Transmission replacement- new or used?

[nemohm]

A friend of mine with 2003 S8 -( 90 k km~ 57k miles) got in an accident - drove over a rock on the road that hit his car and damaged the transmission, converters, some suspension components.

The insurance (car is fixed by dealers) offers him the options:
- used transmission (from scrap yard), 6 months warranty - for free.
- new transmission - live warranty - for $2300 ($2700 cad).

What would you suggest to be done?

(converters are coming from Ingolstadt).

Next thing is that there is no body structural integrity assessment done - the insurance company is offering one step at a time.
No wheel alignment done either.
(Initially the insurance company allowed just the transmission pan to be replaced).

The bill is piling and there is no final estimation at this point.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thx,

[MacDaddy]

go free, zf transmissions aren't known to be problematic.

the only rason i can see for replacing the tranny is because whatever he hit damaged the pan and smashed the valve body behind it.

I think tht dealer should look a little closer though, hook it up to the alignment rack and you'll see pretty quick if the thing is tweaked or not.