Thread: Reinbursement of the car's lost value
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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Default Re: Reinbursement of the car's lost value
Originally Posted by svo
If mine was in a accident - at this point (availability of cars) I would seriously consider selling it and buying another one. I want to have mine at least 10 years if not longer. I really don't see myself selling it, but who knows what life will throw at me in the next 10 years
I wouldn't jump the gun. Mike you know what you have w/ your SRT. I am sure there are some experienced collision XF owners on the forum. The fact that you could roll the window up tells me that the internal guts of the door are minimaly damaged. The front bracket may be slightly pushed in, but fixable w/o notible differences.

Who will do the bodywork? Dealer? or Other? Dealer will want to put on a new door. Since the other guys insurance is paying go for it. Finding a roadster window might take awhile. Consider saving the original. They sell for $300 by the glass companies.

I had my passenger door replaced and there is absolutely no changes from the original door. Wind sounds are the same and there are not any leaks on the passenger door. My driver's side window leaks slightly, but that is due to an adjustment that needs to be done when they put the new top on when the window separated.

If the dealer does the work it will go to carfax. If a regular bodyshop does the work, I doubt Carfax will have a clue.
 
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