Re: General Leia bites the dust
[Re: GB5andGY8]
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03/25/20 02:12 PM
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John_Kunkel
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After the insurance company pays the loss, buy it back from them if the price is reasonable and fix it.
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Re: General Leia bites the dust
[Re: John_Kunkel]
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03/25/20 02:44 PM
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After the insurance company pays the loss, buy it back from them if the price is reasonable and fix it. I did that once YEARS ago.. they pretty much said to get it out of here just based on the storage fees there got.. I had another car that was the same with a blown engine .. worked out great for me
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Re: General Leia bites the dust
[Re: Neil]
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03/25/20 04:46 PM
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That's an easy fix, I would definitely buy that one back.
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Re: General Leia bites the dust
[Re: Neil]
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03/25/20 06:02 PM
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If the airbag went off they will total where I live. it depends on the car make. i work in a VW Mazda dealer body shop. we replace air bags all the time in VW's. sometimes 2 and 3 air bags, front seat belts and the headliner when the side overhead ones are deployed. we do Mazda, drivers and passengers pretty often also. if the side ones and they need a headliner or the seat bags then they become scrap.
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Re: General Leia bites the dust
[Re: GB5andGY8]
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03/26/20 02:09 AM
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The insurance company told the body shop to get estimates for fixing it using the cheapest panels available, and it still exceeded the insurance company’s repair allowance.
Who is your insurance company?
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Re: General Leia bites the dust
[Re: GB5andGY8]
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03/26/20 03:15 AM
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Thanks for the commentary and suggestions. I appreciate the shout out on the plate, too. Not a day went buy when we didn’t see somebody getting a chuckle out of reading it or giving us a thumbs up.
The insurance company told the body shop to get estimates for fixing it using the cheapest panels available, and it still exceeded the insurance company’s repair allowance. There’s only a slim margin on 10 yr. old Challengers anyway, and I guess neither the body shop or the insurance company wanted to “own” this car in the event there were future issues that cropped up and we had to bring it back to fix little things. It’s kind of hard to see in the pics, but the front of both doors wrinkled, it buckled by the driver’s A-pillar, and the inner fender/frame stub/mount deal holding the engine on the driver’s side is tweaked. I think it was this last damage that pushed it over the edge. Just curious what the Insurance company actually thinks it's worth...? On the rare occasion that color actually pops up for sale, they do seem to hold their value better than other '10 R/T's The R/T Furious Fuchsia cars weren't numbered like the 400 SRT's... (287 US & 113 to Canada) But they still only ended up shipping 1000 of them to the US.... Canada got the other 127. I know the new ones don't hold value like the old classics... But that color (FF) does hold up better than any of the other non-numbered 2010 Challengers. The Insurance company should have to take that into account... If they disagree... ask them to go find a another FF car for sale & prove you wrong.
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Re: General Leia bites the dust
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03/26/20 09:05 AM
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It’s kind of hard to see in the pics, but the front of both doors wrinkled, it buckled by the driver’s A-pillar, and the inner fender/frame stub/mount deal holding the engine on the driver’s side is tweaked. I think it was this last damage that pushed it over the edge. That is some significant damage. And as you pull it apart, more will likely show up. Usually, in this kind of situation, if you can do a lot of the work yourself and really, really want to keep the car, then buying it back can work. But if the car has a lot of miles, or if you have to hire too much of the work out, or if there is heavy underlying damage, etc, then it might be best to let it go. Only you can make that call. Just make sure that you understand the full extent of the damage. Given it's age, there are a lot of those cars in the wrecking yards. But the majority of them are hit in the front, so front end pieces are the scarcest. And in case you didn't already know, sticking replacement parts on is the easy part. Getting the pieces to fit right and get the gaps right (or just acceptable) is the tough part. There will be all kinds of things that won't line up right. And in the end, although you may get it back on the road, it may never be the car it was and you just might not be happy with it. So having said all that, from someone who does this for a living, with the information you have provided, my opinion is to let it go. Good luck with what ever you decide.
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