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Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 06:09:52 GMT
From: "Abdallah Jamal" <abdallahjamalnopsamAMnopsam.ca>
Subject: Saab ("sob") story - might just be losing the old gal


AHCTTFME dang. some li'l ol' lady in a white camry rams into my beloved '87 = 9000T in the rain. grrrr. (okay, maybe not quite yet my beloved - but = i am still infatuated and still courting, after all, we just met last = april.) but she got her left side all torn up by the camry, and she = won't heal too easily. (oh if i could only cradle the 3000lb baby in my = arms). insurance estimator took one look and (without evaluating it) = said it'd be a write-off. i didn't want to hear that, i told him. so i = asked for the options. i could take their write-off offer (i'll find = out monday - probably in the C$3500 range, after some haggling) and = leave my love with them, he said, or i could take 80% of the offer and = keep her. so i went to a body shop to get an immediate assessment of the repair - = C$5800 - yikes. see, i've already put some good money into it to get it to where i like = it and wondered what everyone thought i should do. i was originally = planning to keep the car for about 3 years. i could: 1) haggle and haggle to try to get the complete repair done by the = insurance guys (i wasn't at fault, so there is some hope here, though = not a hell of a lot) 2) take the 3500 and try to find a replacement car. not too likely, = given the vintage - they're getting rare now. (the estimator has agreed = to give me a few months to look for one, though i'd have to drive around = in the wreck for that time - the rear door, driver's side doesn't close = completely, so its open to the rain, and noise...) 3) take the 80% and the car, and put it towards a complete repair. (i'd = have to fork out the 3000 or so difference) 4) take the 80%, keep the car and try to do a "partial repair" (you = know, live with some cosmetic damage, just get the door fixed to close = completely, but live with a dented front fender for a while. 5) take the 80%, keep the car and hunt for a replacement, then use the = old gal for parts, or try to sell it in pieces.... (i don't really want = to become a parts guy, tho') 6) make a medical claim to get more cash....(ha ha - saab drivers don't = get hurt in accidents, right??!! he says as he rubs his aching neck...) i don't have a lot of spare cash, so i'd be looking for a replacement in = the 5000 range, tops. thoughts? --=20 abdallah 87 9000T (240,000kms) (..snif..) 87 9000S (270,000kms) (for those that couldn't decipher the acronym: after having cleared the = tears from my eyes)

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