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      05-19-2020, 08:50 PM   #67
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Was hit at intersection by driver going approximately 65 mph in the drivers side fender/wheel area. Impact at about 35 degree angle. Three more feet rearward and I'd have been toast! Knocked car about six feet and then wedged on curb. Driver of other car had already hit one car before hitting me and was still at that rate of speed!! Ran light. Fortunately no one seriously injured. Suspect he was uninsured. Will find out tomorrow.

At this point it awaits evaluation for damage by adjuster. Car only 4 months old and less than 4000 miles. Aarrgh. Those that have more knowledge than I please offers opinions as to what to push for. Should I expect it will be totaled or repaired? With that force of impact I would imagine structural damage. Thx

That's getting fixed. Check into a diminish value claim though. Could be quite hefty on a car like this.
Agreed about diminished value claim. Push hard on it, might help you get it totaled.
The diminished value claim has no impact on the decision to total a car or repair it.

OP, my M2C was hit on the front drivers side at a much slower speed. 27k repair bill. Nationwide did not and would not total. 2.5k diminishes value. All I. All they spent 30k to fix a 50k car and I fought with them exhaustingly to total it. They said according to Texas state law, can be up to 100% of value before they need to total it. Nationwide is a shit company though so maybe you'll have better luck.

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Glad you're ok though and I really hope you leased it.
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Deep South. Mississippi.
What does MS law say about totaling, any threshold?
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Was hit at intersection by driver going approximately 65 mph in the drivers side fender/wheel area. Impact at about 35 degree angle. Three more feet rearward and I'd have been toast! Knocked car about six feet and then wedged on curb. Driver of other car had already hit one car before hitting me and was still at that rate of speed!! Ran light. Fortunately no one seriously injured. Suspect he was uninsured. Will find out tomorrow.

At this point it awaits evaluation for damage by adjuster. Car only 4 months old and less than 4000 miles. Aarrgh. Those that have more knowledge than I please offers opinions as to what to push for. Should I expect it will be totaled or repaired? With that force of impact I would imagine structural damage. Thx

That's getting fixed. Check into a diminish value claim though. Could be quite hefty on a car like this.
Agreed about diminished value claim. Push hard on it, might help you get it totaled.
The diminished value claim has no impact on the decision to total a car or repair it.

OP, my M2C was hit on the front drivers side at a much slower speed. 27k repair bill. Nationwide did not and would not total. 2.5k diminishes value. All I. All they spent 30k to fix a 50k car and I fought with them exhaustingly to total it. They said according to Texas state law, can be up to 100% of value before they need to total it. Nationwide is a shit company though so maybe you'll have better luck.

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Glad you're ok though and I really hope you leased it.
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Was hit at intersection by driver going approximately 65 mph in the drivers side fender/wheel area. Impact at about 35 degree angle. Three more feet rearward and I'd have been toast! Knocked car about six feet and then wedged on curb. Driver of other car had already hit one car before hitting me and was still at that rate of speed!! Ran light. Fortunately no one seriously injured. Suspect he was uninsured. Will find out tomorrow.

At this point it awaits evaluation for damage by adjuster. Car only 4 months old and less than 4000 miles. Aarrgh. Those that have more knowledge than I please offers opinions as to what to push for. Should I expect it will be totaled or repaired? With that force of impact I would imagine structural damage. Thx

That's getting fixed. Check into a diminish value claim though. Could be quite hefty on a car like this.
Agreed about diminished value claim. Push hard on it, might help you get it totaled.
The diminished value claim has no impact on the decision to total a car or repair it.

OP, my M2C was hit on the front drivers side at a much slower speed. 27k repair bill. Nationwide did not and would not total. 2.5k diminishes value. All I. All they spent 30k to fix a 50k car and I fought with them exhaustingly to total it. They said according to Texas state law, can be up to 100% of value before they need to total it. Nationwide is a shit company though so maybe you'll have better luck.

