Totaled my GT4
11-14-2022, 12:05 PM
#31
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Are you sure you can even buy it back?
I don't know if it was a law (state? federal?) or just an insurance regulation - but when I lived in Illinois, you couldn't buy a car back from insurance that was newer than 4-5 years old. I don't know if that was just an Illinois thing or what but you had to have a rebuilders license to be able to buy it back. So buying this car back might not even be an option for you. I'd dig deep before you make plans to go that route.
I don't know if it was a law (state? federal?) or just an insurance regulation - but when I lived in Illinois, you couldn't buy a car back from insurance that was newer than 4-5 years old. I don't know if that was just an Illinois thing or what but you had to have a rebuilders license to be able to buy it back. So buying this car back might not even be an option for you. I'd dig deep before you make plans to go that route.
11-14-2022, 12:36 PM
#32
Cracks in aluminum grow over time. That little hole in your floor over 15 or 30 years could develop from micron level cracks around the edge of the hole to crossing the entire panel. Aluminum cracks also grow exponentially not consistently so for 14 or 29 or whatever of those years there could seem like there is no problem... until the last year the entire panel cracks across itself. In aviation hundreds and hundreds of people have died because of people not following aluminum repair procedures. Porsche procedures with aluminum repairs are usually what they are for good reasons.
For those helping OP i'd stop. OP is giving off strong vibes he only cares about himself and doesn't give a damn about any of you. For all you know 30 years from now your kid or grandkid is going to buy this going oh cool, my dad/granddad had one of those, I'd love to buy one myself... and then ends up buying this specific car and then ends up being out the cost of the car when someone at a Porsche shop (probably the first time they order parts by vin) puts 2 and 2 together and investigates how a car Porsche flagged as irreparable is on the road. Or worse, end up dead in a horrible accident because the floor structure sheared itself after a crack from 30 year old damage turned into a major problem and significantly compromised the car's safety or drivability.
For those helping OP i'd stop. OP is giving off strong vibes he only cares about himself and doesn't give a damn about any of you. For all you know 30 years from now your kid or grandkid is going to buy this going oh cool, my dad/granddad had one of those, I'd love to buy one myself... and then ends up buying this specific car and then ends up being out the cost of the car when someone at a Porsche shop (probably the first time they order parts by vin) puts 2 and 2 together and investigates how a car Porsche flagged as irreparable is on the road. Or worse, end up dead in a horrible accident because the floor structure sheared itself after a crack from 30 year old damage turned into a major problem and significantly compromised the car's safety or drivability.
I think you need to take a step back....and relax bud. You are way out of line with that ****.
And besides that...who gives a **** about 30 years in the future, I doubt we'll even be able to buy a gallon of gas in 30 years.
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11-15-2022, 02:19 AM
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11-15-2022, 04:48 AM
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I've discovered and had to break the news to multiple customers over my career that their car is structurally compromised from a prior repair that wasn't done, wasn't done right, or was just done in a way to hide the structural damage lurking behind sheet metal and plastic covers. It's always been a horrible conversation.
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11-15-2022, 08:22 AM
#37
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It’s not like anyone has advised him to fix it with pop rivets and tuna fish cans…
The car will live on regardless because someone will repair what appears to be minor damage.
The car will live on regardless because someone will repair what appears to be minor damage.
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11-15-2022, 03:31 PM
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Just my 2 cents... looks like a first world problem to me. It's NOT a plane. In the rest of the world people would continue driving without thinking twice about something that looks like cosmetic damage 
Actuall, I see cars falling apart and still on the road here in US all the time. And those few dings in pictures not= falling apart
Somebody will buy this, weld what's need to be welded, and drive for next 100 years. Just saying. Porsche is only not approving repairs, because the new way is to just replace everything with new. I had have a 350z with aluminum frame, and they took a chunk of frame out and welded a new piece 3 feet long, all perfectly certified back in 2006...
Actuall, I see cars falling apart and still on the road here in US all the time. And those few dings in pictures not= falling apartSomebody will buy this, weld what's need to be welded, and drive for next 100 years. Just saying. Porsche is only not approving repairs, because the new way is to just replace everything with new. I had have a 350z with aluminum frame, and they took a chunk of frame out and welded a new piece 3 feet long, all perfectly certified back in 2006...
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11-16-2022, 12:03 AM
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If it were me, I'd buy it back if that's possible and have it welded. Porsche is very reluctant to approve any type of repairs on their cars. Heck, they don't even approve fixing flat tires.
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11-16-2022, 11:28 AM
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If the OP doesn't buy this back, it will go to Copart or similar (insurance auction) and will be sold to someone else. The new buyer will likely do exactly what the OP would do. So, to anyone trying to make the OP feel like he's doing something wrong against the world for even considering buying it back, that's totally uncalled for. I get why someone would be worried about getting this down the road, but this car will end up back on the road regardless of whether it's the OP or someone else.
Personally, I'd be buying it back if it were me.
Ron
Personally, I'd be buying it back if it were me.
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11-16-2022, 12:20 PM
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While Porsche saying that little hole can not be repaired - other people build replicas completely out of aluminum. Welded in 1000 places
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11-16-2022, 09:46 PM
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Yikes, thank god she is ok. If that had kicked up and come through the windshield…
When I was 15 a piece of scrap metal fell off a truck in front of us and bounced right towards my face in the passenger seat. My mom swerved left, almost under a semi, and it hit the a pillar, shattered the front windshield, and bounced off, it left a deep gash in the a pillar at my head level. I’ve often thought how close I came on that one.
I also remember reading a story about someone leaving a car jack in The road in Britain. Another car hit it and it flew up though the floor and killed the driver.
Anyway, bummer about the car, but that was a close call.
maybe after it gets totaled you could buy it at salvage and convert it to a track car. The guy who runs the scraplife channel on YouTube might be worth
contacting. He did something similar for another gt4 owner, seems to know his stuff.
When I was 15 a piece of scrap metal fell off a truck in front of us and bounced right towards my face in the passenger seat. My mom swerved left, almost under a semi, and it hit the a pillar, shattered the front windshield, and bounced off, it left a deep gash in the a pillar at my head level. I’ve often thought how close I came on that one.
I also remember reading a story about someone leaving a car jack in The road in Britain. Another car hit it and it flew up though the floor and killed the driver.
Anyway, bummer about the car, but that was a close call.
maybe after it gets totaled you could buy it at salvage and convert it to a track car. The guy who runs the scraplife channel on YouTube might be worth
contacting. He did something similar for another gt4 owner, seems to know his stuff.