abriels Posted October 19, 2007 Posted October 19, 2007 So I was traveling I-5 South in the far left lane in Carlsbad, and someone basically hit my right rear side, causing me to do a 180 across all 5 lanes into the barrier on the right. What do you guys think? Is it totaled?? I am waiting on the investigators conclusion. Thanks.
SW03ES Posted October 19, 2007 Posted October 19, 2007 Man, are you okay? I'd bet thats a total. You want it to be totalled too.
abriels Posted October 19, 2007 Author Posted October 19, 2007 It happened yesterday, the 18th. I have some neck and back pain, but thankfully no major injuries.
Serenity Sound Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 Hope you are ok.. Bet the got off with less damage on his car.... Depending on who you have for an insurance company depends on whether they declare it a total or not... :cries: Did the front and side airbags go off??? Good Luck
abriels Posted October 20, 2007 Author Posted October 20, 2007 Hope you are ok..Bet the got off with less damage on his car.... Depending on who you have for an insurance company depends on whether they declare it a total or not...:cries: Did the front and side airbags go off??? Good Luck Was kind of crazy but NO airbags deployed.
SKperformance Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 both c pillars buckled the car is totalled , but some one will put it back together on the road in a few months.
djspawn00 Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 yeah it totalled, but if you want to donate it to me I can get it back on the road in a few months.
joeb427 Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 If I were you,I'd hope it's totaled. No matter what anyone tells you ,the car will never be the same fixed.Paint matching,fit and finish etc.
TomWoodLexus Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 When unibody vehicles are hit and the sheet metal is bent in anyway, the integrity will never be the same. Yes it may very well be totaled.
LEXUS! Posted October 21, 2007 Posted October 21, 2007 oo thats not TOTALED... cuz that happened to me.. and they said it was still okay to drive it... the insurance company..
SW03ES Posted October 21, 2007 Posted October 21, 2007 In order for that to be repaired they would have to cut off the entire rear end of the car and recostruct a new one including the C-pillars. I guarantee thats totalled. If your ES was hit and repaired, it wasn't hit that bad. Thats $25k in damage at least.
Sidney07 Posted October 21, 2007 Posted October 21, 2007 Even much less damage is difficult to make look as good as new. And for sure, the car will never be worth as much as before even with the best body shops. You trade it in and see what they'll give you for it after it's "supposedly" fixed...guys that know cars will know. So it may as well be a total. More importantly, glad you are ok...
TomWoodLexus Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 Yeah, insurance companies will have it fixed as long as it is cheaper to do so than replacing the vehicle to whatever value they find for it. Note this: insurance companies do some weird stuff at the end of a month due to certain quota's, they will total out cars when it is cheaper to fix! Yes, it is weird, but they have their reasons!
SW03ES Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 Thats not entirely true. The insurance companies also have to insure the vehicle after its repaired. The liability for them is a big part of it, so it may be totalled even if the dollar amount for the repair is less than the value of the car.
lambobaby1218 Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 Wow! Glad you're okay. That could've caused you some major damage. I say it looks totaled, the back end is all buckled (I don't know the appropriate lingo). But what your insurance company will do is another story. As I've seen above, if it's cheaper to fix it than to replace it, they will fix it, and we've experienced that. And no, the car will not be as good as new. I'd do what I could with the insurance company to get them to total it.
Scott M Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 Wow! Glad you're okay. That could've caused you some major damage. I say it looks totaled, the back end is all buckled (I don't know the appropriate lingo). But what your insurance company will do is another story. As I've seen above, if it's cheaper to fix it than to replace it, they will fix it, and we've experienced that. And no, the car will not be as good as new. I'd do what I could with the insurance company to get them to total it. Both C pillars are badly bent, and yet that back window stayed in tack... that's something. Be glad they totalled it. If it was repaired, it would NEVER be the same, you'd most likely go through tires every 2,000 miles and the trunk would always leak. Glad you walked away. :)
bartkat Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 I get depressed every time I see those pics. :(
Kelly's IS350 Posted October 25, 2007 Posted October 25, 2007 hey, omg i am so sorry to hear about ur car! that really suck's ... i think they would consider it totaled ... i wrecked my Eclipse a couple year's ago and they considered it totaled and ur's looks way worse than mine ... good thing ur ok! i hope all is well .... good luck!
Magnus357 Posted October 25, 2007 Posted October 25, 2007 Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Completely depends on the adjuster and NOT on the real damage to the car. You're best bet is to have to brought to a body shop you KNOW will fight to have the car totalled. That means finding every little thing wrong with it highlighted and replaced. I've found that the Lexus dealership body shops are typically top notch.
D.Shue Posted November 11, 2007 Posted November 11, 2007 :cries: Ouch! May she rest in peace..! So I was traveling I-5 South in the far left lane in Carlsbad, and someone basically hit my right rear side, causing me to do a 180 across all 5 lanes into the barrier on the right. What do you guys think? Is it totaled?? I am waiting on the investigators conclusion. Thanks.
Akwong868 Posted November 12, 2007 Posted November 12, 2007 Wow..i'm surpised the airbags did not go off. If this hard hit doesn't deploy the airbag then this is frightening. Glad you are ok...In my eyes the car looked totaled. That's I hope is not totaled othewise the value goes down. Boy, looking at those pic(s) are painful.
pcurve Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Ouch... hope you're ok. This is completely totalled.
ryukensfj Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 I hope that is totalled. I think there is frame damage and that shouldn't be fixed at all.
SW03ES Posted December 14, 2007 Posted December 14, 2007 Wow..i'm surpised the airbags did not go off.If this hard hit doesn't deploy the airbag then this is frightening. Glad you are ok...In my eyes the car looked totaled. That's I hope is not totaled othewise the value goes down. Boy, looking at those pic(s) are painful. The airbags won't go off in a rear collision, there would be no point. If its totalled he won't care about the value, they'll just cut him a check...
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