wrecked acura tl 2004 totaled or repairable?

[blondi]

http://s1358.beta.photobucket.com/user/polly61995/library/

 

[Corporate Thug]

stick a fork in her, she's done. There is substantial damage to literally every panel.

 

[amdhunter]

lol, how would anyone think that's repairable.

 

[SKORPI0]

That will buff out. D:

 

[RossMAN]

Sell it on Craigslist with the other 1000000000000 salvage titled cars?

 

[mmntech]

Best case scenario, the car is maybe worth $9000 - $11,000, assuming it has 100k miles on it. That's according to Kelly Blue Book. Unless there's chassis damage, it can be fixed. Cars are built using semi-monoque design, meaning the body panels don't provide much structure. They're easier to repair. A bent chassis is a different story.

The question is whether it's worth fixing. After working in the rental industry, I've gotten to know the collision industry a bit. We dealt with a lot of body shop referrals. Just eyeballing it, I'd wager there's at least five grand worth of damage to that vehicle. Even though it's just a fancy pants Accord, parts will cost more. The two bumpers will need to be replaced so that's about two grand alone, especially if you go with OEM parts. At least a couple grand repairing the body panels. Airbags will likely need to be replaced and those don't come cheap. On the plus side, all the damage appears to be on the body panels. I don't see frame or engine damaged.

It all boils down to whether it's worth it for the insurance to fix. If the repair costs are close to or exceed the value of the car, they'll more than likely just write it off. Now I'm just pulling the costs out my arse so get it appraised from an accredited body shop. In fact, take it to at least three shops as prices can very widely. Using after market parts can also reduce costs while often being just as good.

So tell us how you managed to crash your TL into a farmer's field to begin with.

 

[phucheneh]

Semi-monoque (or unibody to everyone but Canada, I guess) isn't just 'the frame is welded to the bottom of it.' Said frame is quite weak in comparison to that of a full-frame car. It's just boxed bits of sheetmetal which are reinforced by the rest of the body...essentially, it's all structural. Yeah, the thin outer skins aren't really doing much...that's why the stuff beneath them is easily damaged.

That thing is totaled as hell.

 

[blondi]

Best case scenario, the car is maybe worth $9000 - $11,000, assuming it has 100k miles on it. That's according to Kelly Blue Book. Unless there's chassis damage, it can be fixed. Cars are built using semi-monoque design, meaning the body panels don't provide much structure. They're easier to repair. A bent chassis is a different story.

The question is whether it's worth fixing. After working in the rental industry, I've gotten to know the collision industry a bit. We dealt with a lot of body shop referrals. Just eyeballing it, I'd wager there's at least five grand worth of damage to that vehicle. Even though it's just a fancy pants Accord, parts will cost more. The two bumpers will need to be replaced so that's about two grand alone, especially if you go with OEM parts. At least a couple grand repairing the body panels. Airbags will likely need to be replaced and those don't come cheap. On the plus side, all the damage appears to be on the body panels. I don't see frame or engine damaged.

It all boils down to whether it's worth it for the insurance to fix. If the repair costs are close to or exceed the value of the car, they'll more than likely just write it off. Now I'm just pulling the costs out my arse so get it appraised from an accredited body shop. In fact, take it to at least three shops as prices can very widely. Using after market parts can also reduce costs while often being just as good.

So tell us how you managed to crash your TL into a farmer's field to begin with.

A cow jumped infront of my car unfortunately. . ..

 

[rommelrommel]

Write off for sure. Well over 5 grand in what you can see... both bumpers, front fender, both doors, rear quarter is just mangled and that's not easy to replace. I bet there's damage underneath, maybe a rad and such... even a sketchy repair place would have issues repairing it and being able to make any money in the end.

 

[Jimzz]

It’s done. The airbags went off and that can be $1000 alone easy, esp the newer side airbags. Then you have damage all around and you be an idiot not to ask for deprecation on it. It will never sell for anything near what its worth with that much damage.

 

[SearchMaster]

A cow jumped infront of my car unfortunately. . ..

Yeah those things are hard to see then BOOM! Your car is wrecked.

 

[CraigRT]

That is a lot of work.. Anything is fixable but is it worth it? I would assume not.

 

[mmntech]

Semi-monoque (or unibody to everyone but Canada, I guess) isn't just 'the frame is welded to the bottom of it.' Said frame is quite weak in comparison to that of a full-frame car. It's just boxed bits of sheetmetal which are reinforced by the rest of the body...essentially, it's all structural. Yeah, the thin outer skins aren't really doing much...that's why the stuff beneath them is easily damaged.

That thing is totaled as hell.

I use old terms because I was big into WWII fighter planes a number of years ago. That's what they called it.