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Cost of part replacement/labor doesn't change
Posted by sonique [Email] (more from sonique) on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:30:54
In Reply to: But what I don't understand, 2saabs, Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:06:21
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Because even though your car may be 1/4th the value, the cost of replacing any given part doesn't change, and it often goes up due to scarcity (if the model is discontinued). For example, the cost of replacing a fender on a 9-5 may be $1000... the value of that part only depreciates once it is attached to the car.
This is why it is often in an insurance company's best interests to 'total' a car, when the cost of part replacement exceeds the value of the car. When I totalled my 900SE, they calculated over $20K in repairs to a $5000 car. Of course they totalled it!
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