Thanks for your sympathy
Progressive guy due here today. Upside, I deal with these same Progressive
people here at the body shop so I already know the adjuster and he's not a
unreasonable guy and will be right up front with me about what his company
will or won't do. Progressive figures the car rental costs as part of the total claim, so that's going to screw me. I just completed the estimate and I wrote $3600, so it's only 40% of threshold for a total loss, but a potential car rental bill of $7000 will be the deal breaker.
Ed @ Tynan's Isuzu called again this morning after contacting Isuzu about my parts. Most of the body items are no longer stocked, period, anywhere. I have to place the order with vin# and they have to be "made" at Isuzu's Japan Fabrication Facility. That can be a wait of as long as 6-9 months as I'm sure some of you equally unlucky owners have already discovered.
Lenny Weisberg just put his 01 Charcoal in the local paper for 10k and I called him this morning to see if it was still up for grabs. It has 87k miles and he is the original owner. I plan to push them to buy that one for me if they are going to take mine.
Salvage value could be as high as 7k since it really has so little damage. It will go to Klode Salvage Distribution in Littleton, Co to be listed on their bid sheet. You have to be a body shop, salvage yard, or dealer to even bid on it. That's the downside to letting go of a VX with so many good parts needed by so many good people. Will post an update as more info is available.
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