YMMV

Glad you're ok though and I really hope you leased it.
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Careful. These guys make initial estimate low, as a superficial damage. The insurance accepts and agree to fix. Then the body shop start working. As they peel the car, they will find more problems and the quotation is being resubmitted while body shop works. In my case they resubmitted about 3 times. Ended up fixed. I think they should do a better estimate work at initial submission, as close as possible to the real cost to fix. It would increase chances to have the car totaled.
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Was hit at intersection by driver going approximately 65 mph in the drivers side fender/wheel area. Impact at about 35 degree angle. Three more feet rearward and I'd have been toast! Knocked car about six feet and then wedged on curb. Driver of other car had already hit one car before hitting me and was still at that rate of speed!! Ran light. Fortunately no one seriously injured. Suspect he was uninsured. Will find out tomorrow.

At this point it awaits evaluation for damage by adjuster. Car only 4 months old and less than 4000 miles. Aarrgh. Those that have more knowledge than I please offers opinions as to what to push for. Should I expect it will be totaled or repaired? With that force of impact I would imagine structural damage. Thx

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Can definitely be fixed! Especially with all the stuff going on now insurance adjusters just did everything through pictures so odds are they'll cough up the money especially on the high msrp. Good luck with everything glad you're okay! Cars can be replaced humans can't!
100% percent of cars hit can be repaired.

This car should reach total loss by value or frame damage.

That entire frontend is toast
Just depends on the adjuster to be honest, I've seen a lot worse get fixed. 35k plus damages get repaired with the whole front end smashed so bad you couldn't tell what car it is
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State Farm decided to repair an Acura I had years ago which had far worse damage than this. A ~40 MPH T-bone to the driver's door from an SUV running a stop sign pushed me into a fire hydrant, caused 4 of the 6 airbags to pop, and broke every piece of glass. I was pushed so hard that my right hip took out the center console. EMTs cut the driver's door off to extract me. The repair was about $18k on a new car worth $30k, and they would not total it. Everything I thought I knew about what substantiates a total loss was wrong. Fortunately it was leased, and I have only leased since.
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Sorry about the accident but this definitely does looking fixable. I understand everyone here saying they wouldn't want a vehicle after an accident (I wouldn't either!) but that's not how the real world works. Working for one of the major insurance companies, we wouldn't total a vehicle unless repairs exceeded 70% of the value of the car, you can't just demand a whole new car because you were in an accident.
It's common...

They leave repairs open for supplemental damages

It's unreasonable to expect a tear down at body shop as soon as the car is in an accident...
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Bastards!

most" carriers are somewhat ethical.

Did they adjust your premium?

When you obtained the policy it was inline with new car value.

That car would be worth $14k at best after repair.

They now insuring a $14k car

Wonder if it was stolen what value they would of assessed
I did not mention the rest of the Acura saga since it was not relevant to the OP, but since you asked . . .
I wound up not getting the car back after it was repaired. The insurance companies and attorneys did not communicate well. One company decided to fix it while the other wrote me a check. I did go to the shop to see it out of curiosity and was impressed that it looked new, but I never drove it again. My insurance premiums were not affected since I was not at fault.
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Was hit at intersection by driver going approximately 65 mph in the drivers side fender/wheel area. Impact at about 35 degree angle. Three more feet rearward and I'd have been toast! Knocked car about six feet and then wedged on curb. Driver of other car had already hit one car before hitting me and was still at that rate of speed!! Ran light. Fortunately no one seriously injured. Suspect he was uninsured. Will find out tomorrow.

At this point it awaits evaluation for damage by adjuster. Car only 4 months old and less than 4000 miles. Aarrgh. Those that have more knowledge than I please offers opinions as to what to push for. Should I expect it will be totaled or repaired? With that force of impact I would imagine structural damage. Thx

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Can definitely be fixed! Especially with all the stuff going on now insurance adjusters just did everything through pictures so odds are they'll cough up the money especially on the high msrp. Good luck with everything glad you're okay! Cars can be replaced humans can't!
100% percent of cars hit can be repaired.

