96 SE V6 MTX Leather loaded!! Like the title says. I hit a deer and Insurance has totaled it. In Ohio I was forced to transfer to a salvage title to get the pay out.
That's the bad news. Good news is that it's looking like I will get $4100 and get to keep the car! It NEEDS a drivers door, windshield, fender, mirror and all the paint for those items. Body shop quoted $2700 for repairs but I can replace the above parts from a salvage yard for $250(Black, same as my tour!!) plus $210 for a windshield.
I was first thinking this would be a great time to repaint the whole car and fix it up (SVT body parts) new wheels....
OR fix just what was damaged myself and sell it for $1600-1800 because of the rebuilt title. That would net me close to $5,100 or more if I am thrifty with the paint(maco SP?) Then I could just pick up a real SVT for close to that price.
My tour was (is) in excellent condition in and out. only 89,000 miles. I have owned it for 6 years and hate to see it go?? Just for fun I drove my totaled car to Detroit and back the other day(500 miles). Not bad for totaled!!
What would you do?
Louie
