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10 years ago, a wise man asked me a question that changed my life.
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Just picking up your phone to check the time will cost you $300.
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I mean, if you have a crash like our colleague in this post, can you decide to not get the money from the insurance and repair the car?
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The 'buyer' might be the most honest, and forthright guy in the world, but until money has changed hands if anyone shows up with $25,000 and he wants my car, it's going out the door - thankyouverymuch.
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The 'buyer' might be the most honest, and forthright guy in the world, but until money has changed hands if anyone shows up with $25,000 and he wants my car, it's going out the door - thankyouverymuch.
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I see so many people pull up to traffic lights, wait until it turns green, and simply start driving through the intersection without any concern of someone running a red light.
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Tell me about the rest of the car, not the damage. What's the right side door gap at the B pillar look like? Any wrinkles in the rear fender forward of the wheel?
TONS of prentatve maint. I put a new motor in it a couple years ago... it's the later version with the large IMSB. About 40 or 50k miles are on the motor. The car is a tip. Car is in excellent condition other than the obvious damage. Full headers-back Fabspeed.
Sorry to see this, I remember when your engine went and the roller coaster you went through to get it back on the road. It�ll be interesting to see what the Gods have planned for you next. Glad you�re ok and I hope insurance takes care of the financial side well.
I always worry about this. I'm so paranoid I keep my eye in the rearview so I can get out of the way. Nice replacement? Any interior pics? Hope its a happy ending and you are OK!
Sorry to hear this, they ARE dropping like flies lately. Hopefully you will be made whole and the insurance rates will go up on the offender enough to stop them from texting and driving.
So out of curiosity - what would the process be for someone to buy a car from an insurance company before it goes to someone like copart, DC Auto, or LA Dismantler....
Blue Chip, if you are interested in going this route and not interested in the head lights, ping me. Cuda's head lights look better than mine and I would be interested in purchasing them.
Wow
Sorry about your car cuda
There does seem to be a lot of attrition happening this year to 996s.
Between the different forums and groups I look at, there are at least a dozen and a half (includes overseas) totalled this year.
Most important, all of the incidents that I have read about, nobody in any of the 996s had any serious injuries.
That fellow 996 owners is a big deal, no matter how much snubbing we 996 owners get, our cars are very safe.
Hello guys,
Sorry for this question. I am from Spain, and just moved here one year and a half ago.
I have seen several posts regarding totaled cars after crashes or being theft.
How does it work with the insurance companies here? You don't have the option to keep the car if you want? I mean, if you have a crash like our colleague in this post, can you decide to not get the money from the insurance and repair the car? Or is the insurance company the one who decide what happen with the car?
At least, in europe, if you have a crash, you can decide if you want to keep the car and repair it or accept the insurance company evaluation.
What a bummer....sorry about the loss but seems like you got a very nice replacement. COngrats on that.
If I were you I would do the buyback and call Norspec dismantling and they will buy it from you for premium...they will do all the work....and you make some extra money for nothing. They also get a car that is not through auction so it is win-win. Others on rennlist have done this....
https://norspecdismantling.com/
Thanks for the kind words, all. Lowpue, great advice, but I need to jump on that blue 991, and I don't get the insurance cash until they pick up the car.
In more leisure times I would do what you suggest, but I need to move as fast as possible.
However, I'm out at the track all weekend, so will have time between track sessions. If they are open Saturdays, I'll call tomorrow to see what they say.
It depends. Normally, if the preliminary estimate is more than a certain percentage of the car's value (generally 60 to 70%, but it varies), the insurance company totals the car. However, lots of variables come into play. It's a chess game, if you do it right. I got 33k for my car, satisfied with that.
P.S. How the heck does someone from Spain, here less than two years, have such good English grammar?
Might as well just see...I buy my parts always on Saturdays from them...Good luck with the new car....hope you still stay with the 996 community...its my favorite....I learn the most from this bunch.
Your joking right it's probably just the bumper and crash structure behind??
Look at mine after I crashed it last year and back on the road today ?
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Sorry to hear about your car, OP. Unfortunate but looks like you will be back on the road with a nice car!
I'm a little confused. How does your accident have anything to do with his? You think every accident will result in what you just experienced?
How did the insurance company come to that figure of $33k ?
Did you have to negotiate?
Where there value add ons?
