Is it totaled?

gankah · 07-13-2022, 02:09 PM

Can’t make this up. Bought this car Monday at 5:30, 2019 manual 2ss, 6 hours later a deer runs right out in front of me. Is it totaled? No airbags deployed, seat tensioners locked up though.

Wyzz Kydd · 07-13-2022, 02:14 PM

I don’t think they will total that in todays environment

FlukeSS · 07-13-2022, 02:15 PM

I would have gone back and slit the deer's throat. Its the only way to be sure.

jamala00 · 07-13-2022, 02:16 PM

Oh... man, that is a huge bummer... Sorry to see that. No, I don't think it's totaled. Repair cost will need to be over the value of the car. I doubt that's the case.

2k2ss · 07-13-2022, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlukeSS

I would have gone back and slit the deer's throat. Its the only way to be sure.

SSDan · 07-13-2022, 03:16 PM

Bummer! Six hours of ownership- so sad.

Unless there is a lot of hidden damage which is not likely with a deer strike - the repair costs should below market value enough to deem the car repairable.

Good luck.

Vtor_ZL1 · 07-13-2022, 03:16 PM

I sure hope headlights on yours is not same as mine... 6+wk backorder!!

gankah · 07-13-2022, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SSDan

Bummer! Six hours of ownership- so sad.

Unless there is a lot of hidden damage which is not likely with a deer strike - the repair costs should below market value enough to deem the car repairable.

Good luck.

The alignment felt perfectly fine, however I hit a bump driving the car to the body shop and it felt so bad. Could there be frame damage?

arpad_m · 07-13-2022, 03:34 PM

It's unlikely to be totaled, and from these pics I don't think there is frame damage either, impact absorption in the front is supremely done (don't ask me how I know

). The weirdness you felt when hitting a bump could be from a displaced part.

Give her to a good body shop and they should take care of this. Wait times may be excessive, unfortunately

LT4Greg · 07-13-2022, 03:36 PM

Hard to say if it’s a total of not. Wait for the insurance adjuster to check it out before thinking it might total. Just depends on the damage and the cost to repair it. Good luck!

JustinZL1 · 07-13-2022, 04:43 PM

I used to work in auto collision field no that won’t be totaled it looks mainly cosmetic. It depends on your insurance provider but typically unless the cost to repair is over 50% of the value of the vehicle they won’t total it(the percentage varies by provider).

JKSully · 07-13-2022, 05:02 PM

Wow, that sucks...glad you're OK.

Based on my experience with a GTI a couple of years ago - make sure the adjuster gives a FULL estimate before repair work starts. The idiot that did mine took a cursory look and told the shop to start working on it. The more they tore it down to fix it, the more stuff they found - over and over and over. By the time the cost of repair came up to where they should have totaled it, they had already spent too much to back out of it, and flat out refused to total it. Insurance company spent a ton, shop made a ton, and I'm the one that got screwed...

s346k · 07-13-2022, 05:32 PM

whew that was close.

i thought you found out it had 5w30 non dexos oil in it. would've definitely been totaled then.

redcoats1976 · 07-13-2022, 05:54 PM

see the pics in the 5th gen forum of mine...pushed sideways by a semi at 60 mph.$9400 in damage and counting but they are going to fix it.what you have there should buff right out...thread is titled bad day on the road,page 2.

07-13-2022, 02:09 PM	#1
gankah Drives: ‘21 ZL1, ‘17 F-150, Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: SC Posts: 32	Is it totaled? Can’t make this up. Bought this car Monday at 5:30, 2019 manual 2ss, 6 hours later a deer runs right out in front of me. Is it totaled? No airbags deployed, seat tensioners locked up though. Attached Images

07-13-2022, 02:15 PM	#3
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07-13-2022, 03:16 PM	#6
SSDan Drives: 2016 1SS 6MT NPP Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lake Murray, SC Posts: 2,246 View My Garage	Bummer! Six hours of ownership- so sad. Unless there is a lot of hidden damage which is not likely with a deer strike - the repair costs should below market value enough to deem the car repairable. Good luck. __________________ 2016 Camaro 1SS Hyper Blue 6MT NPP 2010 Camaro 2SS Cam/Headers/CAI/3.91 gears 476 rwhp/440 rwtq (sold)

