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UPDATE: So the car is going to be repaired. Most of the damage was taken by the crash beam in the rear, so obviously all of that has to be changed. Surprisingly, there was no frame damage at all. The guy missed the frame rail by an inch!
So the bumper, trunk, tail lights, spoiler, rear diffuser (being replaced with an OEM one...silver lining? lol), and obviously they are going to repair the quarter panel (it's just sheet metal damage that they are 110% confident that will look perfect after).
The owner of the shop knows how anal I am about the car and repairs and he's been a long time friend so I trust his judgment on this one. There was $10k in damage but that's obviously far under the write-off amount, so I'll just have to live with it. I will be out of my car for 6 weeks, but I don't mind as the miles aren't being put on it and it's eating into the winter months.
So I'm hoping that everything is okay and maybe this will encourage me to keep the car longer since the trade in value will definitely take a hit. Meh. Fuck. Meh lol
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