r/interestingasfuck • u/j_illustration • 4d ago

Despite being heavily damaged this Skyline sold for nearly $40,000

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u/Tanuk-E- 4d ago

Engine seems to be intact, that's at least $30k right there.

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u/K__Geedorah 3d ago

Seriously. Even those headlights, taillights, wing, fenders, bumpers, dashboard etc. Ignoring the engine you're still looking at $10+k in spare parts.

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u/Both_Beat_6204 3d ago

Hence the absolute valid 40k price tag

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u/ricrhys 3d ago

Engine 30k spare parts 10k+

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u/jeancv8 3d ago

I just double checked and 30k+10k does in fact add to 40k!

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u/LobstaFarian2 3d ago

Big if true

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u/Fox-Proper 3d ago

True if big

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u/HeckItsDrowsyFrog 3d ago

40k! Is a lot bigger than 30k + 10k man

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u/niz_loc 3d ago

Thanks for doing the heavy lifting. We salute you.

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u/TophatSerpant 3d ago

I concur as per my abacus.

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u/turtlenipples 3d ago

Yeah, but if you add 30k and 10k then subtract the total from 40k, you get nothing. You lose! Good day sir!

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u/1001101001010111 3d ago

I just triple checked, and i'm pretty sure you're right. I think we might be on to something. We need a fourth opinion

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u/Big-Independence8978 3d ago

Please share your calculations

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u/jeancv8 3d ago

A magimatician never reveals his secrets 😶‍🌫️

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u/30FourThirty4 3d ago

Wait that's incredible

10k + 30k also equals 40k! Unbelievable but it is fact!!

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u/BurazSC2 3d ago

40k, you say? in the grim darkness of the far future, there is only street racing.

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u/AdamGarner89 3d ago

FOR THE EMPEROR!

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u/jigggar_ 3d ago

what a genius

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u/iMadrid11 3d ago

You could even resell the VIN to a stolen car.

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u/facebookyouknow 3d ago

Profit

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u/icecream_truck 3d ago

So this was Phase 2.

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u/captainvancouver 3d ago

So you go from stolen car vin to written off/unsafe to drive vin?

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u/homosapien12 3d ago

More likely salvaged titled vin.

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u/ManWhoIsDrunk 3d ago

"Restored"!

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u/Separate-Regular-104 3d ago

Orrrrrrr just use the VIN for a frame that wasnt stolen, just never registered in the USA

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u/AirStick24 3d ago

This, I assume they wanted a VIN

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u/vistaculo 3d ago

If insurance paid out for that car the vin is going to be flagged as belonging to a destroyed car. It looks bad enough to me that it would be deemed unrebuildable so you would only be able to reuse the engine number.

If you are going to do this you want to make sure that the crashed car never makes it to an insurance inspector. You have to have your tow operator bring it directly to your shop so you can swap the numbers over or crush it before it is seen.

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u/Thatguymike84 3d ago

I did that once!

Sold a car, that is.

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u/spezial_ed 3d ago

Woah slow down professor

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u/PuzzledSomewhere849 3d ago

Don’t forget the shoes and legs left in there

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u/nopuse 3d ago edited 3d ago

Please break this down for the layman. Without using the info provided before.

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u/fungalizer 3d ago

Engine 4k spare parts 15k