Think it’s totaled?

[Claude Martin]

I know y’all hate these posts but I’m curious as you what you guys think.

I recently got involved in a crash with my 2022 Model Y performance in San Francisco.

I believe my my control arm has snapped, along with some other damage to my suspension.

 

[Tonedog77]

prob not, prob about 10-15k in damages

 

[Claude Martin]

prob not, prob about 10-15k in damages

Thank you!

 

[VT_EE]

Nope. That looks easily repairable for certainly less than the car is worth. Should be good as new when it's done.

 

[Claude Martin]

Nope. That looks easily repairable for certainly less than the car is worth. Should be good as new when it's done.

Thank you! I hear a lot of mixed opinions about insurers easily filing for a total loss due to potential liability that may come down the road. I wouldn’t mind if was a total loss at this point. Mainly curious because I know I’ll be awaiting for a while due to the holidays. It looks like there is significantly damage but it’s all relegated to the passenger side.

 

[Ken_Y]

Depends. Did the underbody hit or grind the ground? In other words, did the battery get impacted? If so, it'll be totaled.

 

[MY1stEV]

You are in California, so the adjuster will determine the salvage value at auction of your car in its current condition + the cost to repair. If that value exceeds the appraised value of your car just prior to the accident, they will deem it a total loss.

I've seen cars with hardly any damage at all declared a total loss because salvage auction values were so high.

 

[ElectricIAC]

I wouldn’t want it back.

 

[yellowr6]

I know y’all hate these posts but I’m curious as you what you guys think.

I recently got involved in a crash with my 2022 Model Y performance in San Francisco.

I believe my my control arm has snapped, along with some other damage to my suspension.

look liked mission district?

i Heard a stolen mini bus hit liked 10+ park car there a few nights ago. Hope it wasn’t yours.

 

[240vPlug]

It's impossible to tell how much damage just from looking at pictures of vehicle. It needs to be torn down and a proper inspection done as to what will be required to restore it. Especially in this case because it looks like there's damage to the underneath of the vehicle.

 

[thesmokingman]

The two big crush bars are not impacted going by these pics...

 

[Claude Martin]

I wouldn’t want it back.

Yeah, I would prefer for it to be a total loss at this point.

 

[Claude Martin]

look liked mission district?

i Heard a stolen mini bus hit liked 10+ park car there a few nights ago. Hope it wasn’t yours.

Yes, it is mission street. Not the stolen bus though!

 

[Claude Martin]

It's impossible to tell how much damage just from looking at pictures of vehicle. It needs to be torn down and a proper inspection done as to what will be required to restore it. Especially in this case because it looks like there's damage to the underneath of the vehicle.

Yeah, it’s In a shop now but it’s backed up due to holidays. My insurer quoted 9k in damages for their initial adjustment which I believe will significantly increase.

 

[Claude Martin]

The two big crush bars are not impacted going by these pics...

What are the crush bars?

You are in California, so the adjuster will determine the salvage value at auction of your car in its current condition + the cost to repair. If that value exceeds the appraised value of your car just prior to the accident, they will deem it a total loss.

I've seen cars with hardly any damage at all declared a total loss because salvage auction values were so high.

Yeah, I have heard about the high salvage value. I’d prefer to not deal with the headaches and have it listed as Total Loss.

 

[ElectricIAC]

Yeah, it’s In a shop now but it’s backed up due to holidays. My insurer quoted 9k in damages for their initial adjustment which I believe will significantly increase.

Yeah, I think you’ll find that 9000 will quickly balloon to at least double that once they do a tear down.

 

[Claude Martin]

Depends. Did the underbody hit or grind the ground? In other words, did the battery get impacted? If so, it'll be totaled.

I don’t know if it did.

 

[thesmokingman]

What are the crush bars?

Yeah, I have heard about the high salvage value. I’d prefer to not deal with the headaches and have it listed as Total Loss.

See the impact protection pointer? That bar (one on each side) the extends out from what would normally be the engine bay. Those are crush bars which are built to be replaced. If those haven't been used up, the crash is not "too" bad.

 

[thesmokingman]

Found a better pic of the crush member. Pic is shamelessly taken from the M3 cooling thread. Below you can see the two sectioned crush bars which are bolted in and replaceable. Iirc everything forward of the bars is replaceable.

 

[240vPlug]

Yeah, it’s In a shop now but it’s backed up due to holidays. My insurer quoted 9k in damages for their initial adjustment which I believe will significantly increase.

Yeah I had a car accident in a rain storm July of 2006. Adjuster said $7,200 in damages. 5 months and $18,000 later they declared it a total loss. The insurance company spent 18k trying to repair then had to turn around and pay me 35k for the total loss.

That was a nightmare to deal with. There was underbody damage and they kept finding more and more things wrong.