Bad News for me and the Monte
Monte Of The Month -- August 2014
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 25,145
From: Southeast PA
Okay I know that there is a HUGE shock value right now, you lost your baby but let's not give up hope. You will have to probably fight your insurance company if the car is close to being totalled. You should right now start going to craigslist / ebay / autotrader / kbb and start getting all the values properly. You will need to bargain how much you feel the car is worth compared to what they feel it's worth. They may say your car is only worth $8k to them, but if you can prove it's worth at least $10.5k then you may get that for the car.
Next, you will want to talk to this body shop if you car is not totalled. You will get a check, and then you see where you want to go from there. Start looking at junkyards / sourcing your own parts as it may be cheaper, then just pay for the labor. You want this check to go as FAR as possible.
The next thing I would SERIOUSLY consider, this is the blessing in disguise of getting in a car accident. MOD TIME!!! Were you thinking about getting that new hood, with the scoop and everything? Let's say it were to cost $1000 to get that hood installed and ready to go, and the stock hood would cost $600... well if you pay $400 you can then have yourself a modded hood for almost half the normal cost if you had a fully operating and perfect hood to begin with.
I would start looking at what you really want, and see if you can talk to this shop and get the car back EVEN BETTER than it was. And see how far you can stretch that check.
All-In-All, best of luck with everything. I don't think the car should be totalled AT ALL, if 2 things: 1. the airbags didn't deploy, and 2. you did not bend the frame. The rest of it is all body work, plus the painting will all be done at once so it won't be as expensive as one at a time.
Next, you will want to talk to this body shop if you car is not totalled. You will get a check, and then you see where you want to go from there. Start looking at junkyards / sourcing your own parts as it may be cheaper, then just pay for the labor. You want this check to go as FAR as possible.
The next thing I would SERIOUSLY consider, this is the blessing in disguise of getting in a car accident. MOD TIME!!! Were you thinking about getting that new hood, with the scoop and everything? Let's say it were to cost $1000 to get that hood installed and ready to go, and the stock hood would cost $600... well if you pay $400 you can then have yourself a modded hood for almost half the normal cost if you had a fully operating and perfect hood to begin with.
I would start looking at what you really want, and see if you can talk to this shop and get the car back EVEN BETTER than it was. And see how far you can stretch that check.
All-In-All, best of luck with everything. I don't think the car should be totalled AT ALL, if 2 things: 1. the airbags didn't deploy, and 2. you did not bend the frame. The rest of it is all body work, plus the painting will all be done at once so it won't be as expensive as one at a time.
Monte Of The Month -- August 2014
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 25,145
From: Southeast PA
Does your phone and computer both have bluetooth? Send via bluetooth, upload to photobucket, and img[] them here.
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Monte Of The Month -- January 2010
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 8,464
From: San Jose, CA
Phone has bluetooth, but my computer does not....S*it i'm lucky this hunk of S*it I have at work turns on still...LOL But even my computer at homme does not have bluetooth....
Monte Of The Month -- July 2009
I'M NOT OLD, I'M JUST WELL MARINATED.
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 6,996
From: Henderson, NV
What kind of phone do you have? Does it have a memory card? You can get a card reader and upload from there.
EDIT:
Here goes one.
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Flash...7579736&sr=8-2
you also said that you have BluTooth. You can send them to a friend that has internet access on their phone and they can email, it to you.
EDIT:
Here goes one.
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Flash...7579736&sr=8-2
you also said that you have BluTooth. You can send them to a friend that has internet access on their phone and they can email, it to you.
Last edited by The Popcorn King; Jul 14, 2009 at 08:57 AM.
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Monte Of The Month -- January 2010
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 8,464
From: San Jose, CA
Good point...my sister has internet on her phone. I will text her the pictures, and she can e-mail them to me! Good looking out! I'll TRY to have pics up by tonight!
