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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 01:09 PM
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And the lawyer took your money without a smile, correct.
Personal friend so it cost me nothing.
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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 01:10 PM
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Awesome, great news!
Good luck with the GT-R.
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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 01:17 PM
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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 01:58 PM
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Ha!!! Success. Lawyer only needed to make a phone call. Insurance is now offering $44.5K as settlement and also offering to let me buy the car at half the projected salvage value of $9K. I think I might make a super car out of it now and use the rest as a down payment on the GT-R Nismo Black I looked at two days ago.

Forgot to say THANKS!!!! for all your help.......for those that did help.

Great news to hear this!!! And option to buy back the car. Either way if you rebuild or part out, you will make some $$ off of the parts. Glad Geico stepped up and offered more!!
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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 02:17 PM
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