insurance company hell with 4kq

[Nathan Ray]

I understand your point mike, $1800 would have been great if the car was in 
the same shape as when I bought it.  However the reason I got the car for 
$1100 origionally was because at the time only the drivers door opened 
properly, the sunroof didn't work, the seams were blow on the leather seats, 
it needed a water pump, the locking diff's didn't work, only the drivers 
window worked properly, no cruise control, intermittent power mirrors, no 
dome light, not dash illumination, no tachometer, it didn't idle right, 
there wasn't a drivers headlight, a bad wheel bearing, and a ton of other 
things were wrong with it.  Over the the last year I had spent close to 
probably 500 hours and $1000 or more fixing all but a few of those things. 
Also, it is hard to find a non rust-bucket 4kq that runs right and is in the 
northwest for under 2k.  As for the me screwing them thing, I simply didn't 
want to show them parts cars for $300 or one with body damage for a really 
low price either because she didn't consider the condition of the cars, just 
price and mileage.

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