[Vwdiesel] Car totaled

[Stephen Kraus]

Buy the car back, pull the motor, sell the rest. Someone will pay
handsomely for just the motor.


On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Travis . <tgott at hotmail.com> wrote:

> So car is totaled. The claim is under the comp side (not my fault) and I
> have a $500 deductable. Can anyone help coach me through this a little that
> has had experience - even emailing me privately? I have a lot of parts I
> have put onto that car and I am would like to recover as much as I can.
>
> I have 4 rubber tires that are basically worn out I would like to swap
> onto one set of alloy rims to get my good snow and summer tires back and
> keep.
>
> I have a clutch in there with less then 10K for miles on there. It was a
> $750 clutch. Given a day I could get that out and put the tranny back in.
>
> I have a custom built two inch reciever in place of the internal rear
> bumper. I would like to remove and put the plastic cover back on.
>
> I just put arond $800 in wiring with the rear hatch wires (I kept the old)
> and the pass airbag sensor up front (kept old).
>
> EGR delet, dog colar (holds intake pipe into manifold), vented fender
> liner, fuel pump (modified so it can bypass to suck fuel if it fails, fuel
> in the tank, metal belly plate/side sheilds, etc.
>
> Since there is no way the car will ever start again unless all
> rubber/wires in engine bay are replaced I would like to get a lot of the
> upgraded parts I listed back off if possible as I may get a different Golf
> and swap them on. Can I do this. Will they pay for the cost of the parts I
> have on there and I just don't worry about some of it. Some of the upgrades
> I don't think can be bought anymore.
>
> How do I get my maximum price out of this? This was a car that all but the
> last 2.5 years never saw salt so there isn't ANY salt/rust damage. I know
> often that the TDI's aren't given a fair value with what they are selling
> without a fight.
>
> How do I get the windows down to pull the weathertech window
> sheilds/covers out? They just pop in there but the window must go down to
> do so. Is it possible to put a jumper wire into the window fuze slot to get
> the windows to move?
>
> Kind of saddens me as that was the most expensive thing my wife and I ever
> bought. And we haven't had a car payment in 3 years either. The ideal world
> I would just get parts swapped over to another car and move on with life.
> But- I could also use added room of a mini van with 3 kids now. I LOVE the
> MPG of the TDI and the power.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Travis
>
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