Good afternoon,
Saturday morning an old Mercedes (from 2000) crashed into my truck. The collision was his driver’s bumper side to my diver’s side bumper.
Overall the damage doesn’t look terrible. I had it at my local mechanic and an appraiser from the insurance company looked at it today and said: “too old, I can’t find parts, total loss”.
The front driver’s side bumper, fender, and wheel took the hit. The wheel is now slanted out, top side, and the alignment is off, but it is still drivable.
My mechanic said his only concern would be if the frame was bent, which he hasn’t been able to check, yet.
Honestly other than the alignment it drives and sounds fine.
I’m in MA. My mechanic said the appraiser said it’s a total loss, and I had an option to “buy the vehicle back” if I want to have it repaired. He also told my mechanic he would have it towed from the garage to store at their facility. What kind of bull s*** is this?
Help!
Meanwhile here I am thinking this could be a great opportunity to upgrade my bumpers (front and rear)!
UPDATE: Added more photos, here:
Saturday morning an old Mercedes (from 2000) crashed into my truck. The collision was his driver’s bumper side to my diver’s side bumper.
Overall the damage doesn’t look terrible. I had it at my local mechanic and an appraiser from the insurance company looked at it today and said: “too old, I can’t find parts, total loss”.
The front driver’s side bumper, fender, and wheel took the hit. The wheel is now slanted out, top side, and the alignment is off, but it is still drivable.
My mechanic said his only concern would be if the frame was bent, which he hasn’t been able to check, yet.
Honestly other than the alignment it drives and sounds fine.
I’m in MA. My mechanic said the appraiser said it’s a total loss, and I had an option to “buy the vehicle back” if I want to have it repaired. He also told my mechanic he would have it towed from the garage to store at their facility. What kind of bull s*** is this?
Help!
Meanwhile here I am thinking this could be a great opportunity to upgrade my bumpers (front and rear)!
UPDATE: Added more photos, here:
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