They will probably look up what came with it by looking up your vin number. A friend on here went to Toyota and found out all the options, the month and year it was made, everything about the car and what it came with through the vin #
I wrecked my Supra :(
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how bout this: take the money and ask them to sell you the car for the salvage value and deduct that from the payment. That should leave you enough cash to pay for the frame work, then do the rest yourself?
Victor Charlie;1519626 said:
^^^this^^^
Definitely an option to explore! If you decide not to fix it, when they tell you how much $$$ they'll give you for it, do the math and see if you can buy it back and part it out to make more $$. For example, when my Del Sol Si was totaled (4th car in a 5 car pile-up), they gave me $4,200. I bought it back for $400, Sold the motor and trans for $300, (D16Z6 lol) Interior and door panels for $150, Seats for $200, Exhaust for $150, a few more things, then got $100 out of the mangled shell at a scrap yard.
Came out at least $500 better than I would have had I just let them take it! Just something to think about!
I definitely want to fix it up if I can; the interior is immaculate and the body is also in very good shape other than where I hit the pole. The only thing is it won't be worth as much now because of the frame damage. And they offered me $2,326 but I'm going to see if I can get more out of it.
Athena;1519667 said:
Typically it's 10% - 12% of what they offer you for the totaled vehicle depending on a few things. One of my best friends' mother is my insurance agent
Eamon;1519663 said:
I'd take the $$, buy it back and fix it up myself. You may not know much about cars, but now's the perfect time to learn!! Find yourself a mentor or at least an extra pair of hands to help you and have at it!!
The only down side is your car will have a "Salvage Title" which can make it difficult to sell later on... if you ever want to sell it, that is!
So, around 250?
That would leave around 2k to go with. not bad. even better if you can get more though. I wish you good luck though.When I wrecked my honda a couple years back, I found out years later they screwed something up when fixing it.I got my insurance company to pay for the costs, but literally had to talk to at least 2 dozen people since everyone wanted to transfer me to someone else. I talked to people in Kentucky (where wreck happened years ago, North Carolina ( where I live now), and somehow Georgia (where I've never even visited.) overall it was a very trying experience and almost didn't seem worth the hassle. Pride and anger were the motivators in calling them back every. single. day.
Christopher
That would leave around 2k to go with. not bad. even better if you can get more though. I wish you good luck though.When I wrecked my honda a couple years back, I found out years later they screwed something up when fixing it.I got my insurance company to pay for the costs, but literally had to talk to at least 2 dozen people since everyone wanted to transfer me to someone else. I talked to people in Kentucky (where wreck happened years ago, North Carolina ( where I live now), and somehow Georgia (where I've never even visited.) overall it was a very trying experience and almost didn't seem worth the hassle. Pride and anger were the motivators in calling them back every. single. day.
Christopher
Eamon;1519682 said:
If you can't find parts at his yard, some salvage yards have access to an electronic inventory of parts via computer that lets them search the inventories of every other salvage yard on it nation wide. These yards have the ability to buy and sell parts between each other, typically cheaper that the average person can get. See if your neighbor is in this network and if he'll help you out!
And now you know how fast to NOT go when you get it fixed
Always go slower than you think you should go on shitty roads...by the looks of the damage you were going way too fast. Props for diving into the repair job!
Always go slower than you think you should go on shitty roads...by the looks of the damage you were going way too fast. Props for diving into the repair job!
Outstanding!! Best of luck with your repair and don't lose hope if you get stuck. PLENTY of info and help to be found here on SM!
Spend the money on the frame at least...make sure thats stright....then redo ur rad. mounts....then buy only the things u need (rad, hosing, lighting...etc)....cause u never know what else is going to happen, or what else u will need. lol CPS and harness in my case.
^^^ This!
Get her back on the road first for sure. No sense in buying a bunch go-fast parts when it can't go in the first place!
Get her back on the road first for sure. No sense in buying a bunch go-fast parts when it can't go in the first place!