The important thing to remember if you succumb to a car accident in Germany is that how and where repair of the damaged car determine victims, which we did. Always in such a situation, we have the right to have it repaired chosen by us to any automotive workshop in Germany. Even if you choose the most expensive shop in the area, the total cost of repairs covered perpetrator of a car accident or his insurance company the most.
One should not forget, however, that the valuation and repair the damaged car must cover only the damage caused during the accident and not the damage already during the use of the car. If replacement parts are subject to considerable wear, eg. Car tires, their value is calculated according to their consumption. For the same valuation of damage caused in a car accident in Germany often included in other factors directly related to the same damage, eg. Decline in the value of the car as a result of the same accident.
The size of the damage
It is also important that, if we succumb to a car accident in Germany, we need to repair our car in this country, it is enough that the same loss shall be assessed by an appropriate expert, and based on that we can apply for compensation. Very often also so that repair the car after a road accident in Germany is impossible and rule the damage total. The total damage is pronounced if the repair cost is very high compared to the value of the car before the injury. If the value of the car is too low in relation to the damage caused and the potential value of repairing the damage is pronounced complete. Under current German law, such a loss is pronounced when the cost of repairing a car damaged in a car accident in Germany exceeds 130% of the value of the car before the damage.
Regardless of whether we will repair our vehicle, or was adjudicated total loss, the same valuation due to us compensation takes place according to the estimate made by the appropriate expert or directly on the basis of the accounts for the repair of the car. Regardless of whether we want the same damaged vehicle repair or not.
If you do not present the bill for the repair of a car or buying a new one, then the insurance company will pay us the amount of net estimate.
The cost of the valuation of damages by an expert
For the same technical valuation of the damaged car for the execution of images, or the repair cost estimate must be paid expert German or Polish. However, the possession of such documentation is extremely important, especially when our car during the accident was substantially damaged.
