So my dad went out and looked at the car. From what he said I really don't think they will total it, but IDK. Based on what we can see, the below is what needs fixed/corrected.
Front bumper, grills, LH head light, LH driving/fog light. LH fender. LH a-pillar needs some massaging. Hood. Rear bumper, rear LH tailights (both interior and exterior). Paint Correction on trunk. May need a new tranny cooler or lines (seems to be a leak at the cooler or on a line). Also needs Front LH rim and tire. RH front may need a tire, the tire on there is a bit dirty and has some mud caked in.
Engine starts fine, and was running when the car stopped due to the incident. Everything underneath looks fine as well.
Kbb value on the car prior to the accident is somewhere close to 26k best I can tell. I am thinking damage is at most 15k, so hopefully it gets fixed. I'll keep y'all updated.
Quote from: bpd1151 on March 14, 2017, 11:47:58 AM
I'm yearning for pics.
Always interesting to see how well a car holds up in a crash, and succeed at keeping the occupants safe/intact, regardless of the visual carnage incurred.
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I'll probably take some at the next step, but don't plan to go out and mess around at the car anymore/hurt my feelings anymore until insurance decides if it is being fixed or totaled.
Quote from: paokara777 on March 14, 2017, 11:52:32 AM
Quote from: StealBlueSho on March 13, 2017, 07:25:43 PM
.if you like the big 4 door, I would give the Chevy SS a very hard look... RWD, big V8... manual...
This is an Aussie car (Holden Commodore).
In Australia buying a Commodore if you are a Ford guy will get you shunned by your family I am kinda in shock someone in an Ecoboost forum would suggest something like this especially to someone who currently owns 2 Fords
Haha, yeah only ever been Ford in my family since I was born. When my parents met my mom had a Nissan, which she crashed and it was replaced with a '95 Taurus. My dad had a 1993 F150 since before I was born, and just recently gave the 93 to a cousin since he got a 2011 ecoboost F150 4x4 about a year ago. After the taurus my mom got an escort, and then an '06 fusion, which she still has (200k miles, its been going strong since we got it at 40k in 08). There is also a 2011 Focus at my house that was my grandmas before she stopped driving. And ofcourse the 03 mustang V6 turbo project.
So yeah, SS sounds fun, and I would gladly drive one a few times, but I doubt I could ever own one. Same goes for something like a CTS-V or ATS-V. Fun cars, but if it ain't Ford I can't own it.
Quote from: paokara777 on March 14, 2017, 11:59:43 AM
@derfdog15
Glad you are OK, that sounds like a massive accident!
Did the guy who hit you/overtook you on the shoulder stop to see if you were OK?
Did you ask what the hell he was doing/thinking?
What happened leading up to him overtaking you, was he behind you in the overtaking lane or did he approach from a distance and then pull into the shoulder as soon as he got close/behind you?
What car was he in?
He was originally in front of me, there was a challenger RT going slow in the left lane ahead of him passing a Semi. After passing the Semi, the RT cut over to the right, and then as the guy that hit me (Jetta TDI) went to pass the RT started speeding up to try and block him. TDI got on it, and opened up a gap, and I didn't want to deal with the RT, so when I got close, I gunned it, passed him quick and got over to the right lane. At that point I was next to the TDI, and comming up on another Semi. TDI was going about 73 at that point, and I had plenty of space, so I gunned it again, and got over (left him enough room for sure). Passed the semi, and went to get back into the right lane (1.5 miles from my exit), as I was going over to the right, the TDI tried to get over fast and was accelerating. I went back to the left lane, and he did so as well- almost rear-ending me, at which point he accelerated and went onto the shoulder to pass me. His RH rear door was parallel to my LH Front Wheel when he started moving over, I swerved and the rear kicked out on the SHO. He made contact with his door to my fender, and the car went into a spin.
The TDI driver stopped as well (possibly would not have, but his car stuffed it into the RH shoulder, facing into traffic, was leaking anti-freeze, hole in his RH rear door, mashed in front end, damaged rear end as well). Basically said he over-reacted to me going back into left lane, thought I was trying to block him, etc. I am pretty sure insurance is going to deem it mutually at fault.
