its called an accelerated depreciation claim, and it's pretty rare that icbc will reimburse you except in extreme cases. like ^ said, only way to do it is through the courts, and if you take it to small claims they'll likely hire a lawyer to fight you. its unfortunate when you're not at fault, but you pretty much just have to suck it up and move on
if it isn't a clearcut write off though, you can continue disputing it with your adjuster, and they can find ways to up the value on your car to make it repairable. if its a total loss 3 times over though, then there's no chance of that either. biggest question is do you want to take your chances with trying to sell a car with a 9k hit on it later on, or do you want to just take the cheque now and move on?
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