my old car (volvo death)

DurableSwedish · 12-29-2003, 02:51 PM

I used to drive a 94 960, awesome car, while away at college my mom IMs me that my sister got in a car accident, so i think to myself, "she probbably isn't hurt, i bet she's driving my car, great, i bet its totaled..." and sure enough the car was totaled, I'm not sure of the exact details, but she said she just barely hit the guy, but it takes alot to bend up a 960 like that...she was also driving on a temporary license...here's my old car:

CEHepp · 12-29-2003, 04:52 PM

If that was my sister....

I would be an only child now.

Sorry to hear about the car.

inSaNo · 12-29-2003, 04:55 PM

damn, too bad man.
(thats why i dont let anybody drive in my car, lol)
what are you gonna do now? buy other 960?

Chigga 744SE · 12-29-2003, 05:03 PM

lots of parts could be sold.

the interior seems to be in mint condition.

cid499 · 12-29-2003, 05:29 PM

Sorry about your car. I have the same car (except wagon) and it hurts to see that. But i'm sure you could part off a lot of stuff ... like that nice glass moonroof and wind deflector...
At least the car looks like it had a nice wash before the accident...
Thank your sister and mom for that

Volvo4Life · 12-29-2003, 05:37 PM

lol barely hit the guy eh... lol

760T man · 12-29-2003, 06:29 PM

Tell your insurance company to take that "totalled" verdict and shove it up their ass. The bumper isn't even out of normal position, which means the frame rails aren't bent - which means the car IS NOT totalled. I'd be careful of a scam there, that doesn't look bad at all. New hood, fenders, headlights, grille, windshield, IC, and radiator and its good to go from the looks of it there. Based on those pics, I'd say your insurance company might be trying to scam you. Out of curiosity, how much are they offering you?

FlatWagon83 · 12-29-2003, 08:02 PM

I was always happy when my insurance told me something was totalled. My last car sucked and was barely tapped in the front but they told me it was totalled and I couldn't have been happier, more money! I would hope your insurance company does total that car, then you don't have to mess with it and you can just buy something else. Sure it can be fixed, but that's a lot to mess with for a 960, airbags and everything, forget it.

Take your money and run dude.

12-29-2003, 08:47 PM

yeah looks like the passenger airbag took out the windsheild when it inflated too.

nohbudi · 12-29-2003, 09:14 PM

not to be an *******, but what do you want for the seats and the moon roof?

and im sorry to hear about it. i dont let my sister drive my car, because my dad wont even drive it unless he has to.

Pennybridge Pioneer · 12-29-2003, 10:13 PM

where you located dude? if you decide to part out the car i might be interested in that b6303f....

760T man · 12-29-2003, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pennybridge Pioneer

where you located dude? if you decide to part out the car i might be interested in that b6303f....

I never knew the 960 had an 18 valve engine

turbodog · 12-30-2003, 09:57 AM

[quote:918f4d9998]I never knew the 960 had an 18 valve engine [/quote:918f4d9998]

this is coming from someone who said "New hood, fenders, headlights, grille, windshield, IC, and radiator and its good to go from the looks of it there."

as if an IC was needed in the US on a '94 960.

hey it's all in fun...

Kakkarotttto · 12-30-2003, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbodog

[quote:011f2a741a]I never knew the 960 had an 18 valve engine

this is coming from someone who said "New hood, fenders, headlights, grille, windshield, IC, and radiator and its good to go from the looks of it there."

as if an IC was needed in the US on a '94 960.

hey it's all in fun...[/quote:011f2a741a]

OWNED!

760T man · 12-30-2003, 01:07 PM

ummm yea...I didn't know the 960 had turbo either

I have just been

CEHepp · 12-30-2003, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 760T man

ummm yea...I didn't know the 960 had turbo either

Thats confusing the nuts off of me.

960s have the I6??? Thats not "twin charged". No IC needed????

760T man · 12-30-2003, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KLowD9x

[quote:07abc309d7="760T man"]ummm yea...I didn't know the 960 had turbo either

Thats confusing the nuts off of me.

960s have the I6??? Thats not "twin charged". No IC needed????

[/quote:07abc309d7]
exactly my point...

CEHepp · 12-30-2003, 01:49 PM

OK. I was kinda scared/excited. I was gonna get pretty excited if they produced a 960 with the T6 engine and it being rear wheel drive.

