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So the other day I leave my house to find that someone had driven into the passengers side of my '99 9-3 se (black, 5 door, manual, 120k miles.) They pretty much wrecked the front door, rear door, and made a fair mess out of the rear wheel well ( more than just surface dents, much less than structural damage.) The B pillar is more than fine and I was able to bend the top of the rear door back into place as it was popping foward enough to let water in. The damage was only to the front part of the sheet metal though and the insides of the door seem to be ok, glass goes up and down, doors open/ close. I have no idea who hit it and my insurance has a $1000 deductable. So I called Goldwing and was given a quote of $800 for both doors in black. A great deal though I'd still have to have the oem pinstripping redone and the wheel well fixed. This car was also hit hard in the rear two years ago with around $5k in damage which my insurance insisted on fixing. The body shop did a fair job and the car drives fine. Though I'd rather they gave me the money so I could've bought my self another 900. Right now the 9-3 has a good amount of new parts (rotors, balljoints, front struts, tires, blower motor,muffler, etc.) but will need a bunch of pesky things done like: replacement battery for alarm, ignition sometimes wont let go of the key, blower fan grinds when going around corners, plugged up drains from the roof, clutch in about 10-15k miles, rear struts in 20k, etc.
All in all, I don't like her any more, she bit me one too many times and I'm trying to get some ideas on what to do. Maybe someone has an idea what a 9-3 like this could fetch when fixed vs. unfixed. Should I take care of the body work and then sell? Take care of everything then sell?
Any comments would get.
p.s. If I had a 17year old daughter I would not be affraid to let her drive it all day long, it's not anyware near unsafe. Also, I hit a parked mid-80's volvo few months ago in my work truck, called the police and waited 1.5 hours for them to get there so i could file a report. No one saw anything and I could've driven off into the sunset. damn. One last thing. I got the title for the 9-3 four days before she got hit. :(
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, Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:49:56, Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:22:40, Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:26:47
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