Totaled or Not

[brianh87]

Holy crap - the pain. I’d be hoping for sure it’s totaled and get a used 2014.



best of luck brother.

The poor guy just went through all this and then you suggest he make such a downgrade in vehicles???

 

[budd]

Not totaled. 8-10k min damage. Better file a diminished value claim w insurance as your car fax will show accident and repair amount which results in huge depreciation. The claim will give you a larger amount for that depreciation.

 

[Donmatteo]

Not totaled. 8-10k min damage. Better file a diminished value claim w insurance as your car fax will show accident and repair amount which results in huge depreciation. The claim will give you a larger amount for that depreciation.

On page 3 he said it’s already up to 24K and climbing.

Agree on the depreciation. That’s a big pill for sure.

 

[Muchmore]

Not totaled. 8-10k min damage. Better file a diminished value claim w insurance as your car fax will show accident and repair amount which results in huge depreciation. The claim will give you a larger amount for that depreciation.

This is the fastest keyboard estimate I have ever seen! Also, in most states, the diminished value must be experienced before it can be claimed. Meaning the truck will need to be sold or traded and some type of documentation will need to be provided saying, "We are giving less on trade because the truck has been wrecked"

 

[Kyle F]

So this happened. Based off this one picture, who thinks its totaled? Still waiting to hear from the body shop.

Also I don't believe any air bags deployed. Should they have?View attachment 134789

With this kind of front-end damage, hell yeah the bags should have deployed !!

 

[jabroni619]

A Mazda CX9 blew the red light. I just started going but crossed 5 lanes before this guy made contact. So I'm guessing that I might have been going 25 mph or so. Also I think the impact pushed me into a jeep that was next to me? Or the Mazda hit the jeep. All happened way to fast.

The front tow hooks were laying in the street so that has to have some impact on the frame. Right?

Not necessarily, the bolts could have sheered off. A bent frame isn't always an automatic totaling of the vehicle. Particularly if the damage is in front of the suspension. Glad you walked away with not too serious of injuries.

 

[zombiekiller]

If you're already at 24K, and they haven't even put it on a lift yet, I'd lean towards totaled.

There is a really good chance, based on the frame horns looking twisted, that the frame rails could have twisted into where the motor mounts are.

I haven't seen a body shop attempt a repair if the motor would need to come out to complete it.

Sucks about the hand. I'm still getting through rehab from a hand injury. Mine was a laceration with nerve damage. I am not enjoying it.

Trucks can be replaced, hands can heal, but you only get one life. Good luck on the mend!

 

[Josh84]

That sucks, I am currently without my truck as a winter storm bares down on me.
I hit a deer going about 60 MPH and caused 12K in damage.
Terrible time of year due to the holidays to have insurance get my body shop going.

 

[glnicola]

I bought one, a 2014 with 21 thousand miles, with what looks like a little more than half that damage. It took 11.5 thousand to put it back on the road. Not a lot of used Raptor parts available.

 

[ktmcolorado]

Put it in rice!