Totaled 96 SE-R

Thu Feb 14 16:00:27 EST 2019

Spoke with the insurance guy who inspected then totaled the car.  He wanted
to know if I have done any major updates to the car in the last 12 months.
I told him that I reconditioned the car with lots of new parts (including
engine) 20,000 miles ago but that was several years ago.  He asked if I was
considering keeping it.  I said yes and he agreed to make the price to
retain the car a "minimal amount."

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 12:08 PM David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll probably get an agreed-value policy for my 911, and I've thought
> about it for my Saab, too. And there are a lot more NLA parts on an old 900
> than on an SE-R! Like getting replacement Canadian-spec Euro headlamp
> lenses.
>
> David
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 11:01 AM Lawrence Weeks <lweeks at anabasis.net>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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