Date:         Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:59:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Marc Sayer <marcsayer@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Marc Sayer <marcsayer@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: SYNCRO SUNROOF on SAMBA
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My wife's 83 Volvo 245 was backed into in a parking lot recently. Dented
the rear driver's side door and a bit of the body just behind it.
Nothing structural, not really a big deal. Quote to fix was $1800 but
more than half of that was to "match and blend" to the very faded maroon
paint.  The driver's insurance company wanted to total it for $500 (the
taillight lenses alone on this car are worth at least $100 used). This
is a straight, clean, good running Volvo wagon that I could sell anytime
as is for at least $1500, and could get even more for if I parted it
out. They were going to salvage title it. The insurance industry has
made a salvage title mean nothing anymore. They total cars now because
they are worth more in parts than they are as a whole car and because
they do not want to pay to repair older cars. And then they can use the
salvage title as an excuse not to fully insure it as well.

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

>In a message dated 9/26/05 2:00:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes:
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>>Coming from a charity auction, can we assume that it has a salvage
>>title?
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>>Karl Wolz
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>wow, you people are brutal..
> not neccesarily, depends on state.        and anyway, if so, not implying it
>was,  a vehicle being branded 'salvage" for the simple reason of being
>donated to charity, and not actually having any physical damage, is ridiculous.. and
>is some bureaucratic red tape BS pertaining to the particular states laws
>which had issued it..  Wouldnt dissuade me from buying it one bit, as there are
>ways to make it clean again.
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Marc Sayer
Journalist, Photographer, Dog Trainer (APDT member #062956)
Board member - Western States Great Dane Rescue Association
Director of Operations & Training - Deaf Dane Rescue Inc.
Springfield, OR USA

My Homepage - http://gracieland.org

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