SBR70.3
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- Edmond, OK
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- Chris
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- 2021 Mach 1, 2016 Mustang GT Premium, 2023 Explorer ST, 2019 GTI (DD)
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My car is in the "my babies got beat up" post. Mustang got hammered by hail Tuesday evening. State Farm called today. Without even looking at my car, they want to total it. I declined and requested they send an adjuster to evaluate it in person. No can do on their part. They suggested I take my car to what sounded like a salvage yard until their adjuster can look at it. No fucking way I am doing that. We settled on FaceTime call with an adjuster on Oct 8th.
I would prefer to keep my car. I have owned it since Feb 2016 when it had only 1,000 miles on it. I have spent a ton of money on mods making it the way I thought I wanted it to be, I love my car and V8's with a manual in any car are getting more and more hard to find. No shit.....this last weekend I bought RE71RS's and some new slotted rotors for track use. Just put long tube headers on. Here is the way I see it:
Option 1: State Farm totals it, gives me a check, I buy it back and repair it myself. This, of course will be contingent on what they deem the value to be. Has anyone been in this circumstance and tell me what they valued your car at?
Option 2: I return the car to stock as much as possible (remove Procharger, long tubes, maybe some suspension parts, put crap stock mustang wheels on), let insurance total it, use money to buy Mach 1 (the car I really want given my affection to track it). Put TSP long tubes on Mach 1, E85 tune, call it good. I can use the race wheels/tires, brakes on the Mach 1.
Option 3: You tell me!!!!! I want a car to track HPDE events. I have no interest in drag racing or autocross. My goal was to take my Mustang to COTA next year. I'd like a car sub $70K to do that. But it also has to be something reliable that I can work on myself. Sorry Audi RS3 and Porsche Cayman S. I really do not want to go to the dark side, but there was an amazing ZL1 1LE at Hallet a few weeks ago and it was absolutely smoking everything there.
I would prefer to keep my car. I have owned it since Feb 2016 when it had only 1,000 miles on it. I have spent a ton of money on mods making it the way I thought I wanted it to be, I love my car and V8's with a manual in any car are getting more and more hard to find. No shit.....this last weekend I bought RE71RS's and some new slotted rotors for track use. Just put long tube headers on. Here is the way I see it:
Option 1: State Farm totals it, gives me a check, I buy it back and repair it myself. This, of course will be contingent on what they deem the value to be. Has anyone been in this circumstance and tell me what they valued your car at?
Option 2: I return the car to stock as much as possible (remove Procharger, long tubes, maybe some suspension parts, put crap stock mustang wheels on), let insurance total it, use money to buy Mach 1 (the car I really want given my affection to track it). Put TSP long tubes on Mach 1, E85 tune, call it good. I can use the race wheels/tires, brakes on the Mach 1.
Option 3: You tell me!!!!! I want a car to track HPDE events. I have no interest in drag racing or autocross. My goal was to take my Mustang to COTA next year. I'd like a car sub $70K to do that. But it also has to be something reliable that I can work on myself. Sorry Audi RS3 and Porsche Cayman S. I really do not want to go to the dark side, but there was an amazing ZL1 1LE at Hallet a few weeks ago and it was absolutely smoking everything there.
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