07-13-2022, 03:16 PM	#7
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07-13-2022, 03:34 PM	#9
arpad_m Drives: 2018 Camaro 2SS A8 Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 11,685 View My Garage	It's unlikely to be totaled, and from these pics I don't think there is frame damage either, impact absorption in the front is supremely done (don't ask me how I know ). The weirdness you felt when hitting a bump could be from a displaced part. Give her to a good body shop and they should take care of this. Wait times may be excessive, unfortunately __________________ 2018 Camaro 2SS — G7E MX0 NPP F55 IO6 735 rwhp \| 665 rwtq Magnuson TVS 2300 80mm pulley \| Kooks 1 7/8" LT headers \| JRE smooth idle terminator cam \| LT4 FS & injectors \| TSP forged pistons & rods JMS PowerMAX \| DSX flex fuel kit \| Roto-Fab CAI \| Soler 95mm LT5 TB \| 1LE wheels \| 1LE brakes \| BMR rear cradle lockout \| JRE custom tune 1100 - 1/30/18 \| 2000 - 1/31/18 3000 - 2/06/18 TPW 2/26/18 3400 - 2/19/18 \| 3800 - 2/26/18 4300 - 2/27/18 \| 4B00 - 3/01/18 4200 - 3/05/18 \| 4800 - 3/14/18 5000 - 3/16/18 \| 6000 - 3/19/18 Last edited by arpad_m; 07-13-2022 at 05:26 PM.

07-13-2022, 02:14 PM	#2
Wyzz Kydd Banned Drives: 2018 Camaro SS1 1LE Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,595	I don’t think they will total that in todays environment

07-13-2022, 02:16 PM	#4
jamala00 Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Hyper Blue Metallic Join Date: May 2020 Location: WI Posts: 2,451	Oh... man, that is a huge bummer... Sorry to see that. No, I don't think it's totaled. Repair cost will need to be over the value of the car. I doubt that's the case.

07-13-2022, 03:36 PM	#10
LT4Greg Drives: 2017 Camaro ZL1 Coupe Join Date: May 2016 Location: Georgia Posts: 5,815	Hard to say if it’s a total of not. Wait for the insurance adjuster to check it out before thinking it might total. Just depends on the damage and the cost to repair it. Good luck! __________________ ZL1 Coupe, PDR, Exposed carbon fiber hood insert, My Link with Nav, M6 6 speed and Silver Ice Metallic. Mods done: ceramic window tint, GM Accessories Camaro floor mats and Roto-Fab CAI.

07-13-2022, 04:43 PM	#11
JustinZL1 Drives: 2017 Focus RS Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: TX Posts: 63	I used to work in auto collision field no that won’t be totaled it looks mainly cosmetic. It depends on your insurance provider but typically unless the cost to repair is over 50% of the value of the vehicle they won’t total it(the percentage varies by provider). __________________ 2023 ZL1, M6, Shadow Gray

07-13-2022, 05:02 PM	#12
JKSully Drives: 22 Camaro 2SS, 20 Subaru Crosstrek Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: DFW TX Posts: 571	Wow, that sucks...glad you're OK. Based on my experience with a GTI a couple of years ago - make sure the adjuster gives a FULL estimate before repair work starts. The idiot that did mine took a cursory look and told the shop to start working on it. The more they tore it down to fix it, the more stuff they found - over and over and over. By the time the cost of repair came up to where they should have totaled it, they had already spent too much to back out of it, and flat out refused to total it. Insurance company spent a ton, shop made a ton, and I'm the one that got screwed... __________________ Earth is an oblate spheroid 2022 \| 2SS \| M6 \| NPP \| Summit White \| Carbon Flash Wheels \| Black Lugs \| Red Calipers \| Adrenaline Red \| Red Knee Pads \| Nav \| - 1100 - 8/16/21 - 3000 - 9/21/21 - TPW 10/18/21 - 3400 - 10/1/21 - 3800 - 10/20/21 - built 10/19/21 - 5000 - 11/12/21 - 6000 - 11/13/21

07-13-2022, 05:32 PM	#13
s346k Drives: like an old lady Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: indiana Posts: 2,399	whew that was close. i thought you found out it had 5w30 non dexos oil in it. would've definitely been totaled then. __________________ 2016+ camaro: everyone’s first car

07-13-2022, 05:54 PM	#14
redcoats1976 Drives: LT W/2LT,blue metallic Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: central florida Posts: 4,916	see the pics in the 5th gen forum of mine...pushed sideways by a semi at 60 mph.$9400 in damage and counting but they are going to fix it.what you have there should buff right out...thread is titled bad day on the road,page 2. Last edited by redcoats1976; 07-13-2022 at 06:22 PM.

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