It was an interesting day to say the least. I went to pick up my son from school and it was a good thing I did not pick him yet because as I was driving down a main road, a car darted out from a side street from my right. I tried to maneuver to go around her and she clipped my rear wheel and there I went, hit the curb and landed on my left side. I was always wondering about short wheelbase and higher center of gravity issues. Thank God that I was in a RHD in this situation and my son would have been on the left hand side. I undid my seatbelt and popped up my door and climbed out and not a scratch. The other driver was fine and now the fun will begin with ICBC insurance. There will be the usual questions who's fault and will it be a write off? Now how will I do I get them not to use the blue book value of a rusty domestic cruiser? Anyone been there before?
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it completely landed on its left hand side. The damage was to the front quarter, door, and rear quarter. Surprisingly the windshield was intact. I will find out later this week the other damage.
Bummer about the truck. Good luck with ICBC. Thyre Bast***ds! At least your ok. Can always import another.
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They will more than likely write it off as the parts are hard to come by and its thier stand to not be bothered trying to fix jdm vehicles.
Usually they will check the buy sell trade and believe it or not get the value from that medium.
Usually they will check the buy sell trade and believe it or not get the value from that medium.
My insurance company checked the buy sell for replacement value, then they added on the full value for all of the upgrades, ie. ARB bumper, lift kit, etc. The truck was in less then good condition before the accident but I still got $14K for it. Then they let me buy it back for $3K. Worked out pretty good for me. Make sure you have a list of all the extra goodies on the truck and make sure you get full replacement value for them if they decide to write it off.
If this helps, there are two BJ74's for sale in Whistler right now. One is asking $14,500 with 190kkm; no price on the other (and no, mine is not one of them!). I think both are pretty much stock. If ICBC tries lowballing you there is some info.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Yes, that's a good one. I had the same problem when I damaged my rig. Total repair was estimated at about 8000 Euro's (11.000 USD) The insurance said the value was no more than 6-7k euro's and so it was supposed to be a write off
Than, from the classifieds I found about similar rigs, I showed them that the asking price was between 12 and 15K euro's. Got it repaired.
Hi , I Hope things are going well, Glad you are O.K I had a LJ 78 stolen and damaged. ICBC wasnt going to write it off, until they priced out all off the parts etc... It took a while, They ICBC dont know much about JDMs so they look at the original purchace price ( bill of sale) craiglist etc
note there is a catch 22 here . It is good to when buying a JDM for a cheap price but on the other hand . It could be a downfall when trying to get a decent buck for it, when dealing with insurance agencies
note there is a catch 22 here . It is good to when buying a JDM for a cheap price but on the other hand . It could be a downfall when trying to get a decent buck for it, when dealing with insurance agencies
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well i got one answer from ICBC, they told me that it was %100 the other persons fault. Phew! I will send in the truck in on monday and see how that will do. I checked the truck yesterday and to my surprise the truck seems to be not too bad for landing on its side. the front qtr is toast and the door is as well, as for the rear qtr the body could be straightened out and I had the after market softtop and I assume the tear could be fixed. The rear wheel got hit but the frame is so beefy that I think that it would be okay. But Ihave had the truck for 3 to 4 years and should I let ICBC write it off if they give me fair market value?
Hi All:
I can't believe no one else has posted this yet!
"This thread is worthless without photos!"
BTW - sorry to hear about the damage to your BJ74, and glad you are O.K.
Regards,
Alan
I can't believe no one else has posted this yet!
"This thread is worthless without photos!"
BTW - sorry to hear about the damage to your BJ74, and glad you are O.K.
Regards,
Alan