Hey guys, I need some advice/help from anyone who has experience with my situation. Now, the situation..
A customer of ours where I work (Ford dealer) has a 98 Contour Zetec ATX with some minor damage to the right front fender and front edge of the pass. door. His insurance company is totaling the car, but it still runs and drives fine. It has 120K on the clock if I remember right. My folks are looking for a car they can use for drives down state and such, somehting that will get better milage than our 96 Ram with 250K on it. I last talked with the customer yesterday before he knew for sure that it would be totaled, and expressed interest in a possible purchase if it were totaled, then found out today through work that he called to let me know it was indeed totaled.
So, the question is, what would be the best way to go about trying to buy this car if my folks are interested? (They haven't yet seen the car) I figure my 2 choices are to try and buy it from the ins. company or to see if the customer can buy it from them and then we buy from him. I've never even tried any deal like this so am pretty much clueless on how to proceed. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
