[soundman98]

front bumper is still not straight.

i actually looked into this a while back, and it's something that varies heavily from state to state, as well as specific insurance company. some, it's as low as 50% appraised value, others will repair up to 100% of appraised value.

i believe the saying is "not all salvaged cars are rolling trash heaps, but all salvage cars have had work done"

it also depends on how marked up the quoting repair shop is on the repairs. for a really high end shop for an insurance estimate, it'd be hard to even paint a fender and a door for under $10k. $15k would be roughly half value, so throw in an alignment and replacement a-arm or something plus labor would kick it over that $15k threshold that some states would total a $30k car out at...

there could also be towing/storage fee's, and rental vehicle fee's on top of that as well that the repair shop is quoting as part of the repair costs to account for the insurance to take their sweet time to approve work and consume precious working space in the shop...

if one were seriously interested in the car, take it to a body guy for inspection, and go over it with a fine tooth comb. there's a proper way to repair everything that's 100% safe and OEM-approved to meet OEM crash ratings, and there's the cheap way to do things to make a quick buck.