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wife in accident

Hit by a spinning truck this morning in the snow she was stopped at a light. the truck spun her and pushed her into another car which accounts for the RR damage.

reply to rody_44
They should be able to buff that out, no problem.

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No way to tell by looking at pictures. If the steering is that far out of whack, then the inner tie-rod is likely bent on one or both sides. Not a huge expense for replacing the steering rack if that is the case.

The deciding factor, as always, is frame/body rail damage that can't be fixed or straightened. Needs to be looked at by a professional shop to be sure.

Its at the shop. Looks like the upper part of the what i would call unibody is bent in. Would that be bad? Im assuming thats what the tow truck driver was talking about when he said the suspension caved in/

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The good news is that your wife is fine and that there were no injuries. The bad is that the car is most likely to be totalled. I had a corolla with less damage and it was totalled out by the insurance.

Hey now you can start shopping for something else now .
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Wife is most important thats for sure but she is good. Wholesale car worth 9800 retail 15300. 14800 owed so looks like it might be good we took out gap insurance. Bought 2010 in 2011 as left over. Any guesses if its totaled how it goes. Actually went to look and buy the new scion frs last sunday but they didnt have any automatics in stock. Would have really sucked to have a car 5 days and have it totaled.

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Not sure if your 'rolla will be totaled or not, but this was an interesting read for Corolla owners a few months ago: Corolla vs Deer
»www.toyotanation.com/forum/149-1···ght.html

reply to rody_44
Pictures are lacking, but I guess at $5000 and they fix it.
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reply to rody_44
depends...if the frame is twisted, it will be totalled. My Toyota had apprx. $5800 in damage(looked like less than what is pictured above, it was all in the front end)and my insurance totaled it. My car at the time was 5 years old as opposed to 3 so maybe that will the difference. All depends on how the car checks out.
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Isn't the insurance company a game though? I was rear-ended 1.5 years ago in my SUV that I had, and the shop asked, "do you want it totalled out?" like they get something out of it if it's totalled out. Then I think they sold it to some re-building of vehicles place after it was totalled out. They said there was $7500 damage from what they could see (I got $13k, car was $17k new since I bought it late in the year, normally $20k or so, so I was still happy). Still seemed like a joke of a process. I highly doubt it was $7500 in damage, since I'm sure stuff was marked way up. Like $1000 for a new muffler... bs. I just had one on my truck done for under $300.

reply to heebz6020
No more than 5800 it was hit last year with the entire front end sheet metal only and plastic replaced not the right fender tho and that was 4000. Its going to need everything it needed last year plus the damage of unibody and rear end. The left front fender nose hood and such is only out 8 months old. Last year was a minor hit compared to this one also not her fault. Still not sure why the front tires lock at 10 miles a hour but that has to be mechanical.

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I do remember that I could have bought my car back from the insurance company after they totalled it out for a set price. I then could have had the repairs done at less than what was quoted to them by the Toyota dealer body shop. I didnt choose to go in that direction but I remember thinking that it seemed to be completely up to the insurance guy whether or not to get it fixed or just write me check. He then told me about the options I had if I chose to 'purchase' the car back after they decided to toal it.
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No dont want my wife driving a car that had unibody damage. They can have it. The only problem is we have progressive insurance and they dont like to total cars. last year i got to insist on oem parts because of the age of the car and miles. Not sure i get that option this time. Might tho beings the car is technically only 2 years old. The other guys insurance should pay but idiot wife didnt get his name or insurance company. Insurance is trying to get it from the police department.

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Cop was even more of a idiot for telling her she could drive it with the front wheels pointing oppisite directions. Insurance said its common for that department to do that so they only have to fill out a out a one page police report instead of a three page report

reply to rody_44
It *really* doesn't look that bad from the pictures you posted.

Perhaps post some quality photos?
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Dont have the car damage goes up further on the right side than pictures other than that damage u can see. The biggest part you probably cant see is the fact a truck hit it and the upper left fender is pushed into the engine which includes the unibody or what i would call it. What would you call the inner fender structual support where the strut and such would mount to. Thats whats pushed in. Plus driveline damage that doesnt allow tires to roll at 10 mph. They lock up. Even tho the tires didnt line up i tryed to drive it at 10 it just locks up . I only made it from one parking lot to the next from there i called a wrecker. Know what you mean tho as those pictures are pictures my wife sent me and i said im coming down and driving it home. One look at it when i got there and i said to my brother uh oh should have brought a trailer. happened a hour and a half away from home. left front tire is leaning in on the top by probably 4 inches or so at top compared to bottom. Right front is full left turn while left is straight. Not sure if tie rod is in front or back of tires or if it even has tie rods. Think its rack and pinion steering. You cant really tell the tire leaning do to the car is about 12 inches narrower at the top than it was.

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I miss big open empty parking lots in the snow.

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