Sad day, another smashed up B5
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From: woodbine NJ (college in Jax Fl.)
RE: Sad day, another smashed up B5
First off I am glad to hear you are fine.
But here is what i have to say...
Definitly try to total it. I went through the same thing. I worked 60hrs a week as a sophomore in HS to buy my 98 2.8l sport and 2 weeks after I got it my dad got into a crash with it. It wasn't entirely his fault but instead of totalling the car like we should and gotten the 11k (I paid 8900 for it) we got it fixed, and it has never been quite right since, don't get me wrong, still a great car, but there are small things you notice when you drive it everyday. My advice, total it, part it out and get an s4. I don't see anything negative about that besides the + insurance for the s4.
The car is amazingly solid, my it hit the passenger side and absolutely nothing happened to my dad. The door bent in and hit the power recliner, so my dad just started to lay down after it was hit, which was almost comical.
But here is what i have to say...
Definitly try to total it. I went through the same thing. I worked 60hrs a week as a sophomore in HS to buy my 98 2.8l sport and 2 weeks after I got it my dad got into a crash with it. It wasn't entirely his fault but instead of totalling the car like we should and gotten the 11k (I paid 8900 for it) we got it fixed, and it has never been quite right since, don't get me wrong, still a great car, but there are small things you notice when you drive it everyday. My advice, total it, part it out and get an s4. I don't see anything negative about that besides the + insurance for the s4.
The car is amazingly solid, my it hit the passenger side and absolutely nothing happened to my dad. The door bent in and hit the power recliner, so my dad just started to lay down after it was hit, which was almost comical.
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RE: Sad day, another smashed up B5
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First off I am glad to hear you are fine.
But here is what i have to say...
Definitly try to total it. I went through the same thing. I worked 60hrs a week as a sophomore in HS to buy my 98 2.8l sport and 2 weeks after I got it my dad got into a crash with it. It wasn't entirely his fault but instead of totalling the car like we should and gotten the 11k (I paid 8900 for it) we got it fixed, and it has never been quite right since, don't get me wrong, still a great car, but there are small things you notice when you drive it everyday. My advice, total it, part it out and get an s4. I don't see anything negative about that besides the + insurance for the s4.
The car is amazingly solid, my it hit the passenger side and absolutely nothing happened to my dad. The door bent in and hit the power recliner, so my dad just started to lay down after it was hit, which was almost comical.
First off I am glad to hear you are fine.
But here is what i have to say...
Definitly try to total it. I went through the same thing. I worked 60hrs a week as a sophomore in HS to buy my 98 2.8l sport and 2 weeks after I got it my dad got into a crash with it. It wasn't entirely his fault but instead of totalling the car like we should and gotten the 11k (I paid 8900 for it) we got it fixed, and it has never been quite right since, don't get me wrong, still a great car, but there are small things you notice when you drive it everyday. My advice, total it, part it out and get an s4. I don't see anything negative about that besides the + insurance for the s4.
The car is amazingly solid, my it hit the passenger side and absolutely nothing happened to my dad. The door bent in and hit the power recliner, so my dad just started to lay down after it was hit, which was almost comical.
Agreed, man...but here's the thing, since the one company has the monopoly in this province, what they say goes. If they write it off, then it's written off. Yesterday they called me and said it's written off, so they made my decision for me! but its all good, cause i wanted it to get written off haha... now i just have to wait for them to finish assessing what it's worth and then bitch and complain and bargain until they offer more, and then wait for them to cut me a cheque. Then i can go get me an S4!
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RE: Sad day, another smashed up B5
Keep in mind you may still ask to buy the car back from the insurance co. I did that once.... paid $1300 for a Mustang, drove it for about 2 years, got hit, collected an $1100 insurance check and bought the car back for $200 then sold it a week later for $500.
You could make a fair amount of money by parting it out... just a thought
You could make a fair amount of money by parting it out... just a thought
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