Damn my accident wasn't that bad. All I needed was a hood, bumper, fender, and headlight. At first I couldnt see anything in ur first two pictures but then the 3rd..................

 

Yeah all I need is a new front bumper, new front crash beam, new front frame to be cut and rewelded, new Right front wheel assembly, new right front strut, new hood, new hood mounts, new tranny oil cooler, probably a new tranny, new front diff, new ac system, new fender. These are things that I can clearly see are damaged, who knows what else that I can't see is damaged

 

How are the doors? Usually the fenders hit the doors in a collision like that.

 

You probably damaged something related to the tranny and with the chock the shifter stayed in 2nd gear but something moved/broke in the gearbox or clutch related (didn't stay in the gear)

My car after the accident was in 4th gear and engine still running.
I found out the clutch line and support were broken broken and gear went back to neutral by himself.

As for repair, as long it didn't damage the chassis itself you will be fine.

 

Well I have a couple guys here right now who say they think its repairable, personally I think they are crazy, so what happens now, they take it to the autobody repair shop of my choice, they "fix" it, and then suppose I start having tranny related problems, what then?

 

Require that the at-fault insurance company REPLACE the car since it is so new. Also, contact a lawyer about it. There are plenty of lawyers out there that take these cases and get paid only when you win. I'm currently trying to sue Mitsubishi because of issues with my car, and it's not costing me a penny. If you were at fault, then it'd be different.

 

Estimated repairs is $11k By just looking at the car.

 

It seems kind of low, but who knows maybe it is enough.

Honestly I would push for them replacing it, get someone to do a true estimate on it including labor. It will be at least 20k I am guessing if they include a tranny etc.

I wouldn't advise the suing route unless necessary. My lawsuit on my Evo 8 took over two years and all I got was 7k from it. I invested all the time to do research, get it inspected and everything and my lawyer got like 15k. It's all bull****, he said that was his fees, lame.

Lawsuits really suck and you won't see anything for a while. Just food for thought.

 

Well, I have a lawyer that got my civic fix,free rental car, and money in my pocket. The way she works is that its 50/50 and she only gets payed when u do. My civic had over 5k plus got 10k...then she got payed on top of that...all I had to do was let her do all the work.

So if u need a good lawyer PM me

Good luck

 

So I am definitely entitled to a full inspection of my vehicle, what do yo guys recommend I have checked on my car besides my tranny?

 

Put it on a frame rack, see if your unibody is F'd.

If that is gone there is no way your car won't be totaled.

 

Body shops will always say that a car is "repairable" because they get paid for the work. Simple as that. They're losing money by saying that a car has been totaled.

IMHO take your car to a high-end specialist for a full inspection of EVERYTHING so that the repairs will bring your cars specs 100% back to original specifications. Most body shops/mechanics overlook a lot of important details that will slowly break down and show with added mileage and most body shops just don't give a sh*t. You have to take the car apart to a certain extent to even see other damaged areas and all that damage is at the responsibility of that elderly driver.

You have to fight to get what you deserve in this situation. Find a good, expensive body shop/mechanic and have them run a full scale inspection down to things misaligned or crooked on the opposite side of the collision and inspect all body panels. Judging by those pictures I'd say 10,000 worth damage is really low because when I got rear ended even without having much visible damage the cost came out to over 6,000 because so many other items/areas weren't noticed until taken apart. You definitely have frame damage and in this case your engine will never sound or drive the same...
The energy exerted onto your evo from the impact will show on the opposing side of the car... front crash beams and crumple zones only do so much...

Good luck and I hope it all works out for you.

 

You may be right. I kissed a guardrail in my IX 2 years ago. The airbags didn't deploy, there was no structural damage, and the bill still came to ~$13K.

 

Never listen to insurance or repair shop.
Like a guy told me " No problem bro, I will make it like new by pulling the frame "

 

I honestly only trust maybe a handful of people to touch my evo.. I learned the hard way with my last subaru.

If you for some reason end up getting it fully repaired, I suggest scrutinizing every little detail before signing off and agreeing that the work is complete. Don't let the shop/insurance agent get away with cut corners.

Again, good luck.