alleycat58

Brembos are nice, but they're not always faster than the speed of stupid.

80vetteL82

Vette would be a nice choice!

If its totalled are you going to be parting anything out?

ronn

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UH...If totaled he doesn't get the car.

D-mac

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Looking totalled

Glad your OK

DillySS

See that part under the door where the side skirt is. That is seperated. Thats a welding joint. That = total. Poor twisted frame.

Axelthered05

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wow that does not look good, hope they don’t total it!

80vetteL82

You can still buy it back and part it out.... or at best go and pull aftermarket stuff off it.

brandondrecksage

depends on the company...i've had two cars totalled out(one my fault, other was an old ladies fault)
I had a 2006 cobalt ss sc with 75k totalled in 2009. did 15k worth of damage, and they actually said the car was worth 14.5k. Which seemed above market value for the car, i took it and ran. I purchased the car 2 years prior for 16k with 10k miles.

second car was a 1999 chevy camaro ss that had 110k on it. I purchased it for 7k may 2010. an old lady ran into the side of it in december 2010...right after i bought snow tires for it causing 8k worth of damage. they gave me a check for 11k for it. i should start a business for getting crashed into.

08inBama

yeah I have a $250 deductible and gap insurance, i'm good to go with the car even if they total it out... if they don't, well, I won't be upset either... though i'd rather them total it out since it'll probably never be the same

ronn

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You really think he would buy it back?
What do ya think they would sell it to him for compared to what they're gonna pay him?
Also..I think it's in the Ins Co hands now...I don't he would have access to the car for taking off parts..that's a NO NO I would think.

08inBama

no its at a towing place, and the guy is cool as ****, but his opinion was it would be totaled out... I might consider buying it back from them if i could get it for $4-5,000... i'd look it over 1st though, if i thought the engine was still alright it'd probably be worth it, I could get $2000 for the engine/transmission.... the wheels are still good, seats, rear lip, side skirts, all the interior pieces, etc... at the end of the day, the shell would bring $500 going across the scales after stripped down... would be able to get my downpipe, etc. off the car as well... the hahn intake is crushed and I know the lower section of the injen IC piping, but i know someone who needs just the top portion of that, so if I do get the car, that part is already spoken for(as well as the catback)

that is if they total it out

ronn

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Well, believe it or not, if the frame is untouched..which I think it is...your car may be as good as new after it's fixed. As far as a total... It all depends on what you wind up with. It's possible that, for example, an $11,000 check may actually not allow you to buy a car
like the one you had. So in some cases, fixing it is a better outcome.
In any case..it's good to see you came out with nonthreatening injuries...that's a BIG DEAL.

HHRSSouth

I told him to tow it to my house (located in same city as the tow company) and we could swap out stuff back to stock, there are alot of parts that our local Alabama club members have offered to take off his hands (pay him for) if the car is totaled.

I also offered to go to the wreckers and help him strip stuff off, and we can load up a truck or he can store it in my garage to sell off later or he can come get at a later date, whatever he chooses.

cobaltshawn

Well mine looked almost the same and they didn't but I was like $1000 away though. It will depend on what your car is worth

HB_SS/TC

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they stopped counting the damage at 13k and totaled the car

RyanJM

The ins.has gotten a little picky from what I have seen. My friend 08 tiburon got hit while parked and they had to get 75% before they totaled it so I had it taken to a shop where I knew the estimator so he could negotiate the price so it would be a total. Usually a buy back on a car like that should be under $5k. Most cars are worth more in parts then as a whole like my TA. Selling it in pieces would get me a lot more that the car will bring. These cars have no frame its a uni body so putting a new front clip on isn't that hard just need a friend who knows body work with a welded and you could reassemble it cheap yourself for a dd and still get a vette.

rukkee

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I'm gunna go with totaled but it's hard to really see the extent of the damage from that one Pic. Did the damage get into the passanger side tire at all? Cause it seems like the car did what it was supposed to and crush up in front ..... it looks like it stopped before getting into the driveline of the car ( axel's /knuckles/ front suspension pieces. Was it able to move ?

80vetteL82

Lol your car doesnt go to a magical insurance company place when you get into an accident. The car gets towed to a repair shop/tow yard, and the insurance company sends an adjuster out to assess it. Of course you still have access to it... what if you were taken by ambulance to the hospital and you have belongings you need to get from the car?

08inBama

its MUCH worse than that head on, its flat all the way to the engine

an SUV pulled out in front of me

HHRSSouth

Yeah didn't you say the accident crushed your intake manifold?

ronn

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Well, here's a comparision. In the top pic, the car APPEARS to have sustained more damage.. It looks like an OFFSET hit as opposed to a STRAIGHT ON hit in the car below. OFFSET impacts usually involve more damage (and injury). In the straight hit, the bumper/hood system crumples up as it is designed to...absorbing kenetic energy in the process. Just my take.

The NHTSA test crashes each vehicle straight on into a barrier. But IIHS does a so-called offset test, similar to procedures used in Europe. The car hits the barrier at a slight angle so that only a portion of the front hits it. "In a frontal crash, the whole vehicle is trying to protect passengers," says Henry Jasny, general counsel for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Washington, D.C., an alliance of consumer, safety, and insurance groups. "When it's offset, only part of the vehicle is involved in energy absorption. It's a tougher test."

HB_SS/TC

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Yeah it was a little offset but I was still surprised my air bags didn't go off

ronn

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Frame (unibody) is bent. Also..look at your ICU/fuse box...how they're pushed back at an angle (at least that's how they appear).

08inBama

i'm thinking the frame is bent on mine from the way it looked head on... however, my air bag went off, so on top of the damage to the body/internals, go ahead and add $2500-3500 over the cosmetics of his car with that

ronn

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Well, whatever we think..it's out of your hands now. One way or another you'll get compensated. Be thankfull you're not permanently disabled...which would make this whole thread moot.