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Old 07-27-2008, 05:30 AM
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so hypothetically speaking if something happened to your car and you were handed a nice insurance check...a generous one. what would you do with it, get a new tc or move on, and to what?





im just wondering if other tc owners would stick with scion if they had a big check in their hands. personally i would stick with the tc, its the right car for me right now. but if this happened to me in a few years when i was other of school it might be a different story.



so have at it
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it would really have to depend on what happened to the car. when i had my accident there was light suspension damage, but only 5k in damage. if it had more damage, then i would consider a new car
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true, i guess i wasn't really clean i kind of meant if your car was totaled.. would you look for a new tc or a different car.

i had a civic ex back in the day and it got totaled.. thats how i got a down payment on the tc, but if that happened again i think i would get another tc
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if it was beyond repair than maybe a 3rd gen rx-7 w/ls1 or hold out till the 2010 tc replacment comes out.
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oic. it depends, how bad the damage is and everything. although, idk what else i would get
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haha or hold out till the RWD coop
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I would get myself a nice green 2008 Mustang Bullit.
or find a left over from 07 and get Shelby GT.
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i got hit while i was in a parking lot there was only ALOT of light sratches and paint transfers, no dents so i took it to a body shop and they quoted me $1900 to fix it. the same day i got the money i buffed it ALL out and it looks good as new, and i used the money to pay my car loan.
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thats sick, if that happened to me it would go straight to a boost fund haha
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HOLY S$#Y if this ever happened to me i would use that check on a diff. car in a heart beat!

used 350 or evo's

something RWD!!!!
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Originally Posted by hookedonlucy
HOLY S$#Y if this ever happened to me i would use that check on a diff. car in a heart beat!
True that. But a different car within your means. You're young. Get a phat car when you have the $crill to maintain it.
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Originally Posted by Hyghgynx
Originally Posted by hookedonlucy
HOLY S$#Y if this ever happened to me i would use that check on a diff. car in a heart beat!
True that. But a different car within your means. You're young. Get a phat car when you have the $crill to maintain it.
i know :[

being in college and working part time, i barely have any money left over filling up my gas and etc etc
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A nice Ducati would be in the works... Ever since I moved from NY to Socal, I want a bike!
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i would strip my car of all aftermarket parts and sell what i can. and then i would get a different car. most likely a 350z/g35
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Originally Posted by 05FMtC
i would strip my car of all aftermarket parts and sell what i can. and then i would get a different car. most likely a 350z/g35
i feel the same way i would love a z, or r32, 2002 M3, S4, but it wouldn't be smart of me to do right now being in college.
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Originally Posted by 05FMtC
i would strip my car of all aftermarket parts and sell what i can. and then i would get a different car. most likely a 350z/g35
i agree but i'd get something in the toyota family
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been there, done that
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used Lexus IS250 ....
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350z ftw!
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Z, G, FD, M3, or S4.
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