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Old 06-27-2004, 11:49 PM
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$23500 for a ?Totaled? 04 TL?

http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/34896439.html

He says minor damage.. what do you guys think?
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It looks and sounds more than minor damage to me...
Old 06-28-2004, 12:08 AM
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Indeed - here it would have to take a dollar amount equal to 80% of the car's value to total it and pay the dude... lot more damage than they are letting on.
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Out of curiosity, does the HID tilt up to become high beams on the TL? I heard the inner two lights are fog lights and didn't see any halogen lights in those pictures.
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The driver curtain air bag has deployed and so has the driver seat air bag. I personally don’t consider them essential so it’s your choice to replace them or not.

LOL, yeah. And you can just leave the steering wheel held together with that beautiful tape. Maybe the paramedics could peel it off your face after the next crash.

I'd want to see an itemized repair quote from an Acura authorized shop before I'd even consider this. Anyway, cars are never the same after they've suffered that kind of damage. My gut feeling is that this guy is the owner, and he crashed it without insurance. Reading his story really set off my bullshit detector. He wants someone to buy his smashed piece of shit, so he can go buy a brand new TSX for a few thousand more.
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yep. looks like minor damage alright.

btw, i have a perfectly fine nsx for sale. you can even pay half now and half later.



minor damage. sheesh....

a site to go to just when you thought you've seen a bad accident: http://www.wreckedexotics.com/
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Originally Posted by TSX7
Out of curiosity, does the HID tilt up to become high beams on the TL? I heard the inner two lights are fog lights and didn't see any halogen lights in those pictures.
You're right about the inner headlights being halogen fog lights. I'm not sure about the "tilting" of the HIDs to become highbeams, however. I had the salesmen turn the brights on as I stood outside, watching--it was an instantaneous change, and I did not note any movement. It worked like a traditional one-bulb high beam.
Old 06-28-2004, 01:36 AM
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Looks like all it needs is a new front end and some airbags, but its not worth it IMO.
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You always have to be carefull when a car was hit hard enough to deploy the airbags.
Old 06-28-2004, 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by TSX7
Out of curiosity, does the HID tilt up to become high beams on the TL? I heard the inner two lights are fog lights and didn't see any halogen lights in those pictures.
the tl has bi-xenons, which have a flap that lets you "turn on" the high beams. they use the same light source. the inner lights are fogs, but i think canadians get drl's instead.
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I think it would be fun if you could do the work yourself. You could bring him down some.

Just some math.. Salvage title first of all. I can see the airbag(s) need to be replaced, along with the airbad sensor, module, plus labor. New bumper, fenders, hood, paint, labor, plus all that other junk in the middle. I wonder if it drives? It's not like you can just fix it and get a long with life. You're always taking a risk with this kind of car. I think 23 is a bit much.
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lol...That's one F*** up piece of shit .:shit:....as F*** up as the seller's head...he's smoking some nasty :shit:

>> Most of these cars are sold before they even get to the dealer.

Yeah, right...

>> It only has 6,771 Miles

that's 6770 miles too many

>> this is in or around Newark

it's a homeboy, alright...

>>E-Mail: roughrider119@yahoo.com
Rymns perfectly with "junk-911@yahoo.com"
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Originally Posted by kenji4861
He says minor damage.. what do you guys think?
Run screaming for the door.

Probably $10,000 to get it close to where it once was, and a car hit like that is never the same again anyway...
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Must be a typo....the asking price is one zero too many
Old 06-28-2004, 12:41 PM
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The car was more like $23 dollars...without any zeros...LOL
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Old 06-28-2004, 03:57 PM
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holy SHIT! I'll give you a couple hundred for it
Old 06-28-2004, 04:21 PM
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Ouch!!
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posting deleted...guess someone bought it
Old 06-28-2004, 04:49 PM
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Whoa! That looks ugly!!
Old 06-28-2004, 04:52 PM
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hope the curtain airbags helped on that one!
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