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I was hoping there may have been a rough average price that a wrecker will pay for a damaged Buick V6 ute.
Insurance companies have huge pool of data they can rely on but for your vehicle‘s age, it likely means it’s simply going to be a % of insured value (the % being an average across that class of vehicle and age).Anyone been to a car auction where crashed cars are sold? I'm trying to estimate what my insurer would ask for my ute now it's heavily damaged.
A mate has been working in the same wrecking yard for 15 years as a mechanic....His boss goes to Melbourne on "spending sprees", buying write offs and shipping them back to S.A....He knows what is needed with parts, the price he gets for parts and pays accordingly for these wrecks...He will even buy economic write offs and get them repaired properly and back on the road from there....
He makes sure the price paid, including freight is made within the month, with salvageable parts and the rest is cream on the top for him....
So it's not the insurance company that dictates the price he pays, it is him.....This will also apply with your situation....A wrecker will cough up what he can make within the first month and the rest of the car will be cream on top....considering you have been saying not many VR's are around your neck of the woods, I can't see a wrecker coughing up too much doe for your ute, which then puts it in your favour.