My Civic is most likely going to be totaled by my ins company in the next few days, and I would like to get the most I can from them. I think there are 2 things that might increase the value of this car. I had a Maaco paint job put on in the fall of 2015. I did not bother to save any statements. I paid with the store credit, but didn't save any receipt. I did find an email from the cc bank, saying I had a balance of $1250, in Dec 2015. I do have pics from the fall of 2016 that show a shiny (relatively) recent paint job. Does something like this lift the value of the car a couple hundred bucks, or do I need a cc statement showing that I actually paid for the job? I think I have a Yelp review of that particular Maaco location, where I posted pics from my car.
At any rate, the paint job itself cost something like $1500, and it had a 5 year warranty—although how to prove any of that, is going to be hard.
About 30,000 miles ago, I put on Michelins that are 85 or 90K warrantied. I do have paperwork from that, as well as paperwork showing that they have been properly rotated.
Are these things simply written into whatever they tell me the value is? Or would they increase it some?
About 30,000 miles ago, I put on Michelins that are 85 or 90K warrantied. I do have paperwork from that, as well as paperwork showing that they have been properly rotated.
Are these things simply written into whatever they tell me the value is? Or would they increase it some?
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