Help me get my truck back, need to find past salvage sales

The real annoying part was even with out pretty decent laws in MN, there isn't anything for diminished value. Going back to the first "in passing" conversation I had about this 06 tacoma that was salvag etc. When the tables turn and I try to explain how a salvage vehicle (specific comps aside, because I'm talking salvage here), isn't far off from the offer, and all of a sudden since we established previously, the simple fact of salvage, on a title, no matter what, greatly diminishes the value. When I swing this idea back, all of a sudden its dependent on what happened, and the laundry list of hmm haw answers. Yeah no... put a salvage title on a vehicle, doesn't matter at all what the damage is/was, it will never ever be worth the same amount as a clean title, plain and simple.

 

In 2017, my 2011 V6 double cab 4x4 off-road with 80k-ish miles was worth 4879 in salvage value in Texas. They are charging you more than they should

 

I would have to play devils advocate and say, that's a vastly different area from me, and time, I don't think that would be a comparable thing in my case. In 2017 I sold a 1988 bmw m3 for $15k. Google that, and you will see.... man was that the worst call ever.

 

Well, after a few weeks of arguments. It was agreed for a dealer to give appraisal. $18,600 after the deductions from my horrible "damages". Little better than my rounded up $16k quote originally.

Won't be buying it back now. I did tell the adjuster the price needs to move 2k one way, sell it back for $2500, or appraise it at a correct value of 18.5.

Edit: Told the adjuster weeks back when I was auguring over price. Since the buy back is just a % of the value of the vehicle. Since they wouldn't budge on said value, I tried to make them move on the buy back price instead.

 

$5300 what in the flying fuck?
First of all, the truck is totaled. It’s done for. In their eyes. Total loss. So they pay you out on the value of it (they never do) and then move on with life.
After that far as they’re concerned truck should disappear off the face of the planet or be crushed. And they move on. Multi million dollar ins co should not give a shit.
It gets sent to be stored at a yard where people bid on auction usually junkyards down the street, who then haul it away to sell for parts. Which is in no way appealing to them because who buys Tacoma parts? Nobody. They’re not gonna make a dime off it. Tacomas are simple with few moving parts that do not break. So there is no demand for used junkyard parts.

because of that they should have no problem selling it to you for cheap. Because after that it’s your problem if you can fix it up or it becomes a lawn ornament. And helps them because they no longer have to pay storage fees for it.

I bought a car back after it was totaled for cheap as hell. Hundreds of dollars. Then drove it to move because I needed wheels. What better car to choose to rely and depend upon to move than the car I maintained and knew, despite damage. The devil you know is better than the one you don’t. Buying something else with major undisclosed problems finding out the hard way on the road would be bad. Was the body fucked up? Of course. But the drivetrain purred like a kitten and that’s what moves you miles from A to B: the drivetrain. Regardless of a bent panel. Sold it a week later for profit to someone who needed the parts or to part it out because mechanically it had good shit in it still.

For them to want $5300 for something total is insane

especially if you have your own mods on the truck to take off that they don’t want to cover anyway. Shit is yours, not theirs.

they’re just in the habit of the average vast majority of people being dumb as hell and always happily bending over with no lube for anyone and everyone without question or critical thought, including ins cos

which is even more reason to give you, that 1 out of 99 people, a pass, because they already made plenty of profit fucking the other 98 people
Customer service should be to take care of you, not screw you
if they are, I’m guessing it’s a bad ins co

 

If I’m reading this concise and organized scenario, this is a discussion of $2k over a totaled 12 year old truck. Regardless of if my comprehension is inept, when bad shit happens like your truck gets totaled, you get fucked and move on.

 

Well, I guess if you like to just give up, bend over, and take it, that's your own prerogative.

 

It will end up at auction, I know exactly which one, some one will buy it, and put it back on the road. I will be on said auction site shortly, not for the truck but I need an engine for my VW, and found it's much more cost effective to buy a whole car instead of just an engine, can re-coupe some costs by parting out and crushing the rest. Spent a long time trying to figure out what engine to swap in, how big of a project I wanted, how much to budget, etc. Basically just for a direct same engine replacement with lets say 100k miles, costs roughly about the same as an entire rear ended car with the same engine I need with 100k miles. Then, AAA even saves me the hassle of paying for transport.

Edit:

Mine isn't even close to this bad. Look what these gems go for

https://imgur.com/a/W7BUNtE

 

Plus you don’t know who fucked with what when they remove the engine or if it even works
if you get a damaged car you can still run the engine and all the various sensors and what not are still there