Damn, that smarts!

 

WHAT HAPPENED? Do tell us the story of how your beast was injured.

 

Traveling on a highway, 11:30pm, snowstorm.
Was being passed by a transport truck and moved over a bit to give him some room.
Caught the slush at the side of the road and went into a spin I couldn't recover.
Pinballed from one guardrail to the other.
Waiting to hear from the appraiser.

 

That blows man. Hopefully you weren't injured though!!

 

glad to see ur okay. tell me ur running winter tires in the snow, right?

 

OMG MAN!!!!! Thats a really bad crash! So sorry to see!

Hope you are ok after that kind of hit!

 

wow!!! Glad that you are ok, at least air bags didn't deploy.. looks like at least $10k in repairs

 

In the words of KiaShine: WOW!

Sorry to hear... wishing you best of luck in recovering from that.

 

ah man sorry bro to hear about that. I had a 1996 E320 that was my every day car (replaced with the range rover now) that was totalled by the insurance. I also hit the gaurd rail after spinning across the highway and the damage was almost identical to your pictures. except that was 1996 E320 so they totaled it. Dont think they will do that here. In any case, glad you are OK. I was very happy I was driving a safe car when I hit the gaurd rail at 75 MPH. Had it been another car, I may not have walked out without a scratch. Goes to show you how safe these cars are...

 

at least you are safe ... sorry to hear about the accident.

It looks like close to 20k in damages ...

 

Seems like you're okay, good thing. Damage is pretty nasty. Hopefully they total it and you get a nice payout.

 

LOL kinfolk kia shine..... been awhile since I've heard that......

 

wow you got 3 out of 4 panels smashed..

I had one and it was 9k, and was less than 8mpg,,

that looks to be at least 20k in damage,,

they will have to get all new panels, and bumbers, do alot of welding to weld the panels to body,, take out the entire interior and airbags so they dont cook them during welding,, like 5 weeks at least..
ouch.

sorry about that,, maybe move to FLORIDA, where no snow

 

Whoa that really bites. There might be a chance they total it out depending on the year. If they do insurance won't pay for anything aftermarket so you'd be best off removing all the parts and selling them. Good luck on getting it fixed.

 

Ouch, looks very bad.... but I'm glad you came out okay.

 

Glad to hear your alright, I've seen much worse though at least you didn't get hurt ,do you want the ins. co. to total it out or fix her?

I can't help but to quote Fast Times At Ridgemont High-
"Dude ! my dad has an awsome set of tools, he can fix anything."

 

This is why I refused to get a jetta or whatever for the winter. Ill drive my BIG SAFE E55. The car 'bounces from one gaurdrail to another" and the poster can come on here and say; "oops". Now thats safety.

How'd it feel in a crash?

 

Ouch and Oops! I was wondering what that white stuff on the ground was. At least she looked like she held up well... Like the other guy asked, how'd the cabin feel during the crash???

 

Thankfully,you are fine and can talk about it - I feel your pain; that is why I RIP'd my '02, but I really felt more comfort in MB safety after I crashed

 

Change that plate to GLTY

 

wow...
glad u r okay...
damages look bad but that's one of the reasons we drive MBs... SAFETY

 

Maybe ATFLT

 

LOL - mine is 02CRKDUP

 

or MYBAD

 

Thanks for the well wishes guys. I am ok. More surprised than anything else.
The pics make it look a lot worse than it felt at the time. I wasn't bonked around or anything. It was more like a glancing blow. I was trying to control it, but it happened too fast for me.
I was running winter tires. This is the second season, so they didn't have huge tread left on them. Don't know if newer tires would have made any difference. Certainly wouldn't have been detrimental.
I felt totally safe in the cabin. Could hear the crunch of metal, but didn't really feel jolted. Looking at the inside the car, you couldn't tell anything had happened.
I was travelling about 110km - 115km (about 70mph-ish).
Three side air bags and two seatbelt tensioners also need to be replaced. This was from a pothole that I hit earlier in the season. Just never got around to fixing them. Because the control unit was shot, no more air bags went off. But that'll increase the cost of the claim.
The front passenger wheel looks like it's canted out a little bit. A little too much / this way from straight. Not sure what that means. Tough to really tell, but the bottom of the wheel could be out by as much as an inch (this is just from looking at it in the storage yard).
I'd prefer they fix it. I know everyone says it'll never be the same, but I'm not to concerned about that. Right now it'll cost me double to find a replacement car. Being the wonderful econcomic times...
I was going to replace the airbags at my own cost, so I'd still be willing to anty up that cash to fix it. I've told them I would prefer to fix it.
And I've already told the adjuster that I've done work to the car. I think I'll be able to work that into the settlement if it is a write off.
If it's branded salvage or irrepairable, then I'm out a whack of cash. If it's a constructive total loss, then I'll be out a lot less cash and I'll push for that. Still waiting to hear from the appraiser.
I'm in the insurance business and our brokerage is the insurers largest brokerage in Canada, and I'm a partner. I'm hoping that holds some weight too.
Thanks for the support and well wishes. Lets all manifest that it works out!!