That would be one hellofa car!

richbonilla · 12-30-2003, 03:42 PM

riggghhhhttt.....what did the other car look
like?...this l@@ks like a pretty hard
hit on the volvo....too bad...better get annother
one on eBay and start parting out..did the ins co
offer to sell it back to you yet? if so, how much $?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volvo4Life

lol barely hit the guy eh... lol

twotwodoors · 12-30-2003, 04:02 PM

insurance can be nice. my mom got hit by a guy in a miata, they totalled her car (avalon) that we had just bought for 8000$ 3 weeks prior. They gave us $8700 for the car..and let us keep it!??! wtf. Anyway we sold the car to a local garage for $3000. So the moral of the story is we bought something for $8000, crashed it and gained $3700 out of it. Sorry to see a nice volvo to die like that, shave your sisters head.

240Psycho · 12-30-2003, 04:36 PM

that car is not totaled.
needs
front right fender
hood
grill
lights
front metal clip(lack of a better name)
radiator
windshield.

The other front fender looks like it made it through just fine.

My insurance company wanted to total my car after i got rear ended, but we said no.
3 grand later. (dealer ripped off insurance company)
the car is as good as new. even better cause i needed new linkage and motor mounts.

DurableSwedish · 12-30-2003, 04:43 PM

my sister said she split the plastic down the drivers side of the saturn, i think insurance paid us like $7-8k for the 960, it had 160k on it they claim thats a "high milage car". Insurence wouldn't let us keep it. I wish they would have, that car was verry nice, premium everything, the only option it diddnt have was heated seats...but oh well, I diddn't buy it, my Dad gave it to me to drive and do whatever to, so i drive it for about 3 years, and only got into one little acident...Adelphia is being retarted, i'll post a picture of the other car the damage my accident did, and my "new" car

(86 240 dl, less powerful than the 960 but more fun to drive, the 5-speed is awesome)

DurableSwedish · 12-30-2003, 04:53 PM

this is the only picture my mom took of the saturn my sister hit

DurableSwedish · 12-30-2003, 05:05 PM

I just took a bunch of pictures like a hour ago, here is my new car after 11 hours of intense cleaning all sunday (you can see one the ridiculous speakers in the back

)

DurableSwedish · 12-30-2003, 06:02 PM

i guess the picture is here:

12-29-2003, 04:55 PM	#3
inSaNo Newbie Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Netherlands	damn, too bad man. (thats why i dont let anybody drive in my car, lol) what are you gonna do now? buy other 960? __________________ my volvo eats a vw golf for breakfast in the morning.

12-29-2003, 05:03 PM	#4
Chigga 744SE Taiwan Panda Racing Unit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: On. Canada	lots of parts could be sold. the interior seems to be in mint condition. __________________

12-29-2003, 05:29 PM	#5
cid499 Board Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: norcal	Sorry about your car. I have the same car (except wagon) and it hurts to see that. But i'm sure you could part off a lot of stuff ... like that nice glass moonroof and wind deflector... At least the car looks like it had a nice wash before the accident... Thank your sister and mom for that __________________ 1994 965

12-29-2003, 05:37 PM	#6
Volvo4Life Board Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Midwest - Ohio	lol barely hit the guy eh... lol __________________ ~Chris

12-29-2003, 06:29 PM	#7
760T man Herp McDerpington Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Lower 48, USA	Tell your insurance company to take that "totalled" verdict and shove it up their ass. The bumper isn't even out of normal position, which means the frame rails aren't bent - which means the car IS NOT totalled. I'd be careful of a scam there, that doesn't look bad at all. New hood, fenders, headlights, grille, windshield, IC, and radiator and its good to go from the looks of it there. Based on those pics, I'd say your insurance company might be trying to scam you. Out of curiosity, how much are they offering you? __________________ '84 244ti - LH2.2 swap - project '90 765ti - some stuff, soon some different stuff. - dd '10 International really big diesel thing - work dd old stuff brickspeed "Meth might be a hell of a drug but it does wonders for intake air temps.." -Sam (RoadRacer4Life)

12-29-2003, 02:51 PM	#1
DurableSwedish Hunting for a turbo Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Beaverton, OR	I used to drive a 94 960, awesome car, while away at college my mom IMs me that my sister got in a car accident, so i think to myself, "she probbably isn't hurt, i bet she's driving my car, great, i bet its totaled..." and sure enough the car was totaled, I'm not sure of the exact details, but she said she just barely hit the guy, but it takes alot to bend up a 960 like that...she was also driving on a temporary license...here's my old car:

12-29-2003, 08:02 PM	#8
FlatWagon83 Board Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota	I was always happy when my insurance told me something was totalled. My last car sucked and was barely tapped in the front but they told me it was totalled and I couldn't have been happier, more money! I would hope your insurance company does total that car, then you don't have to mess with it and you can just buy something else. Sure it can be fixed, but that's a lot to mess with for a 960, airbags and everything, forget it. Take your money and run dude. __________________ Erik

12-29-2003, 08:47 PM	#9
Guest	yeah looks like the passenger airbag took out the windsheild when it inflated too.

