ESTIMATOR, AUTOMOBILE DAMAGE

  

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ESTIMATOR, AUTOMOBILE DAMAGE

Specialty Definition: ESTIMATOR, AUTOMOBILE DAMAGE

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Appraises automobile or other vehicle damage to determine cost of repair for insurance claim settlement and attempts to secure agreement with automobile repair shop on cost of repair: Examines damaged vehicle to determine extent of structural, body, mechanical, electrical, or interior damage. Estimates cost of labor and parts to repair or replace each item of damage, using standard automotive labor and parts cost manuals and knowledge of automotive repair. Determines salvage value on total-loss vehicle. Evaluates practicality of repair as opposed to payment of market value of vehicle before accident. Prepares insurance forms to indicate repair-cost estimates and recommendations. Reviews repair-cost estimates with automobile-repair shop to secure agreement on cost of repairs. Occasionally arranges to have damage appraised by another appraiser to resolve disagreement with repair shop on repair cost. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ESTIMATOR, AUTOMOBILE DAMAGE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 53 54 49 4D 41 54 4F 52 2C      41 55 54 4F 4D 4F 42 49 4C 45      44 41 4D 41 47 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010011 01010100 01001001 01001101 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 00101100 00100000 01000001 01010101 01010100 01001111 01001101 01001111 01000010 01001001 01001100 01000101 00100000 01000100 01000001 01001101 01000001 01000111 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#77 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#65 &#85 &#84 &#79 &#77 &#79 &#66 &#73 &#76 &#69 &#32 &#68 &#65 &#77 &#65 &#71 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0053 0054 0049 004D 0041 0054 004F 0052 002C      0041 0055 0054 004F 004D 004F 0042 0049 004C 0045      0044 0041 004D 0041 0047 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

395354434735544952142355554494749364346392383547354139

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