Guides
Practical walkthroughs of salvage and total-loss situations — what happens, what the numbers should look like, and where the evidence comes from.
Flooded car total loss
What happens after a flood claim, what the offer should look like, and your options — including what a flood-branded title does to resale value.
Texas SB 458: the mandatory appraisal clause
The 2026 Texas law that lets either side invoke appraisal in an auto total-loss dispute — how the clause works and where market evidence fits.
Tools and reference
Salvage values by make and model
Median realized auction sale prices for the highest-volume vehicles at US salvage auctions, with the sample size beside every figure.
17c diminished value calculator
The formula most insurers use, computed exactly as published — and what it systematically leaves out.
Sample Report
A document for the claim file, written to be shared between the parties, with the sales behind every number.
Put a number on your vehicle
Every guide comes back to the same question: what is the vehicle actually worth? Value a vehicle — free, no signup — or see what the evidence behind the number costs.