As gas prices go up, people fix up their cars instead of selling them off.

Ins co.s "total" a car if the repair cost is more than the book value.
Book value of a car is irrelevant.
Replacement cost is the real value of a car. What will it cost you to replace it?

The price of anything is what a person is willing to pay.
A famous car will always sell for more than a non-famous one of the same kind.

Some of the NYC cars have been salt dipped, and you better sell it fast, and sell it below book
value, before the cancer shows and visually, it REALLY drops below book value.

"no mechanical problems" means buyer beware, and not everyone is as honest as you.