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Old 12-11-2020, 09:52 PM   #252
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Ooof that buyback is a lot higher than I expected... when my 93 MR2 Turbo got written off in a head-on, the front end was obviously demolished but there's not really anything of value there... I bought the car back for $800 at the time and got a full interior / drivetrain out of it... made me wonder if ICBC, like most people, also assumed the engine was in the front when someone checked it off on a list somewhere hahaha

I would say usually if you like the car buying it back and fixing it you come out ahead by quite a bit... get your same car back at a huge discount and keep the difference... especially an E46 M3, there's a fair number of people who will still pay $$$ even with a branded title for one especially going forward... but $6500 makes it a bit less enticing unless you've got serious connections for the rebuild.
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