2004 V70 NA - Totaled

dejongmc · Post by **dejongmc** » 17 Jun 2015, 08:58

Last Sunday morning there was heavy rain fall here in Houston and my car went aquaplaning and I hit the concrete wall while doing a full 360. Nobody got hurt or hit, but the car has some severe damage in the back. The tailgate is out of alignment. I think the rear wheel is still good as I was able to drive the car without noticing any weird vibration or such.

Due to the age of the car I had no collision coverage. The repair cost will be more than I want to spend on it, so I'm looking for options to get rid of it but still make some money as the whole engine bay and interior are in good shape. Engine has 135k miles on it. Just had new rotors and brakes installed.

I'm looking for some recommendations what to do with this car to recover some costs.
Never had a totaled car before.

Post by **vtl** » 17 Jun 2015, 09:11

How much of tread depth left?

dejongmc · Post by **dejongmc** » 17 Jun 2015, 10:48

Front tires are just a couple of months old. Rear needs replacement.

Post by **vtl** » 17 Jun 2015, 11:56

I see. Bad luck. Drive carefully in rain and snow.

Looking at the picture, it seems it lost geometry and it's unsafe to drive this car even repaired. I would part it out or sell for parts.

Post by **JRL** » 17 Jun 2015, 15:27

vtl wrote:
Looking at the picture, it seems it lost geometry and it's unsafe to drive this car even repaired. I would part it out or sell for parts.

Gimme a break, you can't "see" anything and neither can I, but the wagon is totaled so both our comments mean nothing...
Part out as much as you can