Totaled 96 SE-R

[Lawrence Weeks]

Ouch. Sorry to hear this Wade.

In my experience (Allstate) they didn't care about any parts on the car. I
got my first NX (the one that burned!) back for a nominal salvage fee off
the insurance check. USAA likely won't care either, but I wouldn't mention
anything other than that it has a low mileage engine in it. For the most
part, insurance companies consider maintenance not something that increases
value.

I also parted out one NX, and took the wheels from it. When it came time to
get the chassis hauled away, I moved it to the flatbed truck with an engine
hoist and a couple floor jacks. and then the truck pulled it up the bed.
IIRC the driver had a dolly that we put the nose on. That same NX had been
stolen here in Chicago, and was found on the south side with the wheels
stolen. The city had dragged it up off the ground with less care...

Regarding insurance, coming from the world of boats -- has anybody here
looked at agreed value insurance for older/classic cars (such as Grundys)?
No haggling, if the car is totaled, you simply get the agreed value. My
sailboat has an agreed value policy.

Larry

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:32 AM 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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>> Eric
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Lawrence Weeks                                    lweeks at anabasis.net
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