{"id":778,"date":"2026-10-12T06:40:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/resources\/comparable-log\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T06:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:40:31","slug":"comparable-log","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/resources\/comparable-log\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparable vehicle research log"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero single\">\n<div class=\"hero-inner\"><span class=\"eyebrow\">Total Loss Network \/ Resources<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Comparable vehicle research log<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\">A printable structure for checking and recording vehicle evidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><main id=\"main\" class=\"core-body\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"module\" id=\"fields-for-each-vehicle\">\n<h2>Fields for each vehicle<\/h2>\n<p>VIN: ______<br \/>Seller and location: ______<br \/>Listing URL and date saved: ______<br \/>Year, trim, engine and drivetrain: ______<br \/>Mileage: ______<br \/>Equipment differences: ______<br \/>Title and damage history: ______<br \/>Asking price: ______<br \/>Confirmed price and source: ______<br \/>Availability: ______<br \/>Contact name, date and response: ______<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"module\" id=\"avoid-common-research-errors\">\n<h2>Avoid common research errors<\/h2>\n<p>Deduplicate by VIN. Label unknown facts as unknown. Do not turn an asking price into a completed-sale price. Keep evidence from the relevant period and explain why a wider search was needed for a rare vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"module\" id=\"use-the-log\">\n<h2>Use the log<\/h2>\n<p>Choose the best-supported comparisons, describe differences and ask the insurer how it addressed them. <a href=\"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/guides\/comparables\/\">Read the comparable review guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"module\" id=\"keep-exploring\">\n<h2>Keep exploring<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/resources\/\">Browse all resources<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/states\/oregon\/\">Oregon claim guidance<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/insurance-company-total-loss-claim-guides\/\">Find your insurer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Total Loss Network \/ Resources Comparable vehicle research log A printable structure for checking and recording vehicle evidence. Fields for each vehicle VIN: ______Seller and location: ______Listing URL and date saved: ______Year, trim, engine and drivetrain: ______Mileage: ______Equipment differences: ______Title and damage history: ______Asking price: ______Confirmed price and source: ______Availability: ______Contact name, date and response: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":737,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-778","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalloss.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}