So the bad news is today my car was parked when a disabled driver lost control of his hand controls for his car and plowed into my baby. The trunk doesn't close, the rear bumper is thrashed, driver side rear quarter panel bent and torn. The impact was hard enough that the car was pushed into a planter wall. The front bumper collapsed to the point where the tip of the hood made impact and is now bent.

Thoughts on if the car is going to be totaled? The car has 2000 miles on it and is 5 months old.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks

 

Need pics to give a good answer.

 

sorry it happened douglasland, hope it all works out for you.

 

pics or GTFO!

 

Just based on your description of the damage it sounds like it won't be totaled, which sucks. Sorry to hear it.

 

Here's a link to some photos.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...9&l=814ff68cef

I've calmed down a bit and I don't think it'll be totaled.

 

being a brand new car or close to it, its going to be hard to have them total it out

 

Hopefully they total it. then go and get the new 2011 GT!

 

GEEEZ!!! i damn near cried lookin at those pics...im sry man, i know how it feels to have someone hit your pride and joy...happened to me a while back...guy in a BMW backed into me goin about 25 mph(why he was backing up that fast i have no clue)...i kno you don't want them to total out your car, but if it gets you a '11 GT, maybe it was a blessing in disguise...hope all works out for you brother

 

I'm sorry :-(.

FWIW, I had my car rear-ended two weeks ago while stopped at a railroad crossing. 2010 GT, 6 months old, 5k miles....with $10k of damage.

The problem if it ISN'T totalled (and like already mentioned it will be difficult on a new car to get them to total it) you're car isn't worth as much now because of the damage. If you go to resell it that wreck will show up on Carfax reports etc and you won't be able to get the full value out of the car...or at least what it was worth before the accident.

If it isn't totalled look into making a "diminished value" claim....you should get SOMETHING for the hit you'll take on resale due to an accident that wasn't your fault.