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Old 01-30-2012, 08:59 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy View Post
I love how the repair cost is $26,000. I guess that means the battery and motor are only worth $8,000.

Looks like the perfect candidate for a swap to me.
Repair costs have nothing to do with the value of undamaged components. In 1971 the Insurance Companies tried to make body shops look bad by getting an estimate to build a 1971 Chevy from scratch. The $3000 car cost $18,000 to build from scratch then with labor at $9 per hour. Today its over $45 here.

From scratch a Leaf would probably cost at least $150k.

But then what would it cost to have each part shipped individually from Japan?

In 1973 when the first Subaru came to my area of the country it was $2895.
The two half shafts and the front knuckles together was over $2200 for just those 4 parts. I told the President of the Dealership that it would be cheaper to just take a new car apart and then they would have every part in stock to fix any car for pennies on a dollar for the parts individually.

I'll bet you will see every Leaf collected by some enterprising individual with the batteries used for many electric car projects and the parts sold to fix other cars. If you have the patience and funding, it can be hugely profitable.

It's at $5800 now, sells today.

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Mech
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