts, they won't likely care as they consider them "regular maintinence" parts

g_mau18

Wait let me get this straight...I have all these plans for my truck and what I am going to do to it after i get back from deployment and if some idiot gets me into a pileup after i have done susp lift, big tires, winch, re-gear, etc etc. I will probably only get 2 grand for it since its an '88????? AAAAAAHHH!!!!

rob17san

I was going like 45 mph. Came around a blind turn and there were 4 people already in a pile. Nothing I could do about it

rob17san

Also it is worth more than 5k. I paid $6000 and it was a steal. IT was so mint! Cheapest I can find around here is $7500-$8988. Book $6450-$7120 KBB NADA

DeathCougar

iTrader: (23)

Yea, but you know how insurance likes to rape you

rdlsz24

You would be lucky if they gave you $2k lol. An '88 Toyota is pretty much scrap in their opinion.

Rob

nashvegas

Wow, that is truly bad news, sorry to hear this. I've only owned my '97 T100 4x4 Ext cab for a couple of months- bought it on ebay for $6700 with 143,000 miles....nearly mint, I've added timing belt/water pump and cv boots/front axles. Your accident makes me want to drive really careful now. Hope your insurance company treats you fair considering these trucks are so awesome- nothing else I've seen before or since comes close.

sa51

i would cry

DeathCougar

iTrader: (23)

88 MPH? Back to the Future? Dec 28th?

Ah nevermind.

Poor T100

thedude42

my insurance company just finished raping me they gave me 2700 for my 94 runner OMFG are you kidding 6 mounths ago i bought it for 3,200!!!! they didnt care that it had a recently installed rebuilt motor but a pulled motor that only had 86k on it

all i could say was unbelievable!!

rob17san

well I wont go down without a fight tbats for sure. I loved that truck! Here are some photos. May be parting it out down the road....:-(

georgiayota

can't see them

rob17san

scuba

Wow, Poor thing...
makes me wanna cry, looks like a beautiful truck (minus the dents)

I feel for ya man

rob17san

anyone have a friend at geico or know anything that could help, please let me know. This truly is hard for me. Not only the pain physically, but look at my truck!

scuba

Well my dad always told me to get good money outta the insurance company espescially with older trucks like ours, print out a bunch of ads for similar trucks...near same mileage,~ same year, things like that, probably from Craigslist, show them what the trucks are really going for, instead of what the stupid book says so they dont try and lowball you

rob17san

yeah the ones I found were from $6800 to 9000 for siimilar trucks. I paid $6k for mine but it was a steal I waited for. Sold the same day the dealer posted it for sale, with back up offers. So I would assume i should get at least that? luckily I had taken my color matched tinted topper off the day before to move a piano!

941uzfetaco

Man its not tottaled it just needs alot of body work!But seriously I'm sorry man I feel for ya.

eburkett

looks like a trail rig now