My car damage estimates  

We had a car totalled once and it was a blessing. Hubby was leasing a pick up truck, and the lease was soon going to be over. He'd gone over the allowed mileage, and would have had to pay a pretty penny once the lease was up.
But one day while driving I got in a bad accident which totalled his truck. The insurance company ended up paying it off. So we were stuck trying to find another car, but we did not have to pay for his truck, thankfully.

Knock on wood but I have never been in a bad accident and the only wreck I was in I was a passenger and minor damage on her car. Hopefully your car won't be totaled and they can get it back to the way it was before the wreck.

I've had several accidents. Most during my beginning years of driving. And all of those were with older cars. (Which in retrospect, I'm very glad they were older cars from when they used to build strong steel frames. I had 2 rollover accidents and came out unscathed from both due to the strength of the cars.) Only 3 of the accidents actually totalled the car. (Obviously, the 2 rollovers, and 1 near head on collision.)


I've side-swiped the rear end of a car leaving the side of my car damaged, but drivable. Only knocked out the guys tail light.

In the same car - skidded over a 4 foot ditch and flipped head over tail, landing on the roof. Very scary - at night in winter.

Different car - missed a curve and hit a short fence post of a barbed wire fence - causing the car to rollover. Landed upright.

Different car - missed a curve (yes a pattern) hit a telephone pole. Dad fixed that car and sold it.

Had a low-speed head-on collision with another car (his fault). Car was drivable.

Had a lady pull in front of me IN an intersection, I hit her tail end. Totalled my car.

Have a new car now. Got the insurance policy that buys you a new one if it gets totalled in the first 3 years. Hopefully will never need it.

Good luck on your car!

That's good news! Maybe your car will be fixed after all. Thanks to my ex husband I've had a couple of cars totaled out. He got DUIs out of the deal too. As for me, I was hit a couple of years ago, and it was the other person's fault. Thankfully I was in the Ford pickup we had just gotten because if I had been in my little Ford Escort, it would have been totaled for sure. The lady couldn't see me coming up behind her because the back end of an Escalade was sticking out into the road blocking her mirror. As I pulled up next to her she pulled out and ended up locked up under the passenger side front fender of the truck. She hit it so hard that the whole front end twisted up. It cost $2000 to have it repaired, plus the lady's insurance paid for the rental vehicle for 2 weeks. I never want to go through that again. Granted the truck is so heavy that I didn't feel the other vehicle hit, but it was still pretty scary just the same.

In 1983, on my way home from work, my new used car was totalled by a dumb chick in a VW bug running a red light.

I have to say that she had real good insurance, it paid off the first car, got another car paid off and a new pair of glasses (the old ones broke in the accident.)

Let me ask - why would ANYONE run a red light in a VW bug?

Well, the gal died 2 days later - and it wasn't related to the accident....

I once had a buick regal, and was in a car accident. I was making a left hand turn at an intersection with a flashing amber light. Actually, it was April 1, about nine at night. As I was making my turn, all I heard was metal, I was broad sided on the passenger side. Mind you, it was an amber light, but the guy hit me so hard, my car did a 360. The car that hit me was a honda, so a little honda totalled a buick. My head went through the windshield, and I broke my left wrist in three places. I was out of work for six months, with therapy and everything. The guy had the nerve to sue me for one million dollars, needless to say the case was dismissed. He was driving on a suspended license with no insurance. I loved my buick too.

I had a bad accident 6 years ago yesturday. It was the Monday before Thanksgiving. My car was totaled, it was an older car but a goodie. I was hurt and trapped in the car. The firemen had to use the jaws of life to get me out of the car. It was a head on wreck. My face hit the steering wheel, I had a bigger black eye then Rocky after one of his fights. My right wrist was dislocated, I ended up having surgery on that. I was in a cast for over 5 months, then a splint for many more months. It took well over a year for the injury to heal, I was messed up pretty bad. I had Angels working overtime for me that day. It sounds like you had some of your own Angels too.

I don't know why accidents happen more and more everyday. Last week my husband's Chevy van got hit too. We are planning to use it for our out of town trip on the weekend but the car behind him almost towed him when he turned right. The bumper almost fell off. We sent it to the shop last Saturday. They said the estimated cost would be three thousand. Good thing we didn't have to spend a thing for it because it was covered by the other guy's insurance. We also rented another van from enterprise that is covered by the insurance too. What a relief. We can finally push through our plans for the weekend.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank god your health was not Totalled.

If this is the case, I will be suprised if they fix it. 50% of the real value is usually the saw off. And it will be cheaper after a collission deductable, to write it off.

Good luck though.