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All in the wrist, right?
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Even if it does not qualify for totaling, but I think it will, you need to push for it. It can be fixe d but there will always be little things wrong with it that if you are particular will drive you crazy. If they push hard to fix do not leave the shop with the car. Go for a ride with the shop and tell them it does not feel right. And you feel unsafe.
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08-31-2014, 11:27 AM | #49 |
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If the insurance insists on fixing it, take the car to a BMW CCRC to have it fixed. I see one of two things happening....
1) Insurance goes along and you will get a repair up to BMW spec. After the repair, you should also take a inspection drive to check for anything...like what bily said 2) Insurance will total the car after seeing the price tag of the repair.
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Actually, for me, yep. It does not light when there's no passenger on the seat.
Most likely
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The verdict is in... My insurance company thought it "might" be repairable and wanted a body shop to look at it. Luckily, the other party's insurance accepted liability shortly after and they decided to total it out. They felt it was not repairable and "wouldn't have felt right trying to fix it". Although I'm not sure if my comments to their adjuster regarding "needing a diminished value payment" or requiring "all BMW parts to keep the warranty valid" helped get them to that conclusion.
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It's not that pillars can't be replaced but getting them off the car is the trick. Car makers used to spot weld or rivet main componets of the chassis but now seam welding or expoxying is becoming more common in order to stiffen the chassis and reduce noise. A spot weld can be drilled out. A laser welded seam? A cut? If the repair is 55-60% of the car's value, write off. If the damage is mainly cosmetic with air bags, new door, fender, lower control arms, maybe the strut, etc. Roughly 15-20k. If you have the choice write it off. After major damage even with excellent repair the car will likely develop all sorts of weird problems. The shock of impact often disturbs componets in weird ways in my experience Good luck and glad to hear you're ok. |
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In addition to A+B pillars, you also need to see if the bottom frame is bent. If it is, they can straigten it up but im sure it will comromise the rigidity of the frame.
In my opinion it looks totaled. As others have said, 50-55% of car value means insurance will total it. |
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wow thats scary man, I guess you never know what will happen at anytime.
Glad you are ok and nobody else was injured as well. Def had someone looking out for you out there Car looks to be totaled to me but then again I am not a expert
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Anyway, glad you're OK OP!
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just no way to tell from these pictures. it depends on the sub frame really. if it is tweaked then yes other wise a couple pillars replaced and a new door or two some paint and pieces and you will have a car again. I know that isnt what you might want to hear sorry.
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Glad it worked out for the OP. It's impossible to make a clear case for totalling or not from the original pictures. The fact that the windshield is intact means that any firewall/A pillar damage that might have occurred was minor. It looks like the dead center of the door took the brunt of the impact and everything else is superficial. Given that fact, the car looks to have done pretty well. Yes, a passenger would have had the door panel whack their leg, but it appears that the rocker and seat base are still fine. It would have been far worse had the rocker moved. I'm fairly confident this car will be repaired and back on the road before too long.
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Glad you're OK and glad to hear that the insurance totaled it already.
Like what bavarianx said, you have a great attitude towards what happened. I'd be furious myself.
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Sorry about the accident
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No worries! All has been worked out...
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Yeah, there is no way that car could have been fixed for even 100% of the value of an equivalent, undamaged car. Too much goes into these things to just "put frame rails and some body panels back on." Hell, paint alone runs in the thousands.
Glad everyone was OK. My wife got blasted in the right front by a guy, in a borrowed car, who wasn't paying attention and ran a red light. Not all incidents are preventable, but it pays to be extra vigilant when accelerating through a green light to make sure the other traffic is stopping or has already stopped.
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