Jeep: 1 Mustang: 0 (56K...um no.)

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Jeep: 1 Mustang: 0 (56K...um no.)

Reply #15 – November 01, 2005, 11:27:29 PM

It will more then likely be a total. due to damage and being hit on a corner. I would go cobra shopping insted of gt :)

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Reply #16 – November 01, 2005, 11:39:07 PM

Yeah the Body Shop I work for had a car like that come in. It was more of a centered impact. They repaired it though. If the frame is a bad as it looks then it will be. Sorry about the car and at least she isnt hurt. Have fun with car shopping though. Dont dissapoint yourself.

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Reply #17 – November 02, 2005, 12:52:04 AM

sux. Get a cobra for sure.

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Reply #18 – November 02, 2005, 01:42:41 AM

Jim, was the Jeep driven by a French-Canadian driving backwards at a stoplight?

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Reply #19 – November 02, 2005, 11:05:45 AM

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was the Jeep driven by a French-Canadian driving backwards at a stoplight?

Naw man. We don't like their kind down here in Nawth Car Line-uh. Unlike Ohio, we don't let people like that down here.

Actually the guy was very sincere and apologetic about the whole thing. He called on Monday morning before us to open the claim with the insurance company. We've got a rental car (2005 F150 -- NICE) until her car gets fixed or we get another car.

I'm definitely going to try to convince her to get a GT this time around if we can find a nice one that we can afford. It all depends on how much they give us for the car if they do total it. CougarCoupe88 -- You are right about the frame on the driver's side. It wrinkled up like it was made of foil.

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Reply #20 – November 02, 2005, 01:23:01 PM

Yikes!!! Sorry to see that Jim. When my car was totalled they kind of screwed me on that type of estimating. They listed the car as average and tried to give me half what it was worth. the car had way below average miles, and the engine was spotless and the interior flawless, and the exterior was flawless but they still tried to to classify it as "average". And the "average" selling cost is much less than what a mint car would be sold for. So instead of giving the $4000.00 for a mint car, they were initially trying to give me $1800.00 which was the average selling cost at the time, which was for cars being sold at $500.00 all the way up to $5000.00. Hopefully you don't have any trouble with them. The adjuster I had had even checked on his sheet things that didn't exist just to get the car into an average classification. He had checked interior tears (was none), chips/scratches in paint (was none), and oil soaked engine (was none). Just make sure the description acurately describes your car. Glad to hear she's ok.

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Reply #21 – November 02, 2005, 03:53:37 PM

Yeah I'm gearing up for a battle with the insurance company on this one. Hopefully they won't try to screw us over. The car was in perfect condition before the accident. Everything worked, no leaks or problems of any kind. It did have 99,728 miles on it though which will probably hurt us a bit.

It had a full tank of gas. That right there is worth like $300. :hick:

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Reply #22 – November 03, 2005, 06:24:56 PM

Think thats gonna be totaled? hate to be so blunt but probably not, depends on what car insurance company your with. If its allstate expect them to want to fix it, they fixed my brothers jeep and he rolled it on us 23.

Glad to hear your wife is fine tho.

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Reply #23 – November 04, 2005, 10:47:43 AM

Well Allstate came and hauled it off yesterday. Before that, they sent a body shop man over there to look at it and he said he thought they would total it. Neither door lines up correctly at all and he said he saw other evidence that it had some frame damage. So we'll just wait and see what happens.

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Reply #24 – November 08, 2005, 01:16:18 PM

Whoo hoo! We got a call from them yesterday. They valued the car at $8,753.35 which is about $700 more than what we owe on it. That combined with the money they're going to give us for pain and suffering should make a nice down payment on another car.

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Reply #25 – November 08, 2005, 02:52:54 PM

Cool, glad it worked out for you.

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Reply #26 – November 09, 2005, 01:14:41 PM

Very cool Jim. Gotta take those victories with the insurance companies whenever you can.