Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:17:28 -0300 From: Dexter J <lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: Ping Sabbtech - Dave - Grunff - Laura - et al..
Salutations: davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > > Dexter J <lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > > Salutations: > > > Gentlemen - lady - what would be your estimated value on a late model V6 > > 9000 5 door with a pooched engine and dodgy auto tranny? Body, interior, > > suspension OK condition - but it has been assigned a permanent 'salvage' > > tick in the records.. > > I don't have the first clue. 1000 bucks maybe? > > > I am thinking about swapping in my '89 2.0T drive train (which is supposed > > to be possible - if a little involved).. > > How about this - take a look at what similar-ish non-dead cars are > going for on eBay - compare to the amount of effort you're willing > to put into it, and kind of go from there? > > It sounds like a bigger project than _I_ would want to take on > (says Dave, who has a '63 96 nearly completely disassembled in > the garage...hmmm...) > > Dave "Vroom!" Hinz Thx Dave.. I checked around and I'm seeing about the same price point after the math (although I tend to keep coming in around $700).. The thing is coming up for local auction from the insurance vampires and I have to think that no dealer in their right mind around here would be interested given that it's dead and there are PILES of good running mid 90's sedans (not usually SAABS) on the block for sub $1,000.. My cunning plan is to send in my local used dealer pal with a figure and let him keep whatever is left over.. After that - park the two machines beside one another at my wrench meisters shop and let him have at it.. I think I'll end up in the $2,000 range there - soooo - depending on the final price of the body, it's a coin toss.. The V6 body/interior is in OK condition and my engine is humming away very nicely now - so - given it's for personal use rather than resale (salvage tick is serious pwob commercially around here) I might be able to fold them together and be riding pretty for the next 5 years or so.. Does the V6 and tranny (pooched though they are) have any value once it's out of the car?.. Maybe I could offset either my dealer's output or my mechanics input.. -- J Dexter - webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Tim Tamashiro - All I do is Dream of You http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/155.RAM
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