Totaled 96 SE-R

James McColl james.mccoll at gmail.com
Thu Feb 14 11:58:12 EST 2019


I think we want the parts because the cars are getting old.

On Thursday, 14 February 2019, Wade Jackson <srwadet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Eric, that would be your old JWT S3 ecu in the car.  :)
> Does anyone still want the parts from a 23yo car?
> The car survived 100+ track days without a dent.  Really hate to see it go
> like this!
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 11:08 AM Eric Waterman <eric.waterman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Salvage yard suspension and space saver wheels should help get it on a
>> tow truck.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:03 AM David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Wade,
>>>
>>> I'm glad your son is OK, but I'm sorry your car got totalled. If it were
>>> mine I would definitely pull all the aftermarket parts I could off of it,
>>> but wheels and suspension will be tough when it comes to getting it hauled
>>> away. I don't think you'll likely get any trouble from your insurance
>>> company (I've never dealt with USAA, though - I'm on State Farm) but if you
>>> want to keep the parts you may be best off agreeing to a salvage value and
>>> keeping it, then stripping everything you want. I dealt with something
>>> similar when my dad died in 2005. He had had a minor off-road excursion
>>> shortly before he died and the car appeared to be largely OK, until I
>>> discovered that the transmission case was cracked. State Farm totalled it,
>>> and I pulled off a few of the easy things - JWT ECU, strut bar - before
>>> they towed it away. I would have loved to keep the wheels but obviously
>>> couldn't.
>>>
>>> David
>>> Chicago
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:56 AM Wade Jackson <srwadet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Son rear ended an SUV on a slick road this week.  The front end is
>>>> crushed, and both air bags went off.  I assume the insurance company will
>>>> total it.  What do I do now?  The car is full of aftermarket parts and was
>>>> in great shape.  The chassis has 307k miles, but the B14 motor only has 20k
>>>> miles and the transmission about 70k miles.  Is it worth parting
>>>> out?  Anybody care about these cars anymore?  I searched the internet and
>>>> only found one for sale in the nation. Could not find any for sale on the
>>>> forums either.  I still have my B13 race car so I could take off some parts
>>>> to use for spares.  Unfortunately, the race car has not been run in 7
>>>> years. How would I even get the B14 to the junk yard without wheels and
>>>> suspension.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anybody have any advice?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wade
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>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
>>
>
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