this is easily repairable...hood $345, radiator, battery,headlight, front bumper - OK another $1,500 plus labor... why are they totalling our VXs ??? Mine was totalled also just recently but I hope to fix him and keep.
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this is easily repairable...hood $345, radiator, battery,headlight, front bumper - OK another $1,500 plus labor... why are they totalling our VXs ??? Mine was totalled also just recently but I hope to fix him and keep.
Last edited by Andrey : 05/30/2006 at 06:58 PM
Andrey
Super VXer
what wil you sell the corpse for? let me know...leaving it like factory, you taking your options.....or are you going to keep it for YOUR parts truck??
thanks
david
VXer
I haven't decided what to do yet. I'd like to keep for parts or projects, but space is an issue -- I have a two car garage filled with kid bikes, sports equip on one side and a mostly rehabbed '78 911 on the other. Our drivers sit outside with the '73 450 sl. I would prefer that the VX stays in the "community" rather than rust in a junkyard or go to the crusher.
I don't know why they totaled it either. The guy at the shop made a more than valiant effort -- when he couldn't get factory parts he found used. He said he was able to find everything needed, but the repair went over 75% of the value, thus, totaled.
I'll do more research tomorrow and get back to you. Meanwhile, my rental disappears Monday. The Anti-VX. The evil opposite of the VX. Big, white, cushy, ability to see what's behind you without a camera, still in production... You know, all the things we hate...
velvis
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Velvis, I feel your pain. 377 hadn't even reached her prime before being ruthlessly culled from our VX family. I'd nail that sucker for all he's got and follow Andrey's suggestion and get busy bringing your baby back from the abyss. My Proton (code name Deerhunter) wacked a bambi hard enough to wrinkle both fenderwell and firewall, badges of honor she still wears. She survived but did get bestowed with a salvage title. Same for Wyldweasel and the Copper Bullet, which took out a fence and got salvaged out. New hood, a good deal of pounding and straightening and the Bullet was back on the road, but awarded the scarlet "S" for all the trouble.
One might get the feeling that the insurance companies just don't want to be bothered by what they consider the lunatic fringe. Drive something out of the ordinary and your are begging to be totaled 'cause they don't want the hassle of fixing veicles with production numbers less than a Camry. My beloved Saab SPG went that way after some cretin deceided to change lanes without looking. She was more concerned about what her husband was gonna say rather than the condition of my spouse or my car. My company (Safeco) subrogated the deal with her company and totaled the SPG without a thought and lowballed me in the process. Lesson learned (other than not dealing with Safeco) is to be a pain in the butt, don't settle, and don't let them get away with brushing you under the carpet.
Rant over. Now, call Merlin and have him send a new hood and headlight, find a trustworthy body shop and get that VX back on the road. You can do it and we're all pulling for ya!
That really sucks, I was looking foreward to driving over there check out the vx and your restraunt...guess I'll have to wait a bit now. Good luck with it all.
"You can live your life in a thousand ways,
but it all comes down to that single day,
when you realize what you regret,
but you cant relaim and you cant forget."
----Trans Siberian Orchestra
Super VXer
If you are going to sell any parts from it, please let me know. I have an 2001 Ebony and there is a nasty dent in the rear hatch door panel just above the spare tire small cladding piece. I want to swap it with a non dented panel piece.
Sorry about your loss.
Bart
Super VXer
Get rid of the front cladding since it's farked and replace it with a bad-*** steel bumper
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