Seeking experience - total loss from Flood (NY Metro)

[Hyperbeast]

Welp, the storm dropped tons of water in the northeast and I wasn’t able to get to my car in time. Water subsided to where I could get into the vehicle. It made it just out of the garage and died on the road. Got my claim with insurance, but the state emergency needs to lift before tows can even start doing their job.

Anyone have a total loss experience? Curious as to what I can expect from insurance? I (had) a 2018 Long Range Model 3 with Enhanced Autopilot and unlimited premium connectivity. (Options they don’t even offer any more)

Does the reimbursement account for software upgrades?

 

[Tam]

...Does the reimbursement account for software upgrades?...

That depends on your insurance. Some would reimburse you based on the price tag that you initially paid. Some don't care whether you paid more for expensive options or not because it has a standard table...

 

[HankLloydRight]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Watts_Up]

That depends on your insurance.

I general, during the life of the car, you can declare additional options and get additional coverage for a fee.

 

[jboy210]

I don't know the answer, but this is an interesting question. I assume that you should get some additional money from the insurance company to make you whole because you purchase these options. What does Blue Book or other used car estimation sites how these options change the value of your car? My guess is that is what you would get.

 

[TesslaManiac]

You don’t know if it’s a total loss yet. I think you’re jumping ahead too far here. Wait for a mechanic’s assessment. Personally I thought these battery boxes are water tight. Might be something simple.

 

[MG535]

Sorry this happened to you.

Be prepared to have some data points if you feel the settlement offer is insufficient.

 

[CLK350]

Have no info re insurance aspects - BUT if you want to have your car repaired, the place I would think can do the best job repairing your car would be Rich Rebuild's aka Rich Benoit ( see his Youtube channel or this intro Rich Rebuilds at The Electrified Garage ) - he may be overbooked tho, but would likely volunteer useful tips.
Sorry to hear your mishaps - all the best and keep us posted!

 

[Hyperbeast]

(Geico Insurance)

closing this out - car was a TOTAL LOSS. They tried to short me on the value (had to push back twice, as they weren't giving me the going market rate for a similar used 3). They were also deducting $ initially because of the premium color options, even though mine was also a premium color option (blue). So for example they saw on the tesla website it's an extra 1K for Red, they'd deduct 1k from the assessment. I squashed that.

They also tried to depreciate the enhanced autopilot.


I was able to tell my sob story to a Tesla showroom rep, who befriended me. When I eventually put in an order for a new Model Y, he told me to call him so he'd put the order in through his end, showing it was done at the Tesla showroom. 24hrs later he called me to tell me he had a customer who denied delivery due to financing issues (same build as mine), and if I could take delivery in 3 days the car was mine.

So now im a proud owner of a MYLR!

 

[MG535]

How many miles on it and what value did you get in the end?