SuperDicq on Nostr: 翠星石 I did have to rely on insurance to transport my crashed car back from ...
翠星石 (nprofile…vqps) I did have to rely on insurance to transport my crashed car back from Switzerland to the Netherlands.
It took a while to convince them that it was worth it.
Their default way of deciding if you can get it back is:
Original sticker price minus depreciation minus the damages has to be greater than the transport cost
This obviously is a good calculation for people who own new and modern vehicles, but it does not work for older enthusiast or classic cars.
You can't just say "this car is worth less because it is older" when it comes to classic, or future classic cars.
Actually Mazda MX5s have literally only gone up in value the past 10 years or so when people realized these cars were actually really fun and not "gay" or "for girls" because they look a little cute.
So really what I did to convince the insurance as to show them my workshop, show them that I own basically all of the spare parts for this car and that fixing it will cost next to nothing (I only spent 200 euros in total on this repair so far). And I also mailed them listings of other Mazda MX5s for sale to give them an idea of the current asking price for one.
It was a lot of emails and phonecalls but I managed to get it home.
It took a while to convince them that it was worth it.
Their default way of deciding if you can get it back is:
Original sticker price minus depreciation minus the damages has to be greater than the transport cost
This obviously is a good calculation for people who own new and modern vehicles, but it does not work for older enthusiast or classic cars.
You can't just say "this car is worth less because it is older" when it comes to classic, or future classic cars.
Actually Mazda MX5s have literally only gone up in value the past 10 years or so when people realized these cars were actually really fun and not "gay" or "for girls" because they look a little cute.
So really what I did to convince the insurance as to show them my workshop, show them that I own basically all of the spare parts for this car and that fixing it will cost next to nothing (I only spent 200 euros in total on this repair so far). And I also mailed them listings of other Mazda MX5s for sale to give them an idea of the current asking price for one.
It was a lot of emails and phonecalls but I managed to get it home.