Pics of my poor wrecked Pandora

pics can be found here:

http://anasazi.sytes.net/mikecrash/

Thanks Scott.

holy sh*t what happened?

Ouch… Love the title though.. Every time I work on the bird it seems like I open the box myself.

Ouch!

I knwo you kind of wanted it but it looks totaled to me, with the buckling in the rear...

Yeah the buckling will most likely seal the deal.

Totalled because of a dented rear quarter? Not necessarily. You can hang a new quarter. The roof looks good, how's the subframe? I wouldn't call it cashed yet....

Yeah I'm not sure what shape the unibody's in, the car has 142k on it so its only work like 4k...we'll just have to see.

gol10dr: I'm gonna have to take credit for christening his car: Pandora. A couple hours working on that car....and reality goes away.

Gremilns....I think I got'em all though (knocked on wood)

OUCH dude.. that sucks! Sorry to see it go...

Steve

Just got a call from the adjuster. The car is a total loss.

Time for an LS1.

Originally posted by 94GrayV6
Just got a call from the adjuster. The car is a total loss.

Time for an LS1.

sorry and glad for yeah at the same time I know you had thoughts on replacing the motor luckily you hadn't done it yet.

As for looking for an ls1... I know you are not a fan but keep an just look into stangs for a bit...

Nevrmind looks like the good '03s are gone... I was gonna reccomend looking at new '03s, since they offer $4,000 rebates on new '03s... searched 2-3 dealers local, and they only have auto Gts left no more 5-speeds. ANd the auto GT I drove felt slower then my 3.4L, but the 5-speed got up and moved!

Not sure stangs are as good of a deal... but on 04s, $2500 rebates, and there is a $400 rebate if you are a student...


other then that happy ls1 hunting. :)

No Eric, I'm not a traitor like yourself...Mustang? NO WAY!

:D

Originally posted by 94GrayV6
No Eric, I'm not a traitor like yourself...Mustang? NO WAY!

:D


an LS1 will most likely cost 2 - 3 times as much as your insurance will give you for your car...

however, i just happen to be selling a 95 z28 :)

Originally posted by anasazi
an LS1 will most likely cost 2 - 3 times as much as your insurance will give you for your car...

however, i just happen to be selling a 95 z28 :)

why 2-3 times?

they almost going at the same price... I have seen ls1s over $20k so they are worth like the same.

Don't worry guys I still think the f-body is a far superior car... I was just, and now with the '03s gone the '04 gts, are a little pricier so nothing too amazing.

Originally posted by MustangEater82
why 2-3 times?

they almost going at the same price... I have seen ls1s over $20k so they are worth like the same.

Don't worry guys I still think the f-body is a far superior car... I was just, and now with the '03s gone the '04 gts, are a little pricier so nothing too amazing.


i'd expect he'll get 5000 from his car... maybe 6000 from the mod reciepts and such.

the decent 50 - 60k mile 1998's and 1999's are going for about 10k - 13k it seems like

IF IT TOAST WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SELL SOME OF YOUR MODS..
I WOULD BE INTRESTED IN YOUR
FIPK, BBK shorties w/ ORY, 1LE elbow, Z06 MAF, LT4 KM,

Originally posted by red96gt
IF IT TOAST WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SELL SOME OF YOUR MODS..
I WOULD BE INTRESTED IN YOUR
FIPK, BBK shorties w/ ORY, 1LE elbow, Z06 MAF, LT4 KM,


if he cannot get those off his car you might wanna be on the lookout for my garage sale post comming up soon ... it'll be posted as soon as my car gets sold

Originally posted by anasazi
i'd expect he'll get 5000 from his car... maybe 6000 from the mod reciepts and such.

the decent 50 - 60k mile 1998's and 1999's are going for about 10k - 13k it seems like

hehe...

well of course... I was talking about 01-02 cars, you are talking about 5 and 6 year old cars, I certainly hope they are chepaer to insure then new 0 mile cars with warranty.

How I was when I bought cars was I didn't want to spend $10-14k on a car that has possibly more then half its life gone( I consider most GM cars lasting 100k without major money dropped in it, some less)... I didn't wanna be making payments on a car with 70-80k on it, especially an f-body. Even though someone knows someon with a ls1 that has 476,383 miles and runs 12s on original tires, F-bodies on average are not reliable cars. :)

Originally posted by MustangEater82
hehe...

well of course... I was talking about 01-02 cars, you are talking about 5 and 6 year old cars, I certainly hope they are chepaer to insure then new 0 mile cars with warranty.

How I was when I bought cars was I didn't want to spend $10-14k on a car that has possibly more then half its life gone( I consider most GM cars lasting 100k without major money dropped in it, some less)... I didn't wanna be making payments on a car with 70-80k on it, especially an f-body. Even though someone knows someon with a ls1 that has 476,383 miles and runs 12s on original tires, F-bodies on average are not reliable cars. :)


yea, on this board in the LS1 forum the same guy gets brought up all the time ... "LS1's last a long time there is someone on the corvette forum with a 250k mile corvette" ...

so, there is a few hundred thousand LS1's in the world but yet there is only one posterchild that has hit 250k ... great :)

Damn you guys did alot of talking today!

I just got off the phone w/ the adjuster and after the deductible($500) the car is worth $4507. I still have $3K+ in reciepts to show her. I'll get a check for $6-6.5k most likely.

I have found about 18 LS1 cars within 200 miles that I'm interested in. They are all priced between $9-12k and have between 40-75k miles. I'm going out shopping Saturday.:D

red96gt: I may be buying the car back from the insurance company and then selling it to Brett Downs (LT1Brutus) @ Masc Performance. I'm sure he'd be willing to sell some if not all of that stuff to you.

Sorry Scott, I don't want a metal grater for a car;)

Originally posted by 94GrayV6
Damn you guys did alot of talking today!

I just got off the phone w/ the adjuster and after the deductible($500) the car is worth $4507. I still have $3K+ in reciepts to show her. I'll get a check for $6-6.5k most likely.

I have found about 18 LS1 cars within 200 miles that I'm interested in. They are all priced between $9-12k and have between 40-75k miles. I'm going out shopping Saturday.:D

red96gt: I may be buying the car back from the insurance company and then selling it to Brett Downs (LT1Brutus) @ Masc Performance. I'm sure he'd be willing to sell some if not all of that stuff to you.

Sorry Scott, I don't want a metal grater for a car;)


bah! the car is fine i think, doesn't make any wierd noises.