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Originally Posted by Laneco
We've owned quite a few salvage cars, including my 911 Butters. Fixed properly, no issues. You will have a lower resale value but that is to be expected as you had a lower purchase value.
Airbag deployment can be a little tricky. Yours had no deployment - so no issues for you, but I've seen really hokey and dangerous stuff with airbags. The ones in the dash and steering wheel are immediately obvious, but it is the side curtain and airbags in the seat/side impact that abides no tom foolery as it is mostly hidden...
I think this will be a terrific car for you and later for your daughter. I hate writing off a car with mainly cosmetic damage. Seems horribly wasteful.
angela
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As usual, Angela brings up a very good point....airbags! I'm no expert in this and this makes me curious but is it possible that they may be in a state of "partial deployment" after an accident like this, ready to go off after the vehicle hits a pothole or some other minor event? With all the recent airbag recalls I guess I might be a little concerned that the airbags may be somewhat compromised.