Buying salvage x3 i35, need some thoughts

[jhutch1985]

I have been looking for a project car and found a 2014 X3 35i with 27k miles that is loaded (premium pkg, nav, tech pkg, hud, comfort access) with a salvage title.
It was involved in a deer hit, needs bumper, hood, windshield, radiator, headlight, Front driver and Pass airbags, driver curtain and knee airbag as well.

Sound crazy to take on as a project? This would replace my lease and be a daily driver once repaired before the snow falls.

Heres a photo of the damage

[ntuner]

This is easy fix.. the only problem is will be a little hard to sell it with rebuilt title

[najnad]

Looks like an easy enough fix...until the second and third level effects of the damage are known, and that wont be until after you take things apart. So it really depends on how cheap you can get the X3 for, and how much you think you will have to pay to get everything fixed. Weigh that against an X3 of the same year and similar miles and options.

In the end, my guess is whatever minimal savings you may realize will not be enough to justify the effort needed to resurrect this X3 from becoming a parts car.