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Of course it was an insurance claim—the car was 6 months old. I'm not going to leave a $18k car looking trashed, sounding damaged (broken airbox under fender), and with bouncing headlights (broke $400+ headlight housing's mounting points) over a $500 deductible. Sure, i wouldn't bother with an old car, but then my whole point was that I wouldn't have to. The same hit on my old Subaru would've been a $10 marker light from a junk yard and I could have banged the dent out myself. That's why I'm putting that car back on the road and wouldn't be surprised if it made it another 20 years while the Mazda at 16 years newer would likely have long met the crusher by then. And the Subaru has personality.
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