Hey gang, I could use a little of the wisdom of the forum. I recently hit a deer with my new to me 2004 ZHP ci and it looks like it will be totaled. I had to leave it at the body shop in a small town in wyoming, “I live in North Dakota”, and await my insurance companies aduster to look at it and i will get there offer. The body shop has a peliminnary estimate of $9800. The car still runs but leaked antifreeze. The radiator and support moved back but not against the motor.
So my dilemma is if i should buy it out and haul it home and fix it myself with used parts, or buy it and part it out, or let it go to salvage yard. I read thru a few of the part outs here and it seemed like thing moved fairly well.
It will need a hood and driver front fender, headlights, radiator and support and a bunch of the plastic bits up front.
Questions I have now are what years and models could I find parts that would fit my car? If there is an easy answer.
I will try to post some pics.
How did I end up here? The car was my brothers some of you might remember him on here as MrMaico.
My brother Barry passed away on January 11th from pancreatic cancer. He beat prostate cancer and an open heart bypass, but that type of cancer is just such a nasty s--t to overcome.
So I am his little brother by 5 years so growing up I was the little tag along. Both of my bothers were into motorcycles and that meant I was also. So they always had to take me riding when they went. They always had cool bikes and cool cars. Barry's first was his 2002 which we drove out to the coast and cruised the 101, we did it again in his 320i. On one trip in the 2002 I was driving and I said to Barry we got a beemer closing in on us, his reply... don't let them pass us! We were in some twisties in the Redwoods, so it was run rabbit run! That 320 chased us for quite some time... what a blast! Finally let them go by and.... it was a gal driving that other beemer, she was fast!
That is when I got my affection for the coast and have been up and down it many times for a guy from ND.
Ten years ago we all got closer again when Barry got me into Adventure bikes, Our oldest brother had a new place in the Black Hills of South Dakota, a mecca for offroaders and road enthusiasts.
Barry introduced me to Advrider, and I joined a forum, my first, so this is the second forum for me.
NooB alert..
Ive read thru some of Barrys post and this sure does feel like the friendliest forum on the web. I will keep this thread up to date as I know more and hopefully I will start a build thread if everything works out.
TIA , Scott..... brothers nicknamed me zak when I was little so I used that here.
Thanks DW for the help with my acc.
What do you guys think... fix it?