[Shotimes] Latest Lowrider Update

[Dave Kegel]

George,

I'm going to try and be the voice of reason.  It's time to say goodbye.
You've got to know when to say it, and I'm helping you. Take the brakes,
stereo, wheels and tires, give it a kiss, and let it go.  If you really need
to, find another white '90 and throw your parts on it.  After 6 months
you'll forget it ever happened.  You have so many options living in
California.  You could probably find another nice SHO in about two days.

Say goodbye George.  It's just an old wrecked car now.  :(

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: April 16, 2003 8:16 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Latest Lowrider Update


> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:17:07 -0700 (PDT), Marlene Doyle wrote:
>
> >P.S.::::Sadly, 300K miles pretty well puts Snowwind
> >out of the loop for seeing any  $$$$  unless I was to
> >get hurt!
>
> Yep....I'm seeing that, too.  The USAA adjuster came over Monday to look
at it at
> the shop in Sacramento.  I called today to see what they would say.  I
knew it was a
> total before this, but now they had the numbers broken down.  Originally I
was told
> I had about $2300 I could expect towards repairs....anything above that
was a total.
>  That number came over the phone the day after the accident.  Today, even
after
> adding in the extras...the Wilwoods, the sound system, and the wheels and
tires (the
> adjuster noticed the tires and paint), the value was WAY down.  I was
originally
> told that mileage over 100K was superfluous.
>
> But because it has 263k miles, the out-the-door value, of which 70% is
available for
> collision repair, is $1950.....even with the upgrades.  That's the bad
news.  The
> good news is that the shop says it can replace the entire rear clip, both
sides,
> from the rear window back, in 50 hours.  At $50/hr, that's $2500.  Plus
add rear
> window removal and replacement (if necessary), and any incidentals, such
as sealer,
> primer, and whatever.  It's going to be a lot less to fix (not including
paint,
> which will happen later on) than I thought.  That's good.  The suspension
will be
> swapped, and everything will be replaced back there except the decklid.
The glass
> may make it and it may not.  We need to get a 4 wheel alignment reading
before it
> comes apart, as every time it is set to factory specs in the back (when
rear-enders
> are fixed), it starts eating tires.
>
> It's time to drop the collision, and have a 'fix the SHOs' account (at
least for
> Lowrider).   At least until I get the stated value thing figured out.
>
> But it'll be fixed (soon, now), and it'll be fine.   The RX should be out
of the
> shop Friday the 25th.  (She's having withdrawl....the Slorider has no
tunes!......so
> am I, with no shifter and no clutch pedal!)
>
> ;-)
>
> George
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