To: DollyCali; pcottraux; snugs; Victoria Delsoul; Maximus_Ridiculousness; Nowhere Man; ilovew; All
Well.....the verdict on my old car and the deer hit is in.
Not surprisingly, it was a total loss.
I had hoped that they would give me perhaps $1300 or so, or maybe $1000 and allow me to keep the car, and I would try and get it fixed.
BUT....
They are NOT going to give me $1000, or even $2000...But over $2300... for a 1988 Riviera!! AND...allow me to keep the car!!! That is over 3 TIMES what I paid for it in November!!
In my WILDEST imaginations, I would have NEVER thought that old car could be worth anywhere near that much!! That is OVER 3 TIMES what I paid for it!!
So...now.. I am unsure what I am going to do. I would like to get the car fixed...but I WILL NOT accept a "patchwork car", where the door and fender are different colors than the rest of the car. One way or another--I have to keep it a bit longer, I STILL have not gotten my van back--they are having some kind of trouble with the tranny they put in.
In the meantime--if another Riv or even a trofeo comes along, at a decent price with the touch screen and in decent shape and miles and is not too far away--I will heavily consider getting it!!
343 posted on
12/26/2006 3:37:23 PM PST by
Rca2000
(True believers who practice what they preach are rare nowdays.)
To: Rca2000
Dang! Sounds like you made off quite nicely there...
I got bupkis when I totaled my '92 Plymouth a year ago under some strange circumstances...
To: Rca2000
That must be a weight off your mind happy car hunting.
349 posted on
12/26/2006 3:58:43 PM PST by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
To: Rca2000
Oh Jack, that is wonderful! Such great news. You well know it could have come back at 900 or so!
I have sung the praises of Adesa auction for years here at FR. I got my van a few years ago there. Black book was 8900 for what I had/mileage etc. I pain 3200. for the check you have in hand you could get a nice car I am sure & no doubt the riverea. You need an agent to work w/you & must pay cash with in a day. Adesa is all over the usa. we are lucky as there is one about 5 miles from my home.
After I got my van & told my uncle about it he told me that that is where he got his almost new cadilacs every 2 years! But he was going to the one in Buffalo.
http://www.adesa.com/
350 posted on
12/26/2006 3:59:11 PM PST by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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