Ziggy1647545504 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Last night on my way home from Springfield, I hit a deer with my Contour. Since I work for the insurance company that I am insured with, I'm reasonably certain that the car is now totalled. At this point, I've still not met with, or received a phone call from my handling rep, but I'm afraid this whole experience is not going to end well for my little car. If it does indeed total, I am going to retain the vehicle because less than two weeks ago, I replaced the front and rear struts, springs, and spring mounts, with aftermarket pieces from British American Transfer. The car has 152k miles on the 2.5 v6 and automatic trans, has good rubber at all 4 corners, and has a b.a.t. -25mm (-1 inch) lowering kit with european handling inspired sport valved struts all the way around. The suspension kit has less than 500 miles of wear. As for the damage to the vehicle, the hood took the brunt of it i think, because the thing is just crushed. The rt headlamp, rt and lt marker lamps are broken, and the headlamp mount panel is broken. The right fender is a little bent at the end, but it also has some minor paint damage at the back edge near the hood where the hood hit it and scratched the paint. My biggest concern at this point is that the rt side of the core support (upper tie bar, and rt side baffle) appear to be pushed back about an inch. There are some aftermarket parts out there, but to acheive any kind of proper fit, the best option would be to go junk yarding for them. The car still runs great, and has recently been getting better fuel economy than I've seen in a long time, at about 27 mpg combined city/highway. It really doesn't even look that bad, but I'm not going to mess with all of the inspections and such to get the rebuilt salvage title taken care of. If you've got a Contour, Mistique, or Cougar, the suspension kit and wheels will bolt right up from this car. I want to get out of the car WITH a salvage title, what I put into it in the last two weeks which is $1300. I have receipts for all of the suspension pieces, installation, and the exhaust resonator delete I had done at Midas a couple of weeks before that. I am available by phone at 513-562-7770 all the time, which is the best way to get a hold of me since I'm not on here as regularly as I was before moving out of Columbus. The car is in Morrow, about 85 miles South of Columbus, and 20 or so miles North of Cincinnati off of I-71. Clean NADA book value is about $2200, asking $1300. Pics will follow when I get them loaded on the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lowered_93_SBC_S10 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Sorry to hear about that man like to see pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy1647545504 Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Pics: http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/The_cool_Ileana/PA110113.jpg http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/The_cool_Ileana/WreckedContourPics001.jpg http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/The_cool_Ileana/WreckedContourPics003.jpg http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/The_cool_Ileana/WreckedContourPics005.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 If anyone needs a parts car I may have one for $600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy1647545504 Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Car's totalled for sure. Got the word this afternoon. I'll be moving forward with securing the salvage title in the next couple of days. At this point I'm considering letting them take the car if they'll work with me on the value of my newly purchased and installed parts. The car runs and drives great, hate to let it go. I was on my way to probably my best fuel economy in the car ever when I hit that buck too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy1647545504 Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Forgot to give the particulars: 1995 Ford Contour SE 24 valve DOHC 2.5 liter Duratec V-6 Automatic trans Pwr driver seat, windows, locks, mirrors, and sunroof Toreador Red / Gray cloth interior 152,000 miles water pump already replaced with upgraded impeller runs great, drives great, has been pulling down 26.5-27 mpg combined city/highway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lowered_93_SBC_S10 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 these are good cars but a bitch to change an alternator on lol i had one and my ex had one..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy1647545504 Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Charging system is good on this one! Just needs a little help to be a real nice driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy1647545504 Posted May 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy1647545504 Posted May 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Recieved my settlement offer today, will have the salvage title in hand by the end of the week. The car still runs and drives great and has been getting excellent gas mileage. Could probably put it back on the road after one trip to pick and pull! $1300/obo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy1647545504 Posted June 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Somebody buy this car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Last night on my way home from Springfield, I hit a deer with my Contour. Since I work for the insurance company that I am insured with, I'm reasonably certain that the car is now totalled. At this point, I've still not met with, or received a phone call from my handling rep, but I'm afraid this whole experience is not going to end well for my little car. If it does indeed total, I am going to retain the vehicle because less than two weeks ago, I replaced the front and rear struts, springs, and spring mounts, with aftermarket pieces from British American Transfer. The car has 152k miles on the 2.5 v6 and automatic trans, has good rubber at all 4 corners, and has a b.a.t. -25mm (-1 inch) lowering kit with european handling inspired sport valved struts all the way around. The suspension kit has less than 500 miles of wear. I don't understand, when you started this post you stated if it got a salvage title you weren't going to sell it, but now it does have a salvage title and you still want to sell it, btw, pull all the good parts off of it and sell them, otherwise you won't see good money. These cars aren't pulling $1300 on a good day, with a clean title and no body damage. Why not fix it yourself if you think its so easy to do so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy1647545504 Posted June 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 I really don't need the third car, and if someone out there could use a reliable fun to drive car that is willing to put a little bit of work into it could, I'd like to see it go to someone that will rebuild it. If I haven't moved it by the end of the summer, I probably will keep it and fix it for a winter beater. The car would be great for a first car for someone's kid though. As far as what I put in that first post, that was referring to whether or not I would allow the insurance company to take the vehicle. I retained the car (bought it back) because the car is worth more to me than they were willing to give me for it. I sacrificed $150 salvage value to retain the car and the brand new suspension parts that I put on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Understandable, good luck on a sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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