Apparently, insurance company repairs as well as 'total loss' claims are lowballed as a general practice. I just read an article at [URL="http://www.claimsreporter.com"]www.claimsreporter.com[/URL] that says that you can get on average, the ~K difference needed to get a replacement ride (vs. trade-in)... for sure, if it was not your fault. Anyone got any experience with using a local 3rd party appraisal to get more $$ back? <M@YW-I/_