Remember to prepare a detailed inventory and get extra value for extras
like the new paint job, rims, KOs, trailer hitch, etc. Also get sales
tax on the final price since you will have to pay it on the
replacement. Another site is edmunds.com. Remember you are buying at
full dealer retail not trade-in or private sale.

Hope you son wasn't injured.



RoyJ wrote:
> www.kbb.com
> www.nada.com
> "blue book" from NADA
> "Yellow book" from NADA (check your loan officer at the bank/credit union)
> www.carsoup.com
> www.cars.com
>
> try both locations for each of those. You should be able to claim either
> SoCal or Montana as the location.
>
> wrote:
>
> > My son, a 3rd year student at Montana U. has / had a '97 Cherokee
> > Country with all the bells and whistles. While trying to help someone
> > out of a ditch on an icy snowy road the jeep was smashed by a diesel
> > rig. As you may expect, it was totalled by the insurance company.
> >
> > What should I look for as a fair market price for the jeep? It was in
> > good shape with upgraded rims and a brand new set of BFG KO's, had
> > power everything and the factory tow package, leather seats, etc. as
> > well as a six month old paint job. It had about 106k miles on it.
> >
> > I live in SoCal so I think that is what they are using for the
> > location to set fair market value. I tried looking through the
> > autotrader but there wasn't a really comparable match for about 1200
> > miles from me.
> >
> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated!