Quote from: SilvererSHO on January 16, 2018, 08:23:36 PM

Quote from: Egoboost on January 16, 2018, 01:06:55 PM
Yes, Genesis rspec 5.0...went back to my 1st love of a V8 rwd format.

Thought I'd pass along some info that I gleaned from the internet and from my buddy who used to be an adjuster.

-the 1st offer is just that, an offer.  You are not obligated to take it.  If you decide to decline it, be prepared to back it up with similarly optioned vehicles w/ similar mileage feom auto trader or blue book (black book in Canada)

-don't be a jerk, it won't get you anywhere.  Be courteous but firm.  The person on the other end is usually a recent grad and they get paid by moving through your file as fast as they can and onto the next.  They are overworked and the ins company wants to get you out of their way so it's in their best interest to give you a fair deal off the hop.

-be prepared to mention anything that were add ons that did not come with the car.  Those are yours and you have the right to be re-imbursed for them (no, not the Ming vase in your trunk).  In my case after my 1st offer, I mentioned that I had snow tires and they went back and noticed my car was well-optioned as well so that helped my case as well - though incidentally (not that I'm complaining).

So you might be wondering what I got...auto trader listed similar vehicles around 11-12k (I had over 180 000 km's) on the odo.  They offered me 17500.  I said woo hoo but then mentioned my winter tires.  24 hrs later that became 20500.  I shut up and signed as fast as possible, though it's worth mentioning the black book value was about 18000.  The body shop also mentioned they tend to pay out more for higher-end cars.

Though I hope no one smokes a deer on here, hopefully this can be useful if ever you're in my position.

Cheers!

Oh ya, I've played this game a few times.  Drag your feet all the way through the process too if you're in a position to.  Like you said, they want to clear the books.  Make it hard for them.  Be a nice, courteous, passive-aggressive asswhole.  And don't feel bad about it either, they sure don't.

I wonder how many people don't know this and just take the first offer?

You gonna sell those Firehawks?

What year is the R-Spec?

Sold to the ins company w/ the car lol...got a brand new set of Toyo winters on the new car in exchange...good deal.

2012 rspec...better power/weight ratio than the newer gen Genesis rspec and the price is right.  If there was an even sleepier car than the EB's this is it.  Good fun.

Peace out fellas, all the best.

Quote from: Egoboost on January 19, 2018, 08:58:34 PM
Sold to the ins company w/ the car lol...got a brand new set of Toyo winters on the new car in exchange...good deal.

2012 rspec...better power/weight ratio than the newer gen Genesis rspec and the price is right.  If there was an even sleepier car than the EB's this is it.  Good fun.

Peace out fellas, all the best.

What the point of a sleeper if you can't beat anything?

Lol...

Enjoy the Hyundai, hope you don't run into any AJPTuned SHOs.

Bummer! No pics?!?!