This car should reach total loss by value or frame damage.

That entire frontend is toast
Just depends on the adjuster to be honest, I've seen a lot worse get fixed. 35k plus damages get repaired with the whole front end smashed so bad you couldn't tell what car it is
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State Farm decided to repair an Acura I had years ago which had far worse damage than this. A ~40 MPH T-bone to the driver's door from an SUV running a stop sign pushed me into a fire hydrant, caused 4 of the 6 airbags to pop, and broke every piece of glass. I was pushed so hard that my right hip took out the center console. EMTs cut the driver's door off to extract me. The repair was about $18k on a new car worth $30k, and they would not total it. Everything I thought I knew about what substantiates a total loss was wrong. Fortunately it was leased, and I have only leased since.
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Sorry about the accident but this definitely does looking fixable. I understand everyone here saying they wouldn't want a vehicle after an accident (I wouldn't either!) but that's not how the real world works. Working for one of the major insurance companies, we wouldn't total a vehicle unless repairs exceeded 70% of the value of the car, you can't just demand a whole new car because you were in an accident.
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Bastards!

most" carriers are somewhat ethical.

Did they adjust your premium?

When you obtained the policy it was inline with new car value.

That car would be worth $14k at best after repair.

They now insuring a $14k car

Wonder if it was stolen what value they would of assessed
I did not mention the rest of the Acura saga since it was not relevant to the OP, but since you asked . . .
I wound up not getting the car back after it was repaired. The insurance companies and attorneys did not communicate well. One company decided to fix it while the other wrote me a check. I did go to the shop to see it out of curiosity and was impressed that it looked new, but I never drove it again. My insurance premiums were not affected since I was not at fault.
I'm guessing The at fault party paid for repairs and their was no subrogation.

The change in premium I was referring to was the market value of car not points on a license; good stuff not at fault.

The money you received may have been punitive damages the attorney negotiated or pain and suffering. Even if you don't treat with a dr. You can get pain and suffering.

Nice it worked out for ya in the end!
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Was hit at intersection by driver going approximately 65 mph in the drivers side fender/wheel area. Impact at about 35 degree angle. Three more feet rearward and I'd have been toast! Knocked car about six feet and then wedged on curb. Driver of other car had already hit one car before hitting me and was still at that rate of speed!! Ran light. Fortunately no one seriously injured. Suspect he was uninsured. Will find out tomorrow.

At this point it awaits evaluation for damage by adjuster. Car only 4 months old and less than 4000 miles. Aarrgh. Those that have more knowledge than I please offers opinions as to what to push for. Should I expect it will be totaled or repaired? With that force of impact I would imagine structural damage. Thx

That's getting fixed. Check into a diminish value claim though. Could be quite hefty on a car like this.
Agreed about diminished value claim. Push hard on it, might help you get it totaled.
The diminished value claim has no impact on the decision to total a car or repair it.

OP, my M2C was hit on the front drivers side at a much slower speed. 27k repair bill. Nationwide did not and would not total. 2.5k diminishes value. All I. All they spent 30k to fix a 50k car and I fought with them exhaustingly to total it. They said according to Texas state law, can be up to 100% of value before they need to total it. Nationwide is a shit company though so maybe you'll have better luck.

YMMV

Glad you're ok though and I really hope you leased it.
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Was hit at intersection by driver going approximately 65 mph in the drivers side fender/wheel area. Impact at about 35 degree angle. Three more feet rearward and I'd have been toast! Knocked car about six feet and then wedged on curb. Driver of other car had already hit one car before hitting me and was still at that rate of speed!! Ran light. Fortunately no one seriously injured. Suspect he was uninsured. Will find out tomorrow.