12-29-2003, 10:13 PM	#11
Pennybridge Pioneer You're an idiot Join Date: Jan 2003	where you located dude? if you decide to part out the car i might be interested in that b6303f.... __________________ leave me alone, I know what I'm doing

12-30-2003, 09:57 AM	#13
turbodog from out of nowhere... Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Go Saints	[quote:918f4d9998]I never knew the 960 had an 18 valve engine [/quote:918f4d9998] this is coming from someone who said "New hood, fenders, headlights, grille, windshield, IC, and radiator and its good to go from the looks of it there." as if an IC was needed in the US on a '94 960. hey it's all in fun... __________________ current fleet: '88 745T, '89 780T x 2, '91 745SE, '98 S70T5, '95 855 T-5R (yellow of course), '97 855 T5 past volvos: '87 244DL, '93 944T

12-30-2003, 01:07 PM	#15
760T man Herp McDerpington Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Lower 48, USA	ummm yea...I didn't know the 960 had turbo either I have just been

12-30-2003, 01:49 PM	#18
CEHepp FWDFTW Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Waxhaw, NC	OK. I was kinda scared/excited. I was gonna get pretty excited if they produced a 960 with the T6 engine and it being rear wheel drive. That would be one hellofa car!

12-30-2003, 04:02 PM	#20
twotwodoors addicted242boost Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: California	insurance can be nice. my mom got hit by a guy in a miata, they totalled her car (avalon) that we had just bought for 8000$ 3 weeks prior. They gave us $8700 for the car..and let us keep it!??! wtf. Anyway we sold the car to a local garage for $3000. So the moral of the story is we bought something for $8000, crashed it and gained $3700 out of it. Sorry to see a nice volvo to die like that, shave your sisters head. __________________ 90 245 b230f/aw70 \| 83 242 B23F/M46 \| 91 780 B230FT/M47 \| 12 Frontier VQ40DE/6-speed My feedback facebook \| AIM **** it, im hoarding now.

12-30-2003, 04:36 PM	#21
240Psycho 300- Club! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Port Richey, Florida	that car is not totaled. needs front right fender hood grill lights front metal clip(lack of a better name) radiator windshield. The other front fender looks like it made it through just fine. My insurance company wanted to total my car after i got rear ended, but we said no. 3 grand later. (dealer ripped off insurance company) the car is as good as new. even better cause i needed new linkage and motor mounts. __________________ *..::VFBG::..* Kyle with a '91 244 (build in progress!)2.5L ̶1̶6̶V̶ 8V turbo T5 worldclass trans '90 245 the work horse with 260k 04 S60R 6 speed '00 S70 T5 for the wife

12-30-2003, 04:43 PM	#22
DurableSwedish Hunting for a turbo Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Beaverton, OR	my sister said she split the plastic down the drivers side of the saturn, i think insurance paid us like $7-8k for the 960, it had 160k on it they claim thats a "high milage car". Insurence wouldn't let us keep it. I wish they would have, that car was verry nice, premium everything, the only option it diddnt have was heated seats...but oh well, I diddn't buy it, my Dad gave it to me to drive and do whatever to, so i drive it for about 3 years, and only got into one little acident...Adelphia is being retarted, i'll post a picture of the other car the damage my accident did, and my "new" car (86 240 dl, less powerful than the 960 but more fun to drive, the 5-speed is awesome)

12-30-2003, 04:53 PM	#23
DurableSwedish Hunting for a turbo Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Beaverton, OR	this is the only picture my mom took of the saturn my sister hit

12-30-2003, 05:05 PM	#24
DurableSwedish Hunting for a turbo Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Beaverton, OR	I just took a bunch of pictures like a hour ago, here is my new car after 11 hours of intense cleaning all sunday (you can see one the ridiculous speakers in the back )

12-30-2003, 06:02 PM	#25
DurableSwedish Hunting for a turbo Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Beaverton, OR	i guess the picture is here:

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