Originally Posted by senor honda

When a car is totalled, the radiator support can be cut straight down/away, and the engine can be lowered down and pulled forward
on a floor jack.
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Totalled doesn't always mean unfixable. It means the insurance company
is unwilling to pay to get it fixed vs. paying you off for the car.

Depending on where/how it got hit, some cars can have another
front end/inner sheet metal re-aligned and welded in place, where everything lines up.................but it sometimes it cannot be done as cheaply as paying you off for the car.-Bob