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Originally Posted by headlikeahole
Not exactly... Totaled does't mean the repairs are worth more then the car. Lots of other factors determine if a car is totaled or not. Things like damaged pillars and airbags are a liability and can total a 30k car even if the damage is worth less then 10k.
In this case the suspension damage alone will likely be around 7 to 10 thousand, add in the cost of body work (hard body work not just new panels) and potential C pillar damage. like I said before I'd say 60/40 its and the more I look at it the more Im leaning toward totaled.
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Not sure about the state he lives in but in MD its 70% of the value. I have my own body shop. I'm pretty familiar with what it takes. If they totalled every new car hit like that we would have no work. Its really not that bad of a job when being looked at by someone who does it for a living. It just looks really bad to people who are not sure what it takes to repair it