Integrated cell phone option
05-11-05, 08:37 PM
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Integrated cell phone option
Does anyone know what the integrated cell phone option sold for in 1991? I want to make sure I get every penny from the company that owned the eighteen wheeler that ran over my beloved white steed.
05-12-05, 10:53 AM
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Lexus customer service might be able to tell you the exact price. Or you could request information through the Lexus corporate website - they quickly responded to a somewhat similar question I once had.
I seem to remember that the price of an installed Lexus phone system was over $1,000 when I bought my first LS in early 1990. But within a couple of years, Lexus sent an offer to sell a Lexus phone system to me for $500. I don't remember if that price included installation.
But how much would a obsolete OEM analog Lexus phone add to the value of a 1991 LS400? For insurance purposes, perhaps a few dollars.
I seem to remember that the price of an installed Lexus phone system was over $1,000 when I bought my first LS in early 1990. But within a couple of years, Lexus sent an offer to sell a Lexus phone system to me for $500. I don't remember if that price included installation.
But how much would a obsolete OEM analog Lexus phone add to the value of a 1991 LS400? For insurance purposes, perhaps a few dollars.
05-12-05, 11:51 AM
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Thanks Kansas.
If it were my insurance company I'd be stuck, since I have an agreement with them regarding such things. In this case though, the May Trucking Company is at fault for totaling my LS 400, and injuring my wife. They are a large nationwide trucking firm, and are self insured.
I believe I can negotiate a fair market replacement value with them rather than a simple fair market value. The theory is, to make me whole, I'm entitled to what it would cost me to replace my vehicle, rather than what I could have sold it for. It never hurts to ask; if you don't ask you're assured of getting nothing. Negotiations can actually be quite fun, as well as very interesting.
A service manager told me his oldest parts book, 1996, listed a replacement phone for 700.00, and that's just the phone, presuming you already have the integrated system in your vehicle.
I'm a newbie to any kind of forum communications, so I hope I haven't breached any etiquette in my first posting.
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If it were my insurance company I'd be stuck, since I have an agreement with them regarding such things. In this case though, the May Trucking Company is at fault for totaling my LS 400, and injuring my wife. They are a large nationwide trucking firm, and are self insured.
I believe I can negotiate a fair market replacement value with them rather than a simple fair market value. The theory is, to make me whole, I'm entitled to what it would cost me to replace my vehicle, rather than what I could have sold it for. It never hurts to ask; if you don't ask you're assured of getting nothing. Negotiations can actually be quite fun, as well as very interesting.
A service manager told me his oldest parts book, 1996, listed a replacement phone for 700.00, and that's just the phone, presuming you already have the integrated system in your vehicle.
I'm a newbie to any kind of forum communications, so I hope I haven't breached any etiquette in my first posting.
JWE
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