does this look totalled?
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30,000 miles... i was goin like 25 around a really sharp turn and the rear wheels skidded, tried to correct it and it just went the other way into a tree... the issue was that i tried to accellerate out of the skid, which only lead to a faster skid into a tree :-/
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i think thats illegal cause technically i think im only allowed to take my personal belongings... its been a debatable issue with me and my father cause i guess the aftermarket parts are mine still, but if its totalled the car is the insurances... and then i just buy the wreck back salvage some parts and sell the wreck...
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ouch. even if that car was "fixed", the chassis is definetely shot, and its not worth driving. Take the money from the total and put it toward something else.
Usually, once both air bags go, the radiator completely destoryed, along with the chassis, the car is totalled.
Usually, once both air bags go, the radiator completely destoryed, along with the chassis, the car is totalled.
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From my professional deduction, in most cases of having major damage that deploys the air bags and breaks the windshield, your insurance company will total it regardless. However, you can buy back the car, if you wish to repair it (which would mean a lot of money, because airbags are not cheap), then that is up to you.
I understand that pictures don't do justice, and it would be better suited to estimate the damage in person, but from looking at what you provided we can conclude that you're going to need:
new hood*
new right fender*
new front bumper and assembly*
new windshield
new passenger headlamp
new plastic fender cover
air bag sensors
driver side airbag
passenger side airbag
instrument panel assembly
new passenger side door*
possibly suspension work (axels, control arms, brakes, etc. can't tell from photos)
possibly frame pulling
possibly new front rebar and core support and/or radiator and/or AC lines (again, can't see)
* needs paint labor and materials
Again, its hard to tell from the pics, but let alone whats listed above will set you WAY over the price you're gonna want to even think about paying to get this one fixed... Might as well play it safe and start looking for a new car.
I understand that pictures don't do justice, and it would be better suited to estimate the damage in person, but from looking at what you provided we can conclude that you're going to need:
new hood*
new right fender*
new front bumper and assembly*
new windshield
new passenger headlamp
new plastic fender cover
air bag sensors
driver side airbag
passenger side airbag
instrument panel assembly
new passenger side door*
possibly suspension work (axels, control arms, brakes, etc. can't tell from photos)
possibly frame pulling
possibly new front rebar and core support and/or radiator and/or AC lines (again, can't see)
* needs paint labor and materials
Again, its hard to tell from the pics, but let alone whats listed above will set you WAY over the price you're gonna want to even think about paying to get this one fixed... Might as well play it safe and start looking for a new car.
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hey sorry about ur loss man. if it is totalled are u gonna part out? im only askin cuz my intake filter got bent up a little in a fender bender accident. urs looks to be intact. if ur gonna part u think u can sell me the filter?
damn that's a nice steering wheel too. where'd u get it? willing to part that out too? lol
damn that's a nice steering wheel too. where'd u get it? willing to part that out too? lol
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Technically speaking, it doesn't matter what the damage looks like. Insurance companies (atleast in the south) claim a car totalled when the estimated cost of repairs exceed the declared value of the car.
Now, say you had another accident in the ownership of the car, and value for repairs of that was $6,000. Then you get in another accident, what insurance companies will do then is add the estimated cost of repairs to this accident with the total cost of the previous. And if that exceeds value it is also declaired totalled. Mostly in part because the more you replace things, especially bigger body ordeals the less safe it then becomes...Atleast, according to insurance companies and officals. Then again, i don't work for a insurance company so i can't tell you exactly what happens but i do know thats what they do as far as declairing totalled or not.
Now, say you had another accident in the ownership of the car, and value for repairs of that was $6,000. Then you get in another accident, what insurance companies will do then is add the estimated cost of repairs to this accident with the total cost of the previous. And if that exceeds value it is also declaired totalled. Mostly in part because the more you replace things, especially bigger body ordeals the less safe it then becomes...Atleast, according to insurance companies and officals. Then again, i don't work for a insurance company so i can't tell you exactly what happens but i do know thats what they do as far as declairing totalled or not.