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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
96 Contour SE,V6,5 speed,Black w/tan Leather, metal WP,heated mirrors,engine block heater
02 Ford 4x4 F250 Crew Cab,7.3 TURBO Diesel,6 speed,400 HP and 800 TQ
01 GMC,All Wheel Drive,loaded
69 Karmann Ghia Convertible,Body off restoration
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sell it and buy an SVT or something better. Something with a strong aftermarket.
Originally posted by Who the F are You?:
does your family tree not have any branches on it?
99SVT
235hp @ 6550rpm
212tq @ 5350rpm
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Sorry for your loss and I am glad you are okay but I can't believe they gave you $4100 for it.
Wholesale book on it is about $2500.
Even full dealer prepped retail isn't much over 3k.
2000 SVT #674
13.47 @ 102 - All Motor!
It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.
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Crap man. If you need the money, keep the car. If you don't need the money and can afford to just simply make a profit off it, then make the freakin profit!!
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Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Sorry for your loss and I am glad you are okay but I can't believe they gave you $4100 for it.
Wholesale book on it is about $2500.
Even full dealer prepped retail isn't much over 3k.
There first offer was $3500 based on GL 2.0 sales???? So I said mine is a V6 SE and she said to send pictures and receipts for maintenance. So she would have a paper trail. Said $4100 should be no problem. Some times if you ask, you will get??
Louie
96 Contour SE,V6,5 speed,Black w/tan Leather, metal WP,heated mirrors,engine block heater
02 Ford 4x4 F250 Crew Cab,7.3 TURBO Diesel,6 speed,400 HP and 800 TQ
01 GMC,All Wheel Drive,loaded
69 Karmann Ghia Convertible,Body off restoration
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Good pay-out. I just a got a nice chunky one myself. I'm taking the C-SVT route now though. There was no chance of me buying my car back as it was decimated in a head-on with a tractor-trailer at 60mph+ each way.
1998.5 T-Red on Midnight Blue SVT
Build Number 5320 of 6535
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I remember that the Contour has a 4-5 star rating for head on crash test. Hope your ok??
Louie
96 Contour SE,V6,5 speed,Black w/tan Leather, metal WP,heated mirrors,engine block heater
02 Ford 4x4 F250 Crew Cab,7.3 TURBO Diesel,6 speed,400 HP and 800 TQ
01 GMC,All Wheel Drive,loaded
69 Karmann Ghia Convertible,Body off restoration
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take that $4100 and repair your tour as a daily driver and then call John Jones for your Ghia . . .
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If you can show the insurance company what you believe the car is worth, and prove it to them its possible to get more than the car is 'worth'
my black svt that was totaled was BB at 7000. ended up getting significantly more for it. I showed other auctions for Tours that showed a higher price than 7000. Many of which were from this site!
Back on topic,
I say fix the car yourself and sell it. Buy something nice with the cash
Alex
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When I hit my deer the other month I am sure that the insurance would have totalled it out...too bad I don't have full coverage. But I fixed it without too many headaches. Took about 20 hours, $500 for parts car(+$120 in gas to go get it and bring it home), and $330 for a windshield. I do need to repaint my hood though...same color but some wierd azz paint like stuff on it and some scratches. Good luck! I would put a 3.0 L in it after you fix it and some svt heads. YOu will get a good amount of power and some $ left over.
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