Re: My Car-opinions needed

["Paul Dorion" <pjdorion@smartnet.ca>]

If the engine is toast there is an 87 8Valve in ottawa with a good block and
i have the head in my garage. the fuel injection system CIS-e is still there
and some other stuff. IF THERE ARE ENOUGH TAKERS I WOULD BUY THE WRECK AND
SELL IT OFF AS PARTS..body is black and in fair shape (except for rear gate
and frame screwed up)
-----Original Message-----
From: Riley McDowall <roog@home.com>
To: Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: 11 mars, 1999 01:28
Subject: Re: My Car-opinions needed


>At 8:25 pm -0500 10/3/99, Rich Deede wrote:
>>1. Keep the car even if the engine is toast and just rebuild again.
>
>Depending on how much $$ they give you to fix the thing, it could end up
>being your best option.  However, it's a very big risk.  The motor could be
>wrecked, and if the insurance company doesn't pay to have all the little
>things fixed, you'll end up worse off than before.  Also worse off than if
>you had just cut your losses and accepted the payoff.
>
>>2. Get rid of the car if engine is toast and get a new one.
>
>Probably your best bet.  You really have to assume the engine is toast...
>it sucks to have to abandon a car you've put so much time and $$ into,
>believe me, but 4 or 5 months from now you'll be happy you did.  Especially
>if you're patient and wait for a really sweet 16v to come up for grabs...
>As far as your parts go, see if you can arrange to swap your OE stuff back
>on to the car before you let the insurance company have it.  Odds are they
>won't give a flying f*ck, so long as you replace what you take with
>something else.  When my baby got written off, I asked the guy if I could
>take a "few" things off it, and he said (basically) "I don't give a shit
>what you take, so long as the car still has 4 wheels, all the glass, seats,
>body panels, etc on it".
>
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