Soon one more gone? :(

[Z-Ball]

Recently I had an accident with a 95 GR manual FTO, which I own. It got damaged beyond economical repair, but the damage is purely body work. It has done very little over 100,000km and is mechanically in great shape and well maintained. Is it worth salvaging for a possible profit, or shoud I count my losses? If anyone has useful proffesional advice or has been through a similar circumstance, please don't hesitate to contact me and share the knowlege. (the damage was not my fault) 0437 174 753
P.S. please don't misuse my mobile number
*FTO 4eva*

[dstocks]

It really depends on what you want to do now.

If you are looking at buying the wreck and getting it fixed up yourself, I would say dont do it. Insurance write-offs are handled differently in each state these days, but you can have awful hassles getting the car re-registered. At the very least, look into this carefully before proceeding.


If youre going to buy another FTO, you could also take the wreck and swap the good bits over and sell off the rest. Be aware though you will be left with some rather large bits that you cant just put in a bin. It also depends on how much the insurance company will sell the wreck to you for (and even if they will sell it to you). If you can pick it up cheap, the bits will be worth more than you pay for them, the only question is how long it will take you to get rid of them, the effort involved and disposing of whats left at the end.

[mxysxy]

Z-Ball, let us know how much insurance company is asking for the wreck.