At this point it awaits evaluation for damage by adjuster. Car only 4 months old and less than 4000 miles. Aarrgh. Those that have more knowledge than I please offers opinions as to what to push for. Should I expect it will be totaled or repaired? With that force of impact I would imagine structural damage. Thx

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Can definitely be fixed! Especially with all the stuff going on now insurance adjusters just did everything through pictures so odds are they'll cough up the money especially on the high msrp. Good luck with everything glad you're okay! Cars can be replaced humans can't!
100% percent of cars hit can be repaired.

This car should reach total loss by value or frame damage.

That entire frontend is toast
Just depends on the adjuster to be honest, I've seen a lot worse get fixed. 35k plus damages get repaired with the whole front end smashed so bad you couldn't tell what car it is
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State Farm decided to repair an Acura I had years ago which had far worse damage than this. A ~40 MPH T-bone to the driver's door from an SUV running a stop sign pushed me into a fire hydrant, caused 4 of the 6 airbags to pop, and broke every piece of glass. I was pushed so hard that my right hip took out the center console. EMTs cut the driver's door off to extract me. The repair was about $18k on a new car worth $30k, and they would not total it. Everything I thought I knew about what substantiates a total loss was wrong. Fortunately it was leased, and I have only leased since.
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Sorry about the accident but this definitely does looking fixable. I understand everyone here saying they wouldn't want a vehicle after an accident (I wouldn't either!) but that's not how the real world works. Working for one of the major insurance companies, we wouldn't total a vehicle unless repairs exceeded 70% of the value of the car, you can't just demand a whole new car because you were in an accident.
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Bastards!

most" carriers are somewhat ethical.

Did they adjust your premium?

When you obtained the policy it was inline with new car value.

That car would be worth $14k at best after repair.

They now insuring a $14k car

Wonder if it was stolen what value they would of assessed
I did not mention the rest of the Acura saga since it was not relevant to the OP, but since you asked . . .
I wound up not getting the car back after it was repaired. The insurance companies and attorneys did not communicate well. One company decided to fix it while the other wrote me a check. I did go to the shop to see it out of curiosity and was impressed that it looked new, but I never drove it again. My insurance premiums were not affected since I was not at fault.
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Was hit at intersection by driver going approximately 65 mph in the drivers side fender/wheel area. Impact at about 35 degree angle. Three more feet rearward and I'd have been toast! Knocked car about six feet and then wedged on curb. Driver of other car had already hit one car before hitting me and was still at that rate of speed!! Ran light. Fortunately no one seriously injured. Suspect he was uninsured. Will find out tomorrow.

At this point it awaits evaluation for damage by adjuster. Car only 4 months old and less than 4000 miles. Aarrgh. Those that have more knowledge than I please offers opinions as to what to push for. Should I expect it will be totaled or repaired? With that force of impact I would imagine structural damage. Thx

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That's getting fixed. Check into a diminish value claim though. Could be quite hefty on a car like this.
Agreed about diminished value claim. Push hard on it, might help you get it totaled.
The diminished value claim has no impact on the decision to total a car or repair it.

OP, my M2C was hit on the front drivers side at a much slower speed. 27k repair bill. Nationwide did not and would not total. 2.5k diminishes value. All I. All they spent 30k to fix a 50k car and I fought with them exhaustingly to total it. They said according to Texas state law, can be up to 100% of value before they need to total it. Nationwide is a shit company though so maybe you'll have better luck.

YMMV

Glad you're ok though and I really hope you leased it.
The system is rigged...

Sucks cause as the insured you forced to play by insurance company rules.

This is new to me;
Insurance companies determine a car to be totaled when the vehicle's cost of repair plus the salvage value is more than the actual cash value of the vehicle.

When I did claims once the car got up to 50 or near 50% ACV I'd submit for TL

As a long time car enthusiast some claims were entertaining

I remember a Claimant trying to get more money.

I asked how was the car running before the accident?

