re: Coupe Decision.

[Ken Keith <auditude@impulsedata.net>]

Aaron Pratt <apratt@selway.umt.edu> wrote:
> 
> Litmembers,

Who?  :)
 
> As some of you may remember, My 1987.5 Coupe was involved in an accident
> last month.  The structural damage is minimal, but several body panels
> were dented and the grille and rt. headlight crunched.  The insurance
> company of the other driver has offered me $4500 for the car, $300 for
> loss of use, and a salvage value of $500.  So, if I keep the car I come
> away with $4300 and if I walk away, $4800.  Estimates of repair have been
> about $6000.  My questions are these:
> 
> Do I keep the car and pony up $1700 of my own clams to get the repair
> done, yielding a structurally sound car that has a known history and not a
> little sentimental value?
> 
> Or, do I take the $4800 into the market for a car thats history is not
> intimately known to me, and get a newer, prob. quattrofied Audi,
> relegating my Coupe to the junk heap?
> 
> Or, do I go back with a counter-offer to the insurance company, detailing
> what it would have cost them had I opted to use a rental car rather than
> my mother's car, and hope to get some additional clams to get the rig back
> on the road?
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Aaron L. Pratt

There is only one choice, Aaron.

You must take the money, purchase the car from insurance,
and buy 
another Audi.  Use the parts from your old reliable friend
to fix 
any unforeseen problem on the replacement, keep mementos of
various 
parts of the old one, and part out the rest to list members.

At least that's the way I see it! :P

Ken
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