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Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat May 17, 2014 1:56 am

The insurance company wouldn't spend the money that a decent body shop would quote on a repair like this it's
a totaled car now. The owner would have to choose to fix it if he even wanted to fork out the kinda cash it takes
for a job like this it's going to be high. I know some of the guys on here can fix it cause I've seen them do projects
like this but most likely this car is going to melted down and turned into tuna cans and paper clips.

RRoller123 · Post by **RRoller123** » Sat May 17, 2014 6:57 am

The salvage of the good parts could pay for a new car in good condition.

btoran · Post by **btoran** » Sat May 17, 2014 9:14 am

Daniel wrote:The insurance company wouldn't spend the money that a decent body shop would quote on a repair like this it's
a totaled car now. The owner would have to choose to fix it if he even wanted to fork out the kinda cash it takes
for a job like this it's going to be high. I know some of the guys on here can fix it cause I've seen them do projects
like this but most likely this car is going to melted down and turned into tuna cans and paper clips.

i always wondered why some tuna comes packed in oil and some in water. i guess the cans with oil come from recycled cars.

SunnySideUp · Post by **SunnySideUp** » Sat May 17, 2014 10:46 am

RRoller123 wrote:The salvage of the good parts could pay for a new car in good condition.

Amen to that. Part it out to the greatest extent possible so that others may live and carry on.

djape1977 · Post by **djape1977** » Sat May 17, 2014 8:09 pm

btoran wrote: i always wondered why some tuna comes packed in oil and some in water. i guess the cans with oil come from recycled cars.

good one!

in my neck of the woods, price of this repair in labour alone wouldn't exceed 2000$ us. you know the price of the parts better than me. i estimate total cost, new inner fender and chasis rail included, not to exceed 4000$.
again, this is half the world away

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Mon May 19, 2014 1:53 am

there is suspension damage and I expect that the unibody is also damaged. The car has disappeared from the Copart listing, so maybe the owner is keeping it. Csaba, do you know anymore about it?

DanD · Post by **DanD** » Mon May 19, 2014 6:00 pm

I saw a Fiat like that in the late 80s. On close inspection, there wasn't a single panel on the entire car that wasn't twisted. The driver however walked away from the wreck.

vandor · Post by **vandor** » Tue May 20, 2014 12:32 am

AFAIK the owner is selling it to a friend to part it out.

Holshot · Post by **Holshot** » Mon May 26, 2014 2:54 pm

Does anyone know how these things work, in terms of buying them from the insurance company? Depending on where in PA that might not be to far from me here in MD.

Edit: didn't realize there was a page 2. Glad it going to a good md not the crusher...

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Mon May 26, 2014 4:17 pm

Holshot wrote:Does anyone know how these things work, in terms of buying them from the insurance company? Depending on where in PA that might not be to far from me here in MD.

Edit: didn't realize there was a page 2. Glad it going to a good md not the crusher...

Insurance companies used to allow you to buy the car back from them after it's been labeled as a total loss
which ends up placing a salvage title mark on the car not sure if they still do this? most likely it would still
be the case. They don't want the car but I'm sure they want some of your money

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Mon May 26, 2014 6:05 pm

you can retain the title for a percentage of the value, sometimes 10-15%

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