I have asked my Allstate agent about the totalled value of my 996 and my wife's older Jaguar VDP, and he cannot give me a number?
The collision premium keeps gping up every year as the cars keep getting older?
Same here. You came highly recommended. Otherwise, I would have just stayed with copart. Thx also to Lowpue. By the way, what does "lowpue" mean.
This has all been quite an ordeal, looking forward to getting it behind me. Not looking forward to the 991 forum topics such as what color of deviated stiching is the best, or if I should I get the key painted for $350.
I'm glad you were able to make lemonade from the lemons you were dealt. After you get tired of discussing the merits of Grey Poupon on the 991 forum, come back and spend some time with the 996 guys.
Hey, glad it worked out ok. I think you did fine economically, but sad your joy was damaged. I wasn't interested in a auto or I might have done something with it. Enjoy the new ride, and don't let the 991 bastards keep you down!
My point was that my car was written off with more damage and I have managed to keep it on the road , insurance companies will write anything off these days as there are all sorts of factors to consider apart from the repair like storage costs, hire cars , etc so buying back from the insurance can be a good thing to do, you still get paid out some money and keep your car to repair yourself, the OP s car looks like a really easy fix , I think he should give it a go
Wow. I️ wonder If that value is going up now. I️ wonder What you would have gotten 2-3 years ago. You can buy a heck of a 996 for $34k!....or a nice down payment on a 991.
Great recovery!
Happy to say that California Highway Patrol has started implementing a new radar gun that not only records speed but also whether you were texting at the time you were speeding! Turns out text messages go out at a certain frequency that is easily captured.
The fines for texting while driving are not yet announced but will be severe. Makes me happy!
The new system is already in use on the "Tesla Highway" (Highway 280 between San Francisco and San Jose).
Bill
Many thanks for both!
, the explanation about insurances (It's amazing how different things can be from country to country)... and the compliment about my grammar (I can tell you that it is far away from good, yet).
I work for an multinational company, so English writing is something that I have been doing for "a while"
Do you guys have any recommendation regarding insurance company for these kind of cars? When I arrived here (no credit history) just few companies were open to insurance my cars (2017 Ford Edge and 2017 Mustang), and I ended in progressive because they had reasonable pricing and coverage (quite expensive in comparison with EU though). For the Porsche, I have made the insurance also with them, with similar coverage, but I don't know if that is the best option for an "old" car with quite high value.
Lol, yah it was one of my drivers that got tagged on Friday for picking up his phone and looking at it (so he says). I told him to contest it as he was not talking or texting according to his passenger.
Hmm, time to run off the feature that automatically texts someone to let them know you're driving and can't answer if they call or text you.
...or maybe never visit CA.
Rather than complain how about offering a solution for all the traffic jams I have to sit in due to texting drivers crashing a few times a month? or the higher premiums for insurance we all have to pay for the smashed cars, ambulance trips, fire trucks, police calls, lawyers fees etc etc
I'm sure you've got some great ideas to fix the problem, how about you share them with us?
Happily!
There are several things that must happen to combat all of the accidents that happen around the world, specifically here in the US. Fines clearly hasn't worked.
10 years ago, a wise man asked me a question that changed my life. With all the traffic laws we have here in the US, why do we continue to have so many car accidents? What's the solution? More laws? More fines? Conventional thinking would say these are solutions. Well, it hasn't worked!! There is solid irrefutable evidence it hasn't worked. Then we should next consider the possibility maybe the laws are causing the problem!
Notice how so many people get into their cars, knowing hundreds of thousands of people, maybe even more, die or are severely injured yet most of us drive unaware of who or what is around us at a moments notice? We hop into our cars, pull up to a stop sign casually without looking both ways cautiously because we are led to believe the drivers coming in either direction will be doing the speed limit. Guess what, that has failed millions of times, and will continue even though speeding tickets are expensive.
According to your stance, the solution is one-sided. Should we raise the fines more? If so, by how much? Should we make them $3000? How about $10,000? When will the fines start actually working? And should we keep giving that money to the state to do as they wish? You're in California. How's that policy working out for your state? The money is spent well. My parents live there, so I know all about it. LOL!!!!
