ihiryu

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Man that sucks, I think you and DasBach should just put both of yours together to make one nice SC

synstudios

Haha, and this is were it gets interesting...
Hawaii, is a no-fault state. (probably due to the insanely high number of bad drivers), so his insurance will cover my car, but anything outside of the cost of repair/replacement i have to go through my insurance, pay the deductible and then sue him (and/or his insurance) to re-imburse my insurance.

I think i'm going to push the insurance company to write it off.. Then i'm going to try and find a clean 5speed SC300. I do not want to end up stuck with a salvage title...

synstudios

first quote came back..

$2500 (open ended) Assuming there is little/no damage aside from what's visible.

Two more quotes in the works.

I'm fairly confident this is the lowest of the quotes i'm going to get...

...Since the book value on my car is like $4700, i'm pretty sure it will be written off by the insurance company.

Anybody know what the specifics are for insurance write-offs?

synstudios

I asked around, and have learned that the general rule of thumb in the event of an accident is: If the damage is 75% of the value of the car, they write it off..

So here's my thoughts..

The car is getting the frame checked tomorrow.. if the frame is straight then the damage is purely cosmetic.. (but not cheap if you replace everything with oem lexus parts) supposing i replace the needed bits with aftermarket, and pull a clean tail light support from a scrapped sc..

I can take the repair money, and then basically build the car into a track-****.

Strip the interior, do a full roll cage (just in case) and buy my 1jz swap..

(BTW: i'm 99% capable of doing the work myself.. and $3k WOULD get me a decent motor)

It might have a salvage title, but..... it'd be pretty sweet..

Raph TT

^^like that idea

uras300

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Sorry to hear about the accident. I know it is very difficult to find any SC in Hawaii, let alone a 5speed. (I've looked for 2 years and decided to ship one from SoCal.) It might be best to go with track car route due to how rare SC's are in Hawaii. Good luck!

papodotcom

im not to sure but i believe if they cut you a check, they keep your car no repairing it, you simply have to look for a new one.

SC400DAVE

Actually, you can keep the car and the insurance co. will deduct the "scrap" price for the car. Probably around $600.00.

breakb

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sc's aren't that rare, i see them around now a days more since i've got one, lol. but compared to other lex's...i guess they actually are one of the rarer one's. and i love my sc.

good luck though with which ever path you choose. track car, or rebuild or pick up another. it should be all good either way.

Peace out

JJsc3

Your car is totaled, and not even the fact that labor is high or anything over at where you live. There's obviously frame damage, and that's what costs the big bucks in repairs. Cost of the damage should be way over what your car is worth. I'm sure you'll still get about $7g's back at least. They usually honor the high blue book value to make sure you'll find another car. It's actually not too bad, because you can find yourself an SC for about $3g's, and use the rest to fix it up bro.