WHAT ARE INSURANCE CLAIM VEHICLES ?    

 

These are insured vehicles, some having been stolen and then recovered by the insurance company or they have sustained readily repairable damage from collision, vandalism, storms or street flooding. The individuals that owned these vehicles received cash insurance settlements as compensation for the damage or loss incurred and the vehicle then becomes property of the insurance company.  These are the vehicles that we offer for sale. We offer more than 15,000 readily repairable insurance claim vehicles each week, inventory changes daily.

 

EXAMPLES OF INSURANCE CLAIM VEHICLES:

 

THEFT RECOVERED VEHICLES For example, you park your insured Porsche in the airport parking garage and depart and then return days later to find it gone. You report it stolen, but the police don't find it.  Your insurance company then pays you a cash settlement equal to the value of the car. However, a few months or even years later the car is discovered several states away in an illicit body shop where stolen cars are disassembled and sold for parts or shipped overseas. The car may be fully intact or may have already had some of it's parts removed and sold.  However the car is no longer yours, it belongs to your insurance company since you were paid a cash settlement and you no longer have any claim to the vehicle.

FLOOD CARS :  These are vehicles having been in various depths of water from street flooding. There are two types of floods,either "fresh" or "salt" water flood.  Most flooding conditions are "fresh" water caused from excessive rainfall which is generally non-corrosive.  Mostly the flood cars that we list have been in depths of fresh water for a short duration and the water level usually doesn't get more than a few inches above the carpet. However, there are some instances of longer durations and some examples of salt water flooding.

VANDALISM AND STORM DAMAGED VEHICLES :  A vandalized vehicle is one that has fallen prey to varying destruction at the hands of a vandal that can include physical damage to the vehicle or may have some parts stolen or destroyed.  Storm damage can occur from events such as hail, tree limbs, airborne debris, high water, etc.

COLLISION DAMAGE :   We list vehicles that may have sustained some degree of collision damage that is readily repairable.  Many people ask,  "why doesn't the insurance company just pay to have these vehicles repaired for their customers". Here's an example why insurance companies sometimes opt not to repair a vehicle.  We recently listed a Ferrari for sale that had sustained very easily repairable front end damage. However some of the primary parts needed to make the repair were the front bumper and the fenders which were going to be on back-order from Europe for approximately 6 months. During those 6 months this Ferrari would be sitting in a body shop racking up a storage bill of $40 per day in addition to a $45 per day rental car bill. The insurance company simply decided to pay the Ferrari owner the replacement cost of the car and forego the long and costly wait for parts. Plus, once an insurance company commits to repairing a vehicle they are at the mercy of whatever surprises may pop up during the repair process in both cost and time. They sometimes find it simpler and more cost effective to quickly dispose of these vehicles rather than repair them.  Our list of inventory changes daily. More than 15,000 readily repairable and highly desirable vehicles immediately available at DEEPLY discounted prices.

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