Totaled?
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Totaled?
So the day before yesterday, the 1st, I had a city cop blow through a stop sign and t-bone me. I'd say he was doing about 30-40 easy. There wasn't a single piece of plastic, bumper, or headlight left on his brand new crown vic after he hit me. Here's a picture I snapped from my iPhone right after the wreck..
Here's the damage I can see so far:
driver's door
driver's back door
rocker panel
step rail
bed side
fender
rear bumper
exhaust pipes
tire
wheel
the axle is extremely crooked. Can't really tell what all is bent there
the front driveshaft is on the ground
and the motor sounded horrible after the wreck, shortly before i cut it off...
Basically the city police has been giving me the run around the last couple days about all of this. I finally got a rental today, and it sucks. I'm pretty sure that I want the truck to be totaled with that much damage. Do you guys think it looks totaled or no?
Here's the damage I can see so far:
driver's door
driver's back door
rocker panel
step rail
bed side
fender
rear bumper
exhaust pipes
tire
wheel
the axle is extremely crooked. Can't really tell what all is bent there
the front driveshaft is on the ground
and the motor sounded horrible after the wreck, shortly before i cut it off...
Basically the city police has been giving me the run around the last couple days about all of this. I finally got a rental today, and it sucks. I'm pretty sure that I want the truck to be totaled with that much damage. Do you guys think it looks totaled or no?
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honestly it probably is especially with damage done to the rear axle, u may get lucky if you know a good shop but i doubt it. My dad just damage the front of his 08 dodge 3500 the other day on ice. Slid into a light post at like 5 miles on hour in a bank parking lot. 2500 later it was fixed, its just so much for every single little thing brand new, then new paint, it just sucks.
Oh the irony of a cop running a stop sign n t boning you.
Oh the irony of a cop running a stop sign n t boning you.
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Oh no man! Your truck looked sooo good. Sorry to hear that, glad you are ok tho.
You have any more pictures? Pics of the frame or underbody of the truck? I would say there there is a possibility of frame damage, but who knows. If the frame is bent, most insurance companies will total it. Ask the insurance company if you can salvage parts off it if they do total it, so you can rebuild another one.
You have any more pictures? Pics of the frame or underbody of the truck? I would say there there is a possibility of frame damage, but who knows. If the frame is bent, most insurance companies will total it. Ask the insurance company if you can salvage parts off it if they do total it, so you can rebuild another one.
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Oh no man! Your truck looked sooo good. Sorry to hear that, glad you are ok tho.
You have any more pictures? Pics of the frame or underbody of the truck? I would say there there is a possibility of frame damage, but who knows. If the frame is bent, most insurance companies will total it. Ask the insurance company if you can salvage parts off it if they do total it, so you can rebuild another one.
You have any more pictures? Pics of the frame or underbody of the truck? I would say there there is a possibility of frame damage, but who knows. If the frame is bent, most insurance companies will total it. Ask the insurance company if you can salvage parts off it if they do total it, so you can rebuild another one.
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The police admitted that it was totally their fault and not mine. He blamed it on his laptop and was also not wearing his seat belt. I couldn't really tell if the frame was bent, but the bed does not line up with the cab at all, nor does the axle. It just sits really funny now and I have a bad feeling that it wont be the same if it is repaired. As bad as it sounds, I hope they total it... :/
#11
Have the body shop make it disappear. i did that with my first Cobalt. got Tboned being an idiot, and the insurance tried to fix it, just tell them you want OEM parts or something. I have great knowledge of how to work the insurance company over, so feel free to ask anything, if not, my father owned a body shop for 15 years, he knows ins and outs.
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Have the body shop make it disappear. i did that with my first Cobalt. got Tboned being an idiot, and the insurance tried to fix it, just tell them you want OEM parts or something. I have great knowledge of how to work the insurance company over, so feel free to ask anything, if not, my father owned a body shop for 15 years, he knows ins and outs.
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Yes it was a city of Covington cop. My parents and I know about half of the cops on a first and last name basis, and we were assured that it would all be handled well. The police report was actually made out by two Georgia State Patrols and they understood that I was minding my own business and had no part of the collision. I also went to the doctor today and was prescribed some muscle relaxers for my back and neck. Luckily I had my seatbelt on..
#21
I'd start a checking interest on parts that you can sell that wont be noticeable and once they give you the verdict make a final sale on it unless you're keeping everything.
such a nice truck ruined, shame.
Last edited by 99offroadrngr; 01-03-2011 at 09:30 PM.
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