Parting out a perfectly good car..was 20v in a 90

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Above any etheral or "ethical" conversations, I believe there are very good financial ways to determine the validity of parting out a good, running car.  It really all comes down to market value, and unfortunately, market value in other parts of the world are completely independent of market value here in the US when it comes to this decision.  

If you have a car with a market value of $1000, and it requires a $2000 transmission for example, then the decision to repair the car for any reason becomes a very poor one.  Send it to the junk yard, and put that $2k into a better running car that is worth more than $2k.

In the case of parting out a perfectly good 200 20v for another project, consider that you could sell the car for $5-10,000.  Thus, you will be spending approximately $5-10,000 (what the car could be sold for) for the donation of the parts to the project, when realistically, the parts could be had for around $3000.  

So, you will incur a minimum of a $2000 (and as much as $7k!) premium for using the parts in the running car you have, which is worth much more running than in parts.

Poor decision IMO...

Javad