These speed limits have made us so careless when we drive, so many people have no idea who is coming behind them, how fast, fail to stop at stop signs, etc. I see so many people pull up to traffic lights, wait until it turns green, and simply start driving through the intersection without any concern of someone running a red light. If people actually looked both ways before passing through an intersection, we would have FAR less accidents from people who run red lights.
So, without going further into this because I have limited time, the solution isn't fines that go into the hands of the state. The solution should be how to get people to take driving more seriously. If someone is driving distracted, all the rest of us should be so into our driving that we see the person and drive defensively. Whenever I see a distracted driver, I get away from them immediately. As I pass by them, I honk.
I would like to see the distracted drivers be open to civil lawsuits from their victims and held personally financially responsible, not the insurance companies. In fact, they should be so open to lawsuits that it scares the rest of us to actually take driving seriously. I would also like to see harsher criminal penalties for people who cause accidents due to distracted driving. As the way the laws stand, a criminal receives a harsher sentence if they kill someone with a knife vs a gun. Should not be the case.
Driving is no joke! Millions of lives are at risk every day! We have national debates whenever there is a school shooting yet not a peep when there is a death from a car accident. Do you realize how many people will die from car accidents on their way home today throughout the US? Most won't even make the nightly news.
Now, would you like to hear about my solution to the concussion/illegal hits in the NFL? I can solve that problem today and for free!! How about we talk about the idiotic laws for child seats and how they have helped with perpetuate this "lack of awareness while driving" phenomenon I just spoke about. How about how speed limits are a joke as well?
I'm for it. But are all texts in CA banned - what about hands free voice to text? And I'm guessing drivers get an automatic pass if there's a passenger in the car who supposedly sent out the text?
I felt bad for Cuda, until I saw he's looking for 991's. But good for you, good luck.
So your answer to texting and driving is suing each other? the rest is a diatribe of personal gripes which wanders as much as a drink driver on NYE.... I knew I should not have bitten
Oleg at Norspec is a good people....spread the word. Hate to see that car get parted though but at lease you got a premium on flipping the car instead of turning over to insurance.
I heard somewhere recently (probably on the radio?) that "you should wait 30 to 60 seconds before driving after sending a text.
You're not able to fully focus on driving immediately after sending a text."
In Texas you're no longer allowed to text while driving.
Texting at traffic lights is ok though.
But I see lots of people doing texting while driving every day on my commute.
My only texting is done at traffic lights, or I pull over.
I used to use Siri to send texts via voice, but she really screwed up some of my texts, so I fired her.
I'm sorry you lost out on that car, but here's the deal. I've been waiting for a 'buyer' to show up with a deposit on a car I'm selling. I don't know the 'buyer' in question is a tire kicker, wanna-be, test drive, lookeeloo or what. All I know is someone has agreed to show up at a certain time and place. I've lost track of the number of guys who tell me they will be here and never show. Or, show up for a $25,000 car and offer me $18,000 CASH RIGHT NOW. (Like I'm going to take a trade or payments. sheesh). The 'buyer' might be the most honest, and forthright guy in the world, but until money has changed hands if anyone shows up with $25,000 and he wants my car, it's going out the door - thankyouverymuch.
I made the mistake of holding a car I had for sale for a guy who was over the top gar-on-teed gonna show up on Sat and pay full price. Well, the number of dog-ate-my-homework excuses got pretty desperate. I missed a nice cash offer because I told the first guy I would hold it. Mistake on my part, not to be repeated.
Any yes, I know, you are gonna say 'yabut, I talked with him and told him this and that, and we had an agreement, and, and, and'. I'm sure it was a done deal on your part, but until there's money down, it's all speculation. Again, sorry it went that way. It could have been me as a seller you are now pissed at because I'm gonna do the same thing the seller did. Cash in hand.
Update: As of today, my 996 is once again alive! Very glad to see it saved from the scrap yard. Exhaust tip is still at shop being repaired. As many of you know, in the interim I purchased a 991, so selling the 996 to a friend.
Doc, I hear ya. Pissed at that seller, but yes , I do understand. I bet he used my offer to get more for his car. Ah well, ultimately I ended up with a better 991. An S with all the options.
Sorry for all the posts in a row, going back through the thread. Ended up getting about 48k for my 996, between insurance, buy-back, and sale. Not too bad for a 152k-mile tip, I think. Trump don't know crap about "The Art of the Deal." Took me 6 months of negotiation, though.
