fortyounce

My car is wrecked, though not totaled estimated damage $22k.

I was in mid-speed traffic coming home from work on a major road in NJ (287 N, near exit 10). It was stop and go for a while.
The car in front of me stopped, so I stopped completely, five seconds later boom! I got rammed from behind and pushed into the car (94' 911) in front of me. WTF I say to myself.

My 2001 is300 is all over the road. I get out of the car and notice that i no longer have a trunk, most of its laying in the road, and the bumper was in the trucks grill.

The front of my car needs minor repair.

sucks.

mkilty

I am glad to hear that you are OK. If there is that much damage I hope your insurance company gives you the money for a new one.

Good luck,

Michael

fortyounce

thanks, yeah, im not sure what their official 'adjuster' is going to say damage wise. It would be nice to get a nice one.
from the sound of it, i dont think they will be getting me a new one. the car has to have 80% of its value damaged before replacing the car totally.

the car is only 5 months old

is300girl

I hate to say it, but I'm sure they just going to have your IS fixed. I think someone had like $14,000 in damage to their IS right when they got it and the insurance company didn't total it out. And $14,000 is a TON of damage.

Sorry to hear about your accident though. Just be glad you are ok. Cars are replaceable, you are not.

fortyounce

thanks is300girl, yeah, i highly doubt they are going to total the car out. my next store neighbor is a body guy, his company works on high-end cars and hes taking care of the car, so the car is in good hands.

yeah, thank god no one was hurt

EmoDragRacer

hmm 22k of damage they will total it if it really comes out to 22k... my friend had his 01' for 1.5 months...6k on it mileage wise he wrapped it around a tree... 23k of damage they totaled it.. now he got a AR. 02' IS

glad you are ok....

-Lexus-GS400-

Insurance company should just total the car out,, The car will never be the same with 22k in damage... Good Luck

EmoDragRacer

I agree I would not take a car that was fixed after 22k of damage

eortiz

Isn't there a thing called lost of value? I remember someone in this forum talk about his car being damaged and got more moeny due to loss of value of the car. Specially with your car only 5 months old.

If I was the one who got wrecked by someone, specially with my IS, I would fight for it. I would have the person who wrecked me have my car and he gets me a new one, period. I'm not saying you are not doing anything about the accident but I just get flared up just thinking about it. I hate seeing my car with dust on it what more if someone wrecks it. I don't care what any insurance comapny or market value says, I payed a lot of money and sweat to obtain a car not to mention a lot of TLC and them kaboom! Someone wrecks it.

Make sure you're ok, body aches and pains come after a couple of days after an accident.

CPerez100

Do you think you will have problems with the frame of the car after fixed? I hear a lot of people say that after an accident to car drives the same.

Kreuzer

i just want to see a pic of the car!

BadBtsz4u

22k in damage.You should demand the car to be totaled.There is no way they can bring the car back to the same condition,and remember it is your legal right that they do.

shotgun

dude, you should be able to get a new car. that happened to me and it was only like 14K damage. they totaled the car out and i got an 02 MT. you should look into it more, tell them that your screwed cuz the resale value will go down also. my accident was very similar to yours, i think they should total your car.