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USAA’s Diminished Value Method

USAA continues not to provide claimants a copy of their valuation reports, instead they are now issuing this vague description of their appraisal method. Enjoy! USAA Diminished Value Methodology “USAA strives to provide consistent world class service to all consumers. Diminution is an element of the tort claim presented against

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Ugly Cars of SEMA 2013

Fake Rolls Royce At first glance, this retina-melting lime green machine rolling on 26-inch wheels appears to be a Rolls Royce drop top. Nope. It’s a Chrysler 300 with a fake Rolls grille. Even without that front end, this thing is over the top in so many ways. Have a

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VW Group Sales for 2012

Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche Sales, 2012 Golf/GTI 40,885 Jetta 170,424 New Bettle 29,174 Eos 6,214 Passat 117,023 CC 21,646 Tiguan 31,731 Touareg 10,553 Routan 10,483 Total Volkswagen 438,133  

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Infiniti Q30 Concept

Infiniti provided a first look at Frankfurt of its Q30 Concept, which it claimed was the next step in its foray into new premium segments. Aimed at a new generation of premium customers, the Q30 Concept is said to embody the Infiniti’s vision to deliver “head-turning design, innovative materials with

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Diminished Value of Georgia is Updating its Money Back Guarantee Policy.

Diminished Value of Georgia now offers a 100% money back guarantee on all loss in value appraisals offered to Georgia residents. Diminished Value of Georgia is the state’s leading auto appraisal company specializing in loss in value appraisal reports. What is Diminished Value? Loss in value, otherwise known as Diminished

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CarMax Appraisal and Diminished Value

Since most claimants get their vehicles appraised by CarMax after a loss, the CarMax appraisal report would only be quantifying the post-repair cash value of the vehicle. Most claimants deduct this post-repair CarMax amount from NADA retail or other online valuation sources when computing DV on their own; this is

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GA-400 Tollway Demolition Project Work Begins October 25

Beginning on Friday, October 18, portable message signs will alert motorists to pre-construction activities for the ending of tolls and the demolition of toll booths on GA 400.   The first phase of a four-phase demolition project will begin on Friday, October 25, with restriping to create a third lane

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Model Years of Vehicles Appraised

Below is a list of the vehicles we appraised the first half of October sorted by year. Year Count Percent 2013 51 28.81 2012 23 12.99 2011 21 11.86 2010 19 10.73 2007 18 10.17 2008 17 9.60 2009 8 4.52 2006 6 3.39 2005 4 2.26 2003 4 2.26

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Yelp Filtered Reviews

This is from Yelp’s FAQ’s: What are filtered reviews? We try to showcase the most helpful and reliable reviews among the millions that are submitted to the site. Not all reviews make the cut, and those that don’t are posted to a separate “Filtered Review” page. Filtered reviews don’t factor

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Limited Power of Attorney for Motor Vehicle Transactions

If you’re letting someone else act on your behalf in processing transactions with the Georgia dept of motor vehicles, you need to sign and notarize this Georgia Limited Power of Attorney for Motor Vehicle Transactions T8 document. You can use this document for: – Applying for title – Transfer a title

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Most Appraised Cars

Below is a list of the most appraised cars for Diminished Value this month and so far this year: This month: Toyota Camry Honda Accord Chrysler 300 Ford Mustang BMW 3 series Year To Date: Toyota Camry Nissan Altima Honda Accord Toyota Corolla Honda CRV Since 80% of the appraisals

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Atlanta Lease Deals – Auto

Atlanta Car Lease Deals for October 2013 2014 Acura RDX Avg. Paid: $34,214 – $39,154 MSRP: $34,520 – $39,620 Invoice: $32,430 – $37,150 Lease Deal: $399 per month for 36 months with $1,999 due at signing, or $440 per month for 36 months with $0 due at signing and no

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2014 Corvette Stingray Total Loss Accident

There have been several wrecked 2014 Corvette Stingrays but this, we think, is the first totaled stingray. The details of the crash are still unknown but it’s a shame to see such a beautiful machine damaged this way.   Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Specs 6.2L V8 engine Manual transmission Up to

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Drive-by-wire Infiniti

It has been claimed that drivers of Infiniti’s all-new mid-size premium car, the Q50, will be the first to benefit from electronic steer-by-wire technology, said to have been inspired by the latest jet aircraft technology. Direct Adaptive Steering, standard on certain models in the Q50 range when it goes on

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Standards for Motor Oil Information on Invoices

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology made uniform recommendations for motor oil information on invoices. These uniform standards mandate that the SAE oil ratings, brand, and weight are to be placed on a customer’s invoice. Twenty states automatically adopted the standards. Others do so by Administrative Regulation.

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Auto Leasing Increasing – Sept 2013

New vehicle sales are taking off. We have not seen these levels for many years. This is great for the economy, but… (There seems to always be a “but”.) People are trading up to new vehicles using leases. Leases are up by 12.5 percent this year, according to Experian Auto-motive.

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2014 Model Year – Top Searches According to Google

Google’s predictive search feature uses a predictive search algorithm based on popular searches to predict a user’s search query as it is typed, providing a dropdown list of suggestions that changes as the user adds more characters to the search input. We’ve compiled a list of all the 2014 vehicle

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Year to Date Auto Sales Data

Table sorted by year-to-date sales   Aug. 2013 Aug. 2012 % change 8 mos. 2013 8 mos. 2012 % change Buick 24,650 18,000 37% 141,880 122,589 16% Cadillac 20,255 14,704 38% 119,586 90,933 32% Chevrolet 187,740 169,978 10% 1,365,544 1,270,582 8% GMC 43,202 37,838 14% 303,254 273,366 11% General Motors

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Summer 2013 Auto Sales Recap

August capped a solid summer for the auto industry showing the strength of the overall market. Not only have automakers sold more light vehicles in the first eight months this year (10.6 million) than in all of 2009 (10.4 million), but last month’s 1.5 million sales topped the unit volume of

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