Totaled do I have any options?
05-19-2018, 03:59 PM
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Totaled do I have any options?
Hearbroken. I think I totaled my car. Relatively minor accident but difficulty finding used parts is putting the damage around $8k
Kelly Blue Book has the value (before accident) at $3700-6100
Can anyone help--do I have other options than just taking the insurance payout? Are the parts worth more separately (I'm not sure I have the expertise to do that myself)?
Any advice or guidance?
Very sad, I loved that car. I hate to see another C55 off the streets. Heavy sigh.
Thanks for all the help in the past. This was my intro to Car Enthusiasm.
Kelly Blue Book has the value (before accident) at $3700-6100
Can anyone help--do I have other options than just taking the insurance payout? Are the parts worth more separately (I'm not sure I have the expertise to do that myself)?
Any advice or guidance?
Very sad, I loved that car. I hate to see another C55 off the streets. Heavy sigh.
Thanks for all the help in the past. This was my intro to Car Enthusiasm.
05-19-2018, 04:47 PM
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Man sorry to hear that. If it's front end damage, you can just buy clk500 bumper, hood, fenders, and headlights. I got into a minor accident in my c55 in the front, insurance quoted 6500 fot parts and labor. Bought all the parts for less than 1k and sent it to a bodyshop. Post some pics and hopefully other members can chime in.
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05-19-2018, 05:36 PM
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Man sorry to hear that. If it's front end damage, you can just buy clk500 bumper, hood, fenders, and headlights. I got into a minor accident in my c55 in the front, insurance quoted 6500 fot parts and labor. Bought all the parts for less than 1k and sent it to a bodyshop. Post some pics and hopefully other members can chime in.
Off to search Converting to CLK Front End for Dummies thread.
05-22-2018, 08:44 PM
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sorry bud am sure you loved that car.... is your motor still working/usable? if so you probably could swap it into another c-class/w203 that you could find on the cheap?
earlier this year i totaled my c32 after 12 years and the car is sitting in my driveway under a tarp as the motor still works perfect. I am searching for a cheap donor c240/w203 (4matic!) to swap the motor into which others have done before and is possible. a swap is clearly NOT the wisest decision to do financially, but I loved my c32 and had a blast in it - so spending a few thousand or whatever to swap a perfectly good motor into a c240 which is a secondary leisure project car is just a fun side project that fortunately i have a guy who can do the work.
earlier this year i totaled my c32 after 12 years and the car is sitting in my driveway under a tarp as the motor still works perfect. I am searching for a cheap donor c240/w203 (4matic!) to swap the motor into which others have done before and is possible. a swap is clearly NOT the wisest decision to do financially, but I loved my c32 and had a blast in it - so spending a few thousand or whatever to swap a perfectly good motor into a c240 which is a secondary leisure project car is just a fun side project that fortunately i have a guy who can do the work.
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05-23-2018, 07:09 AM
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sorry bud am sure you loved that car.... is your motor still working/usable? if so you probably could swap it into another c-class/w203 that you could find on the cheap?
earlier this year i totaled my c32 after 12 years and the car is sitting in my driveway under a tarp as the motor still works perfect. I am searching for a cheap donor c240/w203 (4matic!) to swap the motor into which others have done before and is possible. a swap is clearly NOT the wisest decision to do financially, but I loved my c32 and had a blast in it - so spending a few thousand or whatever to swap a perfectly good motor into a c240 which is a secondary leisure project car is just a fun side project that fortunately i have a guy who can do the work.
earlier this year i totaled my c32 after 12 years and the car is sitting in my driveway under a tarp as the motor still works perfect. I am searching for a cheap donor c240/w203 (4matic!) to swap the motor into which others have done before and is possible. a swap is clearly NOT the wisest decision to do financially, but I loved my c32 and had a blast in it - so spending a few thousand or whatever to swap a perfectly good motor into a c240 which is a secondary leisure project car is just a fun side project that fortunately i have a guy who can do the work.
I did love it and we are looking at options.
