My Wrecked CL55
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My Wrecked CL55
So I let my cousin drive me home cause I was feeling Ill and he wrecked my car. To me it looks like it's in bad shape and my insurance adjuster thinks it might be reparied because he estimated on $20K in damage (since it hasn't been torn down and inspected at a shop) Now I personally think it should be totalled because I seriously doubt it will ever function/perform the same. What are your thoughts? BTW both curtain airbags deployed and both front air bags.
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From: McAllen, Texas
2017 E400 CAB 2007 BMW 650i CONV
OMFG I think I would kill someone if that happened to my car .. what did you hit ?
try like hell to get it totaled .. thats what I would do .. but them insurance guys they can fix anything ..
try like hell to get it totaled .. thats what I would do .. but them insurance guys they can fix anything ..
#4
Thats some pretty rough stuff there. My cousin works for BWM and he said that everytime the airbag needs to be replaced (he had a customer who had trouble driving obviously) it cost 3500 because they needed to replace everything that was remotely connected to the air bag system because they're only meant to work once. based on your damage, and it being a higher end car, you gotta be looking at at least 20K for just the air bag replacement, not to mention the body work, wheel, frame, etc. It will be hard but have other appraisers look at it from different shops. they might be in agreement with you. good luck. and sorry for your loss
#5
Sorry for your loss, as far as it being totalled it doesn't look like it to me, I owned a bodyshop, and think that it could be fixed for less than 80% of what its worth,although I don't know the year, guessing 03. In addition according to your insurance co.'s policies, because its a used car, some carriers are not obligated to using new factory parts for your repair, which means they can use salvage parts or aftermarket parts to fix your vehicle,which obviosly saves the insurance co. money. Ask and see what they say.
John
John
Last edited by John59; 11-21-2006 at 11:10 AM.
#6
Sorry for your loss, as far as it being totalled it doesn't look like it to me, I owned a bodyshop, and think that it could be fixed for less than 80% of what its worth,although I don't know the year, guessing 03. In addition according to your insurance co.'s policies, because its a used car, some carriers are not obligated to using new factory parts for your repair, which means they can use salvage parts or aftermarket parts to fix your vehicle,which obviosly saves the insurance co. money. Ask and see what they say.
John
John
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force them to total it if possilbe. it probably will never be the same, and think about when u go to sell, and someone pulls a carfax report on it. it already looks like the W215 resale is tanking, and that coupled with a wreck, will kill you. im assuming you are like a lot of benz owners, and go through benzes like women do shoes ; ) just dont let your cosuin where your shoes again!
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E550 Cabriolet 2012 CLK 350 Lorinser LM6 19" (Retired)
So I let my cousin drive me home cause I was feeling Ill and he wrecked my car. To me it looks like it's in bad shape and my insurance adjuster thinks it might be reparied because he estimated on $20K in damage (since it hasn't been torn down and inspected at a shop) Now I personally think it should be totalled because I seriously doubt it will ever function/perform the same. What are your thoughts? BTW both curtain airbags deployed and both front air bags.
sorry.
Nathan
#11
My adjuster called today and said the inital estimate was $46,000.00 in damages and thats not everything since the car hasn't been torn down yet. Apparently she thinks they might total it because they don't want to deal with hidden problems after the repair which I hope is the case.But I won't find out till around wednsday because it needs to be approved by two different managers, so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best outcome for me. Thanks for all that replied.
-J
-J
#12
My adjuster called today and said the inital estimate was $46,000.00 in damages and thats not everything since the car hasn't been torn down yet. Apparently she thinks they might total it because they don't want to deal with hidden problems after the repair which I hope is the case.But I won't find out till around wednsday because it needs to be approved by two different managers, so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best outcome for me. Thanks for all that replied.
-J
-J
In addition, you could argue that in today's market, 46k is around 100% of the value of the car (assuming it's an 03).
I predict they'll total it. Time to start shopping for a new sled.
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From: Manhattan Beach, Ca
C219 CLS / W220 † / W211† / W210 E55 † / W210 Brabus † / Hamann 540i † /
I always thought the rule of thumb for a totaled car was this. I could be wrong but it has worked everytime i used it so...until proven wrong.
1. Floorboards are bent
2. Lines on the car are no longer staright, ex. trunk line is off ex. hood line is off
1. Floorboards are bent
2. Lines on the car are no longer staright, ex. trunk line is off ex. hood line is off
#16
the key for a MBZ, is that if the airbags go off, then its done. my friend hit a tree at 10mph, airbags went off, airbags were 8K w/o sensors, searing wheel, or install. so right away they cut him a check. but for a car that is worth about 90K, IDK if they will total it.
#17
I got word from my Ins adjuster folks and the final answer is they are totalling it.... I can breath now.. Sad to see her go but maybe now I can get one of those $80K Cl65's I'm reading about in the other thread lol... I just wanted to keep all who cared in the know thanks for the replies folks.
#23
force them to total it if possilbe. it probably will never be the same, and think about when u go to sell, and someone pulls a carfax report on it. it already looks like the W215 resale is tanking, and that coupled with a wreck, will kill you. im assuming you are like a lot of benz owners, and go through benzes like women do shoes ; ) just dont let your cosuin where your shoes again!
#24
The accident does not show on Carfax unless the car is considered a total loss resulting in a DMV transaction. If the insurance chooses to fix the car then the accident would not show up on Carfax. That's why it's so important to have the car inspected when car shopping and to not solely rely on Carfax alone.
#25
That isn't correct. When I bought my car, the original car I had a deposit on showed up on car fax that it was in a fender bender. Since the people decided to call the police and get a police report, it was on record with the DMV and therefore on the Carfax. The Carfax saved me in this case.