On the one hand, it probably needs fixing. aspartaimee, who knows cars, says that damage to the wheel well is important. On the other hand, if the car is old and you don't think it's worth the effort, then you can mentally write it off and know it'll go when it goes. Having not that many years ago sunk $1000 into a car the insurance company totalled a month later, I can understand this urge...
Can you make an unsurance claim? Let them total the car and buy a new one?
I didn't consider the "unsurance" path as an option... I don't know if I could do so in honesty, since the car still runs great. But, I haven't really had anyone with clue look at the thing, yet, and tell what may lay in store...
I am forming a cunning plan, and it is something like this:
1. Get state inspection 2. (if pass) Get someone who knows about cars to look at the damage 3. (if pass) Maybe do something about the rust, and then leave it be.
If (1) or (2) return falsehood, I'll consider other options.
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Date: 2003-12-26 06:42 pm (UTC)Can you make an unsurance claim? Let them total the car and buy a new one?
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Date: 2003-12-27 03:56 pm (UTC)I am forming a cunning plan, and it is something like this:
1. Get state inspection
2. (if pass) Get someone who knows about cars to look at the damage
3. (if pass) Maybe do something about the rust, and then leave it be.
If (1) or (2) return falsehood, I'll consider other options.