Was your 914 totalled by an insurance co.?, If you bought it back, for how much? Options

[rjames]

Thankfully I'm not asking this question because anything happened to my car. The question came up because my wife's Ford Taurus was hit a while back. The insurance companay totalled it and we had the option to buy it back for the 'estimated auction price', which turned out to only be $60. A no brainer since all I had to do to get it back on the road was pull a small dent out of the rear fender and prime/paint the area.

So it got me wondering how much it would have cost to buy back a 914 that had been deemed 'totalled' by an insurance company.

Anyone interested in sharing what it cost you if you've been unfortunate enough to have to go through this?

[Chris Hamilton]

I had to claw and fight to keep my title, but they tried to say my '70 with 64k original miles, brand new custom motor and tranny, with 40mm carbs, rollbar, racing seats, alloys, etc were totaled for like $4k and the buyback would have been $700.

Something that caught my eye: The cost breakdown from Allstate showed that my perfectly balanced, blueprinted, shuffle pinned, rabbit rods 2.0 with forged pistons, chromoly pushrods, electronic ignition, custom heads and dellorto carbs added $50 to the value (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)