Hey bro, the car is ok, you're ok, and you have an excuse to upgrade.

Count your blessings.

 

Damn, glad you are ok. It looks as if the air bags went off?

 

Sucks it happened. But it could have been much worse.

 

Blessings have been counted, believe me, I was more worried about the folks in the other car when it happened. Metal can be replaced, people can't. Unfortunately they were either oblivious to the fact I had wiped out behind them or just didn't want to stop. The steering wheel airbag and side airbag in the seat on the drivers side both deployed and were VERY effective. I walked away with very minor airbag burns on my wrist and left side.

 

Sheesh glad you're ok man!

 

Holy crap. Glad you're fine though man, these cars hold up wonderfully well. Just looking and taking a rough guess, $14k in damage. It'll be a tough call as to whether they'll total it or fix it, IMO.

 

I would say totaled.

 

I was told it would not be a total loss unless some unknown damage is found. The car is being torn down currently to make sure, so I'm in limbo until I find out. Luckily I have a spare vehicle and my insurance company guarantees any repairs made for as long as I own the car. I plan on filing a depreciation claim for the lost value as well.

 

If it's not totaled I'm looking at BMR for the suspension upgrades. Shocks, lowering springs, LCA's and relocation brackets, and possibly a new UCA. Any other recommendations for a street only car?

 

You pretty much hit the nail on the head. Koni Yellow Shocks/struts, BMR Springs, LCA's/relos, adj UCA/mount, adj panhard bar. That's the minimum to do it right.


As far as the insurance deal, log every phone call and email along with a brief description of what the conversation is about. You'll likely need to get an appraisal from an appraisal company that has no affiliation with any insurance companies in order to get the depreciated value check. More than worth it though. Paid $150 for my appraisal in order to get a $1800 check when I was sideswiped.

 

Hey guys,
I wanted to give a quick update on my Stang situation. The insurance company is not totaling my car (it was a close thing though.) It is being repaired by a fairly reputable local shop, the repairs are guaranteed through the insurance company for as long as I own the car, and the parts are already on order. There was somehow no damage to the unibody and the shop says they should be able to get it back to as good as factory condition with a month to month and a half time frame on the repairs. I'm going to try to visit the shop weekly and get some pictures of the progress and of course post them here. I am wondering what effect the wreck and repairs will have on my factory warranty since the repairs are being made with 100% OEM parts. If anyone has any experience with this