Parting out a car like this would be a gold mine if you have the time and space to do it. In fact, parting out lots of cars is a gold mine if you have the time and space to do it. One of my first cars was a 75 Vega GT. It was a wretched, rusty old thing, and after I broke the rear diff in it, abusing it, it was virtually worthless. I put an ad in the local "trading post" magazine that I was parting out of 75 Vega GT. My phone rang non-stop, and I made thousands, selling that car piece by piece.
Parting out is definitely more profitable than junking a car. Many people are looking for discontinued or unavailable parts for repairs or are experimenting with parts from other cars to use on their own project car or do some sort of conversion.
I'm guessing some rich person in a country with strict import laws will do it.
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So far no water damaged GRCs. The recent flooding in Broward County Florida had me worried but it looks like the ones in transit are stuck at Port Everglades. I do recall a Morizo Edition being sold at Toyota of Hollywood last month. Time will tell if it got submerged in the canal streets or remained dry somewhere.There's apparently been 4 (including the first one mentioned in this thread) already. This just popped up on my feed. 😥
Here We Go: The First Wrecked Toyota GR Corollas Surface At Auction Lots | Carscoops
Are they worth saving and how much would you pay to salvage one of these beasts?
I just saw this also. For those who don’t wanna readThere's apparently been 4 (including the first one mentioned in this thread) already. This just popped up on my feed. 😥
Here We Go: The First Wrecked Toyota GR Corollas Surface At Auction Lots | Carscoops
Are they worth saving and how much would you pay to salvage one of these beasts?
I believe they’re on iaai.com
If it’s anything how the supra was insurance was totaling them out for very minimal damage because getting parts was such a pain in the ass
I can't buy into that. An insurance adjuster's job is to make the insured whole again for the least dollar amount possible. They have guidelines to go by, and every insurance company has a threshold where they will total the vehicle. Typically that threshold is somewhere around 75 to 80% of the value of the car. If they believe there may be more concealed or unknown damage, they may total it at a slightly lower threshold. Rental cars are nothing but play money for them, and they don't care that much how long the insured has to be in a rental waiting on parts. If the damage estimate isn't at or above that threshold, more often than not, they're going to fix that car, and just keep the insured in a rental while waiting for parts. It's all about the dollars, and the adjuster's job is to save the company as many dollars as they can.
I can speak from experience that Toyota had my MKV for 2.5 months in their shop while waiting to get ONE vanos central bolt for the exhaust camshaft. That was a singular bolt with a reciprocating center. I’m sure getting body panels etc would have been more frustrating.
Yeah, but fenders? Bumpers? Quarter panels? Rear doors or the wide body piece (not sure if it's a standard rear corolla door)?
