Yea Im done with trying to buy the car back. I dont understand why there was so much damage honestly. Damn tree is so freaking tiny. Which website would the car be on, I would like to see it out of curiousity.

 

https://www.iaai.com/Vehicles/Vehicl...91&RowNumber=7

Its probably got 2-3 weeks before it goes live. Either myself or my buddy will be there tomorrow, it might not be prepped for inspection yet though since it just got there the other day.

 

thats insane. Supposedly geico is still suppose to call me to get more stuff out of there.

 

Heh... good luck with that. I doubt they are going to allow that once it is there, they usually take care of that while it is at the holding yard (before it reaches auction property). I could be wrong though.... they do sometimes sit for weeks on end before being released for sale. I watched an Outlander in Ft Pierce that was there for nearly 6 months before it went live. Then when it did go live, they pulled it a few hours before the auction. Its still sitting there in holding. I've never heard of them allowing you to clean the vehicle out after the auction house has taken possession though. On top of that they are bound to the photos too, so if for example someone went in there and removed the turbo or something they'd be liable for it... they shouldn't have taken photos yet if it was still waiting to be released to them.

 

Just talked to the adjuster and he said I can visit it and take my stuff if I want. What do you think the car will sell for at the auction, judging from the pics.

 

Cool, I hadn't seen them do that on site before. Makes sense though, my guy couldn't even look at it today, they had it outside of the inspection grounds



Its a tough call, it depends on how long it sits there waiting to go live and whether or not it goes COD or Salvage. If it is on hold for 30+ days so lots of people get a chance to see it, and the title goes salvage, I could see 8-10k considering the mileage and assuming it looks as good in person as in photos. You'd be silly to pay that, but I've seen some STUPID prices lately at auction.
On the other hand if it goes live next week (gets an auction date, ready for sale) that will go down. If it is COD which it likely will be between the frame damage and if they notice the previous repair (the autocheck only shows one accident, but it was repaired in the front too at ~44k or so), then it could be anywhere for $2000-4500 or so. That's where I'll be on it, so I'm hoping for COD.
Something else to consider if it is there a long time is that it has 2-3 water leak points which if they don't wrap the thing is going to ruin the interior and as far as most buyers are concerned jeopardize the electrical system too. So there are negatives to it being there a long time as well.

Also depending on how much you owe, they may have a reserve on it or a buy-out price once it goes live. I missed a 05 with 80k a month or two ago in south Carolina that had a buy out of $2000 and it was repairable (rear end was destroyed mind you, but it was salvage title... you could have grafted a new trunk and 1/4s on it and put it back on the road). I'm guessing they probably had a 2k note on the car and wanted it paid and DNGAF otherwise. If you owed 10k or something on this one, it will probably get a reserve and may take a few weeks or running it to get that sort of money (or have them come to their senses and lower the reserve).



Rambling.