'97 Camry totalled/deceased ??

Purchased new in 97. Practically no trouble; everything still worked great. Always garaged 0 rust; as perfect as could be with 230K miles. Was stopped in turn lane and was slammed from the rear. rear tire now points inward; back end smashed up badly. Driver seat collapsed rearward on impact... Had all the options for an LE, gold trim, A/C, moonroof.... I'm guessing it's totalled. Any idea what I should expect as a settlement? I'm seeing blue book of $2000 as a trade in value and $3000 value if I sold it. His insurance company initially said they would give $$$ that would buy a comparable Camry but that's more than the blue book value. I found one EXACTLY the same on car.com for $5500 but it only had 128K miles; the vin looked very clean.

lost a friend
Dave

You should call your insurance person in charge of your claim to get the bottom line on reimbursement for your loss.

Sorry about your car.

Sorry this happened. The insurance company more than likely will want to settle for as little as possible. They will probably make you an offer below what its actual value. It will be up to you to accept or turn down. They may try to make it seems that their 1st offer is in your best interest. Yet its not.

If you have both collision & liability your insurance company may help in this matter, if you only have liability as I do on my older car, you will be on your own.

If you intend to turn down their initial offer, have comparable cars in hand to prove that it is too low....mileage notwithstanding.

Another Camry bites the dust....