totaled or not?
wanna touch the hiney
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Hard to tell from the pics, but that airbag deployment is a biggie.
I troll IAAI auctions sites regularly for work and see trucks with less damage but a deployed airbag that have been totaled. If the passenger airbag is blown, chances go up substantially.
I troll IAAI auctions sites regularly for work and see trucks with less damage but a deployed airbag that have been totaled. If the passenger airbag is blown, chances go up substantially.
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The damage does not appear to be 80% damaged. I would bet they will want to fix it. Let them fix it and if you no longer want it, trade it on a new one. Be sure to take it to a different dealership. I wouldn't tell the other dealer anything about the repairs either.
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Glad to hear everyone is okay.
Had an accident back in 2006, where they replaced the frame and all ($16.5K) and didn't total it. Then again, it was a weird ordeal.
In my opinion, which is not expert, is it's totalled. If they do fix it, I'd look at swapping it out sooner than later. That is unless you trust all the work completed to restore it.
Had an accident back in 2006, where they replaced the frame and all ($16.5K) and didn't total it. Then again, it was a weird ordeal.
In my opinion, which is not expert, is it's totalled. If they do fix it, I'd look at swapping it out sooner than later. That is unless you trust all the work completed to restore it.
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The adjuster looked at it today and said from what he could see cost to fix it was around 9500. He said it would take around 14,000 to total but he couldnt get the hood open to see what was damaged under the hood. he wants to take it to a local body shop and let them open the hood and get a quote from them i guess!So we'll see tomorrow ! I have heard really good things about this shop so im at least happy where its going. Either way things could be worse. I could have been paying for it myself if i hadnt had full coverage.I'll keep you posted . Thanks for the opinions
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I'm curious, I've never had experience with being struck by an uninsured motorist (thankfully), but what happens to the uninsured guy? Was he caught? Does he face any serious repercussions outside the DWI?
At the very least, do you get to break his hip?
At the very least, do you get to break his hip?
