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I think my GTP is dead. :-(

nickbuol

nickbuol

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My 16 year old daughter was driving my 2000 GTP today to just go to the store and get some stuff to make brownies.... Anyway, on her way home, she clipped a parked truck and REALLY messed up the GTP. (Luckily my daughter was fine.)

The control arm on the front passenger wheel literally is ripped away from the body, tranny fluid is leaking, tire and wheel are shot, front bumper, hood, front quarter, front door, mirror, window, body skirts, headlight... all trashed.

And who knows what else is wrong.

My guess is that they are going to total the car on Monday after the body shop looks at it. And the car only has 74,661 miles (yeah, I looked) on it. Lightly modded, just replaced a bunch of items like 3 (as luck would have it) wheel bearings in 2 months, just did the tranny drain, new (my most expensive I've ever bought too) tires, just aligned...

There is NO way that I will get out of the insurance company what the car is worth to me or to replace, even without the mods. I mean, they just see an 11 year old car, but how about an 11 year old, well maintained, full size 4 door with heated leather, sunroof, a nice color, nice options, with very low miles and not abused. I'll be lucky to get a crappy little car for what they will give me.

Maybe I'll get lucky and they will fix it up, but I am doubting it. A sad day indeed. :th_depressed:
 


bummer. this reminds me of those allstate commercials with the dude in the pink durango.


if they total it, be sure to buy it back.
 
buy the car back

Sell the engine/Trans

and part out the modifications

You should break even or make some cash off it.

Part that **** out on here~!
 


If its in good shape otherwise and they total it I say buy it back and fix it up for yourself instead of parting it out to these vultures on here.
 
Someone was telling me that they didn't think that insurance companies would allow people to buy back totaled cars any more. We've got American Family, so who knows if it is an insurer thing, or just hearsay.

Outside of paint and straightening the body (any impact affects the body), I could probably handle fixing the rest. I've owned a few salvage titled vehicles in the past, so I know what that is all about.

So does anyone know what is involved in buying it back after they total it? My concern is that it *could* end up costing more to fix it than they give me for it.
 
I have American family. They wanted over 3k for memto buy back my totalled gp. When they call and offer you an amount for your total loss, dont agree to it right away. Go ahead and ask them what they would like for you to buy it back. Once you know tell them you'd consider their offer and then you can put torture a bit of the case you would present to justify why the car is worth more. Things like you told us, well maintained, etc... I will admit, AF cut me a really good offer on my car, I could only bargain 100 bucks and a credit toward sales tax on my next purchase because they offered me so well.
 


Without her cell phone, she would not have been able to call me. She wasn't on her phone (I checked calls and texts) when she was driving. We'll see what the future brings.
 
honestly to put into perspective how mush auto body repair costs man, its gunna cost me about 1500 bucks just to have my frame re-aligned on my 01 ta, and its only off by about 1/2" at the most, that not to mention pulling my radiator core support back over to the left by 1/4", and then unravveling or replacing the underbody where the front fender bolts to, just with all that alone im looking at about 3k. then there is the door, rear 1/4 panel, front bumper, passenger fender, and hood needs to be re-fiberglassed.
 
The insurance adjuster finally (really it is only been 2 business days) looked at the car today.

Yup, it is totaled.
They said that there was about $5,200 in damage for what he could see, and that didn't include anything with the tranny and the tranny was definitely leaking after the accident.

They offered for me to buy it back for just $1000 which is a heck of a deal, however it would be a bit risky to fix it if the transmission is damaged and needs to be rebuilt/replaced. So then I thought that maybe I would buy it back and strip it down. I could get my $1000 pretty easily.

My problem is that we have been trying to sell our house (near Des Moines, Iowa) which is 2 hours away from where we live during the week (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), so we are just in an apartment until the house sells. I know of nobody that has the space close enough to me for me to work on it one way or another.

It really sucks to be honest.

I can't find a 2000 GTP with around 75,000 miles anywhere out there (my car has 74,600 miles) for anywhere near the price that insurance is willing to give me (NADA dealer book value). They didn't care about the upgrades, or the expensive tires, or that it has been perfectly maintained.

It is interesting that if they keep the car, it goes to auction and becomes a salvaged title car... If I buy it from them, it stays with a clean title, and since it is over 10 years old, in Iowa I wouldn't even have to disclose that it was ever in an accident. And it was the insurance adjuster that told me this!
 
I saw several GTP's in your area that looked promising on craigslist. There was one that stood out, Same as what you've got except 2 door (better), 2002 with 65K for 6K. It does have a "prior salvage title" but it could still be worth a look.
 
im her age... i could teach her a ...uh...lesson....

haha jk

bummer about the car though.

does she feel really bad about it?
i remember when i rear ended someone i felt so bad
 


That leaking trans fluid could be just a busted line since they are both on the pass. side of the car, and down low. The rest of the parts can be had reasonably cheap. The paint would probably be the most cost.

I'd keep it and fix it personally, but may not be possible with you selling the house, etc..
 
I've got another guy that my boss' boss goes to for a lot for car work or cars themselves and he is going to take a look over the next couple of days before insurance needs to know something. He may come back with a cheaper repair bill or possibly buy the car from me and I could at least get more out of it than the insurance company is going to sell it to me for.
 
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