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So, my girlfriend wrecked her car while driving under the influence as some of you may remember me posting a couple of weeks ago. There was no police involvement concerning the wreck itself... Anyway...
She brought the car to my shop and I looked at it and she totally ****** the front and rear suspension up along with the body damage. She can't afford to fix it, so I tell her to make a claim with her insurance. It's a 2001 Jetta GLS, MT, 1.8T with 133k on it. KBB value is $3,100 and I no longer have access to the black book, but estimated it to be about the same. She has a $1400 Bilstein coil-over kit and a set of Ronal RW42s ($1250) 18" wheels. I search used Jettas within a 250 mile radius and came up with an average of about $3400. I added the value of the wheels and coil over kit that was damaged in an attempt to get as much money for her as possible. So, I collected all the info and gave it to her expecting some ridiculous offer from her insurance. I advised her to get as much as possible, purchase the vehicle back from them, and I'll fix the bare minimum to get it drivable. Well, they offered $5470 for the ******' thing. Buy back amount is $4534. I've priced everything with the exception of the Bilstein kit and I can have it completely repaired for about $800. Other than that whole DUI arrest thing, she came out pretty damn good. Two of the Ronals are scratched, one BRAND NEW tire I put on 800 miles ago is ******, but the wheels look straight on the balancer. Luckily the car is silver, the second most common color Jetta known to man, and I've located both doors and fender for about $250.