[DML] Re: 001697 is no more, only if you give up.

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

I have received some E-mails calling me heartless for suggesting the 
car be totaled. All I can say is if you think I'm heartless you 
haven't yet dealt with your insurance company! To them it is dollars 
and cents and if it is cheaper for them to total the car then to 
repair it guess what, they cash you out (minus your deductible) and 
now they own the car which they sell as salvage to recoup some of 
their loss. Unless you got a classic car policy with generous terms 
for repair they don't see these cars like we do. I recomend everyone 
review their policys and become familiar with what will happen to them 
under these circumstances before they occur. I don't advocate junking 
any Deloreans but the facts of life are such that in some cases it is 
not economically feasible to resurect any and all Deloreans. Each must 
be decided case by case. If the car gets a salvage title in some 
States it gets decided for you as now the car is unregisterable.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Vin 5386 <delorean_stainless@xxxx> wrote:
> I would not let anyone stand in the way of me and my
> DeLorean. If for some reason my car did get "totaled"
> I would refuse the insurance compensation if I was
> going to loose my D. The theory of determining if your
> car is worth reapiring or not worth repairing is a
> catch 22 statement. It is all dependent on the passion
> of the owner. If the owner only sees his/her D as just
> "another car" then if it was technically totaled they
> would not care about it. they would take the money and
> run. Abadoning the Vin and the dream. A true DeLorean
> freak would never let there dream die. If I had to
> tear the car apart into every piece possible and
> salavage what I could including the vin and title then
> couple it back with another "totaled" car. for example
> a D that was crushed from the rear. My vin would live
> on. Nothing can destroy the dream beside the owner
> giving up and throwing there hands up in the air.
> There is always hope. All I know is my Vin will always
> live, no matter what. And I will not sell or part with
> it under any situation. No insurance company would
> tell me it's junk or mechanic. Insurance companys and
> mechanics are out to make money. thats all they care