I hope this doenst get move... o well if it does.... I hang out here the most, so I thought I'd post this here.
My bro has a 04 Stratus SXT, he was driving home yesterday and got rear ended by a 1/2 ton Chev, which pushed him into the back of a Tahoe. The car is messed up pretty bad... he drove it home from the scene. The fender rubs on the tires pretty good, it made it home with no problems.
My question to you all, while we wait for insurance to decide what their course of action will be, We want to get ideas on what you think might happen in this particular case.
the air bags didn't deploy. The car is in driveable condition, so was not that damaged.... Some guy thinks theres $7500 worth of damage on the car... its hard to say... the rear bumper and trunk are pretty mashed in, the front bumper and fenders are mashed in....
Do you think insurance will total the vehicle or repair? The KBB value on the car is $9-10K and my brother owes $13K (don't ask...).
Me personally, I think they'll just fix it. My Gramps has been in the AutoBody business for 50 years now and I've seen what they can do with cars now adays which leads me to believe the Ins. Co. will not total the car. I got in an accident (my fault) and the air bags deployed... the damage to the car could have been repair with a fender, headlight, hood and bumper and a little Frame-machine work. I bought a new car the next day and I kid you not... a week later, my wife got hit by someone running a red-light and the air bags didn't deploy... the car looked a mess and non-repairable.... I was surprised when the Ins.Co. said they'll fix it....
What do you guys think?
My bro has a 04 Stratus SXT, he was driving home yesterday and got rear ended by a 1/2 ton Chev, which pushed him into the back of a Tahoe. The car is messed up pretty bad... he drove it home from the scene. The fender rubs on the tires pretty good, it made it home with no problems.
My question to you all, while we wait for insurance to decide what their course of action will be, We want to get ideas on what you think might happen in this particular case.
the air bags didn't deploy. The car is in driveable condition, so was not that damaged.... Some guy thinks theres $7500 worth of damage on the car... its hard to say... the rear bumper and trunk are pretty mashed in, the front bumper and fenders are mashed in....
Do you think insurance will total the vehicle or repair? The KBB value on the car is $9-10K and my brother owes $13K (don't ask...).
Me personally, I think they'll just fix it. My Gramps has been in the AutoBody business for 50 years now and I've seen what they can do with cars now adays which leads me to believe the Ins. Co. will not total the car. I got in an accident (my fault) and the air bags deployed... the damage to the car could have been repair with a fender, headlight, hood and bumper and a little Frame-machine work. I bought a new car the next day and I kid you not... a week later, my wife got hit by someone running a red-light and the air bags didn't deploy... the car looked a mess and non-repairable.... I was surprised when the Ins.Co. said they'll fix it....
What do you guys think?