my first car bought for 5k, 90 240sx, insurance paid out 7800 on it (stolen)
second car bought for 5k, 96 golf tdi, 230k km, got 5500 for it
third car, 91 gmc jimmy, 210k km, insurance paying about 3 for it (i wrote it off
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and my current car, 1998 4runner, 100k miles, bought for 4600US selling for 15k cdn