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Originally Posted by Garfield

We got the '00 Alero back from the body shop today, I'll have to give it a good once over in the daylight, but it looks like he did an excellent job of un-totaling it for less than 20% of what the insurance company estimated. (He did use parts from PNP, that I supplied, and didn't completely repaint everything so there are some chips where the body panel hit the trunk lid, but hey for not very much money we kept a perfectly good Alero out of the junk yard.)

Of course now that we got the '04 Final 500 I'm not sure what to do with the '00, we don't really need a second one.

And something I noticed but will have to verify, the '04 Final 500 drives significantly different, maybe it is because of fewer miles, i.e. less wear and tear, but the steering seems tighter and the suspension firmer. (And it sounds much nice, a more deep growl. I swear our '00 doesn't sound like that.)

I would run up the miles on the '00 if it isnt too expensive. Keep low miles on the final 500 as long as possible. Why ruin the aleros that are already collectables.