I got the 05 MR brand new and it was the longest I ever kept a car. I honestly was never going to sell it.

I was in the left lane and someone was in the right lane on a three lane highway. We both tried getting into the middle lane and I noticed the guy, so I pulled back into my lane. I must have jerked the steering wheel too fast since the car started fishtailing and spun out into the center divider.

I never expected the carnage of the car when I stepped out. It was beat to hell. Sure enough insurance came and took a look at it. The guy stopped adding it all up once he hit $20k worth of damage and called it a total loss.

So, I have never totaled a car before or even filed an insurance claim. My insurance offered me $18,428 for my Evo 8 MR with 89,012 miles. Is this a good deal?

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Hope you are ok. Sorry to hear about your loss, but the car can be replaced. You can either part it out or take the $$$. I would take the 18k it seems reasonable to me.

 

Sorry for your loss man , glad your ok but I Don't know about the money part but i'd say take the money & fix her back up or just take the money and buy a 9 MR

 

Sorry to hear about your car man glad your ok.

I'd say thats prob a fair price

 

Me and my girlfriend walked away from it all - just a bit bruised. Of course cops showed up within minutes. They were kind enough to not give me only one DUI test, but THREE. Of course I passed them all - but really, three? When I got out of the car the first thing the cop said to me was "you look like you're going to cry!? What are you hiding, you have been drinking haven't you!" Then accused me of drinking for the next half hour.

My insurance told me that IL state law - you can not buy the car back if it has less than 9 years on it. I never heard of this

 

Man that sucks dude sorry to hear. Good side of it though is def buy the car back, find yourself another and transfer everything that didn't get hurt back to the new car. Then you can part out everything else part wise that is still good. Trust me you will want to do that being you will make more then your money back.

 

Oh and another crazy thing is that we hit the barricade going probably 40-50 mph and the airbags did not deploy. I thought that was odd.

 

You posted before I got mine off. That does suck *****. I would try to see what else you can do. Check into it with other insurance companys and ask them about it. If they say the same thing mannnn that sucks.

 

Im really sorry fore your lose mate ,
I know how it feels , to say godebye to something that is so close to the heart.
lost one of mine bmw m3, men a man in the left lafe came to my right lane , old man at the weel , he hit my car and i fliped it in to the ditch , there was none left of it . my cage saved my life that time , got out of the car whit out a scratch , First i thiugt i would kill the idiot but the police at sight stooped me , and the old man got his licens revoced , and got to pay every penny of the cost of my car , , this was in sweden of course , and the old man hade plenty of money , so it wash his offer ,''

Anyway , I think that you shuld ad up if you have extra ecuipment on your car , boost gauage , and stuff like that , you know all the " candy " you aded to your car , tanke it of ,

i dont know how it works in the u.s but cant you take the cash , of what the encurens esstemited that your car is worth ? in steed of leting them find you a other car , and you can find your self one , ?

 

wow.....its cause you drove an Evo lol but i've never heard of that, it sounds like some type of import law smh

 

That was the first thing I asked before they even looked at the car - had a feeling it was done for. It's even stranger because I know shops that fix totaled cars around us ALL the time - and these things are less than a year old.


Before I forget:
Thank you to everyone, you guys are very helpful even though I don't know any of you. Have a happy and SAFE Thanksgiving!!!

 

Rough story man, I guess a lot of people have accident stories. It's always a miracle if you can walk away from it all. Glad to hear you are ok.

And yes insurance can give you the cash value of a car you lose.

 

tanke the cash , and take you time and find the evo you whant !
thats the best option you have , the enchurense company dont know a **** about evos , they look at the " green list " what the value of the cars is , and get you a simalar one , ore the cas of the value ,

Cash is king bro

 

$18.5 k isn't bad...i'd take it. i rather have the car totaled than having it come near totaling and worrying about having it fixed right.

3 DUI tests? your name ends in a -ski? niestety tak jest. good to hear everyone is ok.

 

I guess the factor is this. What is the kbb for the car in poor condition. I mean 18k isn't bad but 18k turns into alot more if he were able to part it out and use the money on his new car.