Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 08:19:28 -0700 From: nospamnopsamssone.com Subject: Re: 86 900 3dr 5sp, 96K punched front end, opinions? -LONG
Given the market (I have an '86 900 - also repaired at Scandia) can you make an argument to your insurance company to pay more than blue book? I can't imagine the car being worth more than $3000-$3300, so spending $3500 to fix it hardly makes sense. With the salvage title, you might be lucky to get even $3000, since it will be obvious to anyone that the car has been substantially damaged. Wouldn't it be cheaper - in any case - to just take the money and buy another car?? In article <Pine.A41.3.96a.980126010807.54886A-100000nopsame23.u.washington.edu>, Kip Hauch <hauchnopsamshington.edu> wrote: > Thanks to one of the stupidest members of our species > who thoughtlessly ran a stop sign (BTW not me..), the > front end of my fun little 900 got crunched last weekend. > > The impact was substantial (thankfully only minor/moderate injuries) > the hood is now an A-frame, the front bumper > is crunched, the grill is completely smashed > and the left front quarter panel is pushed back about 12-15 inches. > The radiator is toast as is the front relay box front left. > The good (?) news is that the front wheels still spin, > and I can still shift through all five gears. I dont' know for > sure if there is drive train damage. Besides nicks > to the front edges of the doors, and a bent antenna, there is > no damage from the doors back. > > The adjusters have done an on-site assessment, and of course immediately > totalled it. If it is to be repaired I will have to > have it towed ($100 one-way) to my local saab experts > (Scandia Autosport, Seattle) to check for drive train damage. > Their over > the phone estimate for just body work > and radiator is already >$3500. > > NADA blue book is $2575, but rediculously low for this market right now. > > Now: this car has only 96K on the clock! IT has been my project car > for the past year and has received (in the last 12 mo.): > new clutch, new front brake calipers (both), new volt reg., > full tune up incl cap,rotor,wires, new pwr antenna, new heater > control valve and heater core, new head gasket, with valve train > work (repl. tappet, adj. valves),new shocks, new R outer CV boot, new RF > ball joint, new brake master cylinder, rebuilt clutch master cylinder. > > The question I pose to the group is thus: > AM I crazy to think about repairing the body > work at say $3500-$4000 or so as long as there is no drivetrain damage? > > For the experts: > what specifically should I be wary of in such a repair > i.e. hidden damage, things to check while doing the repair,etc. > e.g. I know there is structural damage to the frontmost > cross member.. > The repaired car will carry the mark of a SALVAGE title > so its future resale would be more difficult (rel unimportant) > I wonder whether the repaired vehicle can give me another 100K > as I would have expected prior to the crash... > > For those in the Seattle area: > what have you seen 85-87 900's go for? anyone > seen any with this few miles? > > Tasteful replies only welcome here to the newsgroup > or preferably, personally to hauchnopsame.washington.edu > > Having escaped death/serious injury at the hands of others > twice now, thanks solely to seat belts, I urge you all to use them, > and drive soberly and safely. > > Regards to the group, and my thanks for your > substantial assistance in the year's repairs > listed above. > > -Kip Hauch > hauchnopsame.washington.edu
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