silverT
Well-Known Member
The irony of my Taco is crazy. This was my first auto I baby each day every day . Once in a wile sure a kick in the pants ,the truck was my best truck , sure a ding or two occurred but I did not care I just like it so much
heck my daughter completely banged into rear fender . I bang it out . and it was like what ever
I LOVE MY TACO , fender ripple and all . $316 payments per month on a 2008 to a total $16000.00
Mattered not . Was it the best deal ? Ha Ha - - at two hundred nineteen thousand miles - most any one would say are you off your rocker . Well the truck proved Perfect about all I ever needed was a carrier bearing and a strut rear tires . Never even a set of brakes after 25,000 miles .
Ok the night of sadness as usual drove slow but I was very Tired , reaction suspect , a deer runs out of no place a hit and natural instinct to avoid at same time put me in a ditch .
I pull out of ditch - survey damage , lights grill bumper gone hood fenders need replacement or carefully bondo work other then that no damage past the area that hold grill and such FIXABLE
NO air bag deployment
The day innocence died
I'm old school see go back 40 years and you bring car to shop
The shop say $4000
Ins company says Nope a total
The shop says NO NO we can fix INS company complies
Well I woke up yes year 2018 not 1978
Now a days the ins company prices out for perfection
looks at Book value - Salvage value . percent of repair to value .
The Rights of lender as to equity of a repaired truck .
The Insurance company calls it a TOTAL , wile your at home with high hopes
thinking it can be fixed .
they inform lender
list it as a total making it not registrable
till a salvage reregistration spec. can be satisfied
Well I have to consider my self lucky
loan paid in full
I received a check for $1,400
for a 10 year old truck with 249,000 miles
even to the end my Silver T did it's best by me
no negative loan . Still my hart is broken
naturally all I see are other Tacoma's about town .
What's next ?
I am saving up money for a bit newer lower mileage Taco
it wont be tomorrow
or next week
it might be a year from now .
But the time will come when a my saved money equals
a better Taco then before especially now I see the true miles these trucks can go .
Thanks to all members of past post's . Wish me luck
All members protect your truck from the Insurance company's
The salvage VALUE is high and offers insurance company's a way out
compared to paying to fix
PS
Last photo at night
just as well for me to never having a day pic.
heck my daughter completely banged into rear fender . I bang it out . and it was like what ever
I LOVE MY TACO , fender ripple and all . $316 payments per month on a 2008 to a total $16000.00
Mattered not . Was it the best deal ? Ha Ha - - at two hundred nineteen thousand miles - most any one would say are you off your rocker . Well the truck proved Perfect about all I ever needed was a carrier bearing and a strut rear tires . Never even a set of brakes after 25,000 miles .
Ok the night of sadness as usual drove slow but I was very Tired , reaction suspect , a deer runs out of no place a hit and natural instinct to avoid at same time put me in a ditch .
I pull out of ditch - survey damage , lights grill bumper gone hood fenders need replacement or carefully bondo work other then that no damage past the area that hold grill and such FIXABLE
NO air bag deployment
The day innocence died
I'm old school see go back 40 years and you bring car to shop
The shop say $4000
Ins company says Nope a total
The shop says NO NO we can fix INS company complies
Well I woke up yes year 2018 not 1978
Now a days the ins company prices out for perfection
looks at Book value - Salvage value . percent of repair to value .
The Rights of lender as to equity of a repaired truck .
The Insurance company calls it a TOTAL , wile your at home with high hopes
thinking it can be fixed .
they inform lender
list it as a total making it not registrable
till a salvage reregistration spec. can be satisfied
Well I have to consider my self lucky
loan paid in full
I received a check for $1,400
for a 10 year old truck with 249,000 miles
even to the end my Silver T did it's best by me
no negative loan . Still my hart is broken
naturally all I see are other Tacoma's about town .
What's next ?
I am saving up money for a bit newer lower mileage Taco
it wont be tomorrow
or next week
it might be a year from now .
But the time will come when a my saved money equals
a better Taco then before especially now I see the true miles these trucks can go .
Thanks to all members of past post's . Wish me luck
All members protect your truck from the Insurance company's
The salvage VALUE is high and offers insurance company's a way out
compared to paying to fix
PS
Last photo at night
just as well for me to never having a day pic.
