Totaled Car??

[tr10av 10+ year member]

Just got into an accident last week where I had the right of way and some lady was making a left and I nailed her. Her fault so I lucked out. Anyways my car is totaled, but still drivable just horrible body damage. So her insurance is going to give me market value for it but can I buy my car back from them for like 25% of what they give me for it so I can keep it?

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[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

Don't know for how much but yeah you can usually buy it back from them

 

[jeyventura 10+ year member]

put a icture of the car

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

or what car is it? is it worth buying?

 

[tr10av 10+ year member]

All the pics are on my phone right now. But its not that I really want the car back. It's just that I'm not in a position to spend time car shopping and I don't really care about driving a car thats damaged for awhile

 

[tr10av 10+ year member]

I'm hoping that I can offer them 25% of what they give me for payment to keep it.

 

[Vipervenom18 10+ year member]

I'm hoping that I can offer them 25% of what they give me for payment to keep it.

Well then when you find out what their offer is decide for yourself. We cannot predict anything here and am not exactly sure what you want. You've kind of answered your own question here anyways.

 

[k_schutte 10+ year member]

you should be able to get it pretty cheap... when my Datsun 280ZX got totaled due to vandalism I bought it back for $150, granted that was an '81 280ZX but insurance paid out close to $2500 for it so I bought it back for like 6%....

then I parted the car out and got over $2K for the parts... I had only paid $850 for the car when I bought it but I did get a pretty crazy deal on it IMO...

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

you should be able to get it pretty cheap... when my Datsun 280ZX got totaled due to vandalism I bought it back for $150, granted that was an '81 280ZX but insurance paid out close to $2500 for it so I bought it back for like 6%....
then I parted the car out and got over $2K for the parts... I had only paid $850 for the car when I bought it but I did get a pretty crazy deal on it IMO...

that is why people commit insurance fraud lol. but good for you in the end, something good came out of something bad.

 

[Ridintwo6s 10+ year member]

**** that neon man.

go get something decent.

 

[k_schutte 10+ year member]

that is why people commit insurance fraud lol. but good for you in the end, something good came out of something bad.

yeah, but I would have much rather kept that car to be honest, it probably would have been worth a decent chunk of change today. it had EVERY option available, it was a turbo 5-speed with T-tops, black on black and only had 35K miles. we where doing burnouts and donuts and all that crap one day and blew out a tire. It was getting late so we decided to deal with it in he morning. When we got back the next morning, every piece of glass was busted, tail lights, headlights, radio was stolen and it was dented to hell...

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

yeah, but I would have much rather kept that car to be honest, it probably would have been worth a decent chunk of change today. it had EVERY option available, it was a turbo 5-speed with T-tops, black on black and only had 35K miles. we where doing burnouts and donuts and all that crap one day and blew out a tire. It was getting late so we decided to deal with it in he morning. When we got back the next morning, every piece of glass was busted, tail lights, headlights, radio was stolen and it was dented to hell...

sounds like a secksay car but ****, someone not like you? or envy the shit outta you for having that car

 

[k_schutte 10+ year member]

sounds like a secksay car but ****, someone not like you? or envy the shit outta you for having that car

didn't have any enemies at the time but literally 3-4 hours before that I raced some rich kid in a BMW for $500 and I won. he was pretty pissed and then we found out it was actually his step-dads car and made fun of him for a good hour straight so... I gave the police his name/info but they didn't look into it so...

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

make sure you shop around yourself for "market value" They are going to try to stick it in you and break it off. Dot feel you have to accept their first offer. Show them what they are selling for at the dealer, because to replace it, youll have to pay that amount. Dont bother with private sellers for this purpose, you want to find 5 cars that have a good price on them and are the same condition as your car was!!!!!! Do your homework, and dont let the insurance company screw you over, that is their job.