Totaled or not?
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2004 S60R - 350+ HP, AWD, Custom FMIC & Exhaust, Active Suspension & A Big Set Of Brembos
2004 S60R - 350+ HP, AWD, Custom FMIC & Exhaust, Active Suspension & A Big Set Of Brembos
Crazy Camber, Stretch & Poke; its the new triple-stack-bleacher-wing ricer fad that's all the rage nowadays, lol
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This
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They'd rather fix the car then replace it. Thats just my experience.
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It does vary, but a car can be totalled out when repair costs are as low as 50% of repair costs. Read the article I linked from the experts at edmunds if you don't believe me though.
Originally Posted by Edmunds.com
However, given the sizable expense of fixing a damaged car, compensating you for lost resale value, rental car costs and so on, it's easy to understand why insurance companies often throw up their hands long before the repair bill exceeds the car's ACV. For example, some companies consider a wrecked vehicle a total loss when the total cost to repair it exceeds just 51 percent of the vehicle's ACV. Others don't give up until the repair bill hits the 80-percent mark.
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2004 S60R - 350+ HP, AWD, Custom FMIC & Exhaust, Active Suspension & A Big Set Of Brembos
2004 S60R - 350+ HP, AWD, Custom FMIC & Exhaust, Active Suspension & A Big Set Of Brembos
Crazy Camber, Stretch & Poke; its the new triple-stack-bleacher-wing ricer fad that's all the rage nowadays, lol
Last edited by S60R; Apr 27, 2010 at 08:50 PM.
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Wasn't trying to be an ass, just letting you know that the percentage varies greatly depending on the car and the insurance company.
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2004 S60R - 350+ HP, AWD, Custom FMIC & Exhaust, Active Suspension & A Big Set Of Brembos
2004 S60R - 350+ HP, AWD, Custom FMIC & Exhaust, Active Suspension & A Big Set Of Brembos
Crazy Camber, Stretch & Poke; its the new triple-stack-bleacher-wing ricer fad that's all the rage nowadays, lol
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looks totaled to me...
it sucks.. my civic got totaled after this...
went to the dealer for repair... 1500.00 for the quarter panel replacement... not alone the door... wheel...
it sucks.. my civic got totaled after this...
went to the dealer for repair... 1500.00 for the quarter panel replacement... not alone the door... wheel...
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Start looking for a new car and don't take the first offer the insurance company tries to give you for your car. If you have anything done to it, find those receipts and make sure they factor everything into it. I totaled my 96 GS-R just from a somewhat minor front end collision and I ended up getting $6,100 from the insurance.
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Suspension damage is a killer. A guy I knew got rear ended in his 2000 Eclipse. It looked like just a rear bumper and exhaust system, however when they got under the car it bent up the rear suspension, so the Ins company totaled it. Funny part is he got just as much as he had paid for it 4 years earlier.
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Start looking for a new car and don't take the first offer the insurance company tries to give you for your car. If you have anything done to it, find those receipts and make sure they factor everything into it. I totaled my 96 GS-R just from a somewhat minor front end collision and I ended up getting $6,100 from the insurance.
Thank you for the answer, and yeah I have receipts for most of the parts on the car, and ive found a few over priced 4 door ls's online that are about 6 grand so im going to try to get as much as I can for it.
Thanks again.
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