2 weeks till I get her back!
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Well, yesterday the body shop told me I would be getting my baby back in two weeks. "I'm as giddy as a little girl". They've been waiting for an "Apron" (not sure what that is) and it finally came in yesterday. She's naked from the firewall forward right now and it's really not a pretty site. I check on her once a week but basically have not made any real progress since Nov 8th. Frankly, I'm a little worried at the amount of work required to rebuild her but I could not get the insurance company to total her. As it stands right now the insurance company is paying:
Body work: $19,700
Rental car: $800
Diminished value: $1,500 - $2,000 (Estimated)
Repair of elictrical utility box I hit: $5,500
Reference, my first post on this site: DSC or NOT! Not a choice for me again.
https://www.rx8club.com/polls-70/dsc-not-not-choice-me-again-44379/
Body work: $19,700
Rental car: $800
Diminished value: $1,500 - $2,000 (Estimated)
Repair of elictrical utility box I hit: $5,500
Reference, my first post on this site: DSC or NOT! Not a choice for me again.
https://www.rx8club.com/polls-70/dsc-not-not-choice-me-again-44379/
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Originally Posted by RotorGeek
Awesome man. I bet you are going nuts.
- Every time I drive by a Mazda dealer I pull in and just stare at the 8's.
- I got a AutoArt 1:18 scale diecast model just to stare at and play with (I'm 52)
- I unfold my RX-8 car cover just to make sure she's ok
- I make trips to the body shop at least once a week
- I call the body shop at least twice a week
- I spend all my free hours reading this forum
- I try to imagine I'm driving my 8 when actually I'm driving a 95 Altima that's beat all to hell
- Nobody stares at me any more
- I miss going to the gas station, I really do
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Yes, I'm going nuts!
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I tried VERY hard to get a TKO. Originally the insurance company told me the amount to rebuild the car was going to be around $16,300. That did not meet their required 75% to total. After several supplements, the amount reached the $19,700. By then it was just too late. All the parts had been ordered and the body shop had already invested too much time into the tear down. At least that is the story I'm told.
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How did it happen? And do you think your insurance is going up.I haven,t bought mine yet i looking again this weekend,i live in philly not that many mazda dealers here maybe 5or6 not to much to pick from,the salesman told me mazda is taking a extra $1500 off 2004.
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Originally Posted by SilverEIGHT
I tried VERY hard to get a TKO. Originally the insurance company told me the amount to rebuild the car was going to be around $16,300. That did not meet their required 75% to total. After several supplements, the amount reached the $19,700. By then it was just too late. All the parts had been ordered and the body shop had already invested too much time into the tear down. At least that is the story I'm told.
Good luck, please don't feel I'm adding further pain!!
- Irish
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