Told him I'm paying as if your Audi 5000 was mint no issues. He got silent lol

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I used to work at an auto body shop as an estimator, normally this appears to be totally repairable. However, I don’t know if people are considering the “Carbon Core” of this vehicle. That could be a game changer and instant total loss. Keep us posted, as you have noticed the intense interest in this topic. And yes, if it was leased this is an excellent example of why Zero DAS is ideal, if purchased than you are relying on blue book or NADA or however the insurance company comes up with current value.

Hope it all works out somewhat in your favor, glad you are ok after the incident. And I feel for you, man I would be pissed if my car which I worked on a deal for 2 months got totaled after only a few months.
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I used to work at an auto body shop as an estimator, normally this appears to be totally repairable. However, I don’t know if people are considering the “Carbon Core” of this vehicle. That could be a game changer and instant total loss. Keep us posted, as you have noticed the intense interest in this topic. And yes, if it was leased this is an excellent example of why Zero DAS is ideal, if purchased than you are relying on blue book or NADA or however the insurance company comes up with current value.

Hope it all works out somewhat in your favor, glad you are ok after the incident. And I feel for you, man I would be pissed if my car which I worked on a deal for 2 months got totaled after only a few months.
You bring up a great point, interesting to see how this plays out...
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Doesn't look significant but could easily be totaled depending what they find underneath. But the biggest thing that could help is the laser headlights. They run $7-8k!
I had one of laser headlights fail and it was replaced under warranty. Excluding Dutch tax the one headlight part was €3900!
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Sadly am not savvy enough to send pics. I could text them to you????
If it get's totalled he wil lose at least 25% of the original cost price of the car. Since it's also a brand new car, i would opt to repair it if chassis is not bend.

If it's a lease car it's no problem if it's considered a total loss. But for people who bought theirs car, they will lose money with a total loss.

You have the problem, that the car has been damaged and thus paint will be not factory anymore.
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It's a prepaid two year lease with gap
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It's a prepaid two year lease with gap
With leasing you are okay if it's totaled.
It's sad though the damage after only 4000 miles
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[QUOTE=2011ninja;26200125]I'm guessing The at fault party paid for repairs and their was no subrogation.

The change in premium I was referring to was the market value of car not points on a license; good stuff not at fault.

The money you received may have been punitive damages the attorney negotiated or pain and suffering. Even if you don't treat with a dr. You can get pain and suffering.

Nice it worked out for ya in the end![/QyUOTE]

The punitive damages, lost wages, diminished earning capacity, and medical expenses were all resolved much later. I never learned exactly why the insurance companies took different tacks on the repairs. I guess it worked out financially, but I would rather have a fully functioning spleen. And more on topic to the BMW forum, I am thankful today to drive a car that would better protect me in a similar accident.
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If it's prepaid doesn't that mean you lose the money? With the exception of the at fault drivers insurance company reimbursing you for it.
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If the hit was at 65 MPH it held up incredibly well.
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insurance companiez are weird. they paid $5500 in repairs on a car that's worth $7000 in private and $6000-6500 in trade in before a carfax collision.

so i'm stuck with my shitbox but such is life
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      05-20-2020, 04:59 PM   #86
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Not an expert, but this car doesn't seem totalled at all.

Certainly since it's this new, the repair invoice will be clearly less than a sudden write-off minus the wreck value (which would be about 40% of new value). Of course, all unfounded guesses. But nonetheless, I would be surprised to see this become a total loss case.
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This car looks far from totalled. Just get it repaired by BMW and it will be just fine.
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I didn't read 4 pages of comments. A few questions

Did any airbags deploy? If airbag(s) deployed then that'll add many thousands to the repair. Or tens of thousands...

Who is your insurance carrier and do you have an agreed value endorsement on your policy? If so, your car should still be valued at every penny you paid for it. Otherwise depreciation will be taken. Obviously, if a lease, not your problem as you have gap insurance.

Is car owned or leased? Diminished value claims are commonly rejected for lease cars since you don't own it. This is statutory in many states.

Good luck however it works out and thankfully no one was hurt.
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