daveSanborn
Active Member
My brother called me today asking me if I was interested in another Mustang. "Not really" was my initial response, but after going to look at the car, I might be.....
It appears to be a '99 model year (I can't tell for sure). V6/Convertable/Automatic, under 150k miles, clean interior. It suffered a very minor front end hit and was totaled by the insurance company. The present owner bought it back and is now wanting to sell it for "a few" hundred dollars..... specifically $4-500.
ALL of the damage is purely cosmetic. Both front fenders were undamaged from the accident although the plastic bumper's paint is "shot" as the amount of flexing in the rubber was more than the paint could withstand. The hood buckled a little bit and would have to be replaced. The drivers side door would also need to be replaced.
Both driver and passenger front airbags deployed.
It looks as if the damage is 100% cosmetic and replacing a few body pieces..... and the air bags... would get the car back on the road.
Does anyone have any experience with getting a vehicle like this back on the road? Is the airbag situation going to kill any value to this deal? I need another car like I need a whole in my head, but everything looks pretty simple to fix.
Advice?
Thanks in advance!
Dave
It appears to be a '99 model year (I can't tell for sure). V6/Convertable/Automatic, under 150k miles, clean interior. It suffered a very minor front end hit and was totaled by the insurance company. The present owner bought it back and is now wanting to sell it for "a few" hundred dollars..... specifically $4-500.
ALL of the damage is purely cosmetic. Both front fenders were undamaged from the accident although the plastic bumper's paint is "shot" as the amount of flexing in the rubber was more than the paint could withstand. The hood buckled a little bit and would have to be replaced. The drivers side door would also need to be replaced.
Both driver and passenger front airbags deployed.
It looks as if the damage is 100% cosmetic and replacing a few body pieces..... and the air bags... would get the car back on the road.
Does anyone have any experience with getting a vehicle like this back on the road? Is the airbag situation going to kill any value to this deal? I need another car like I need a whole in my head, but everything looks pretty simple to fix.
Advice?
Thanks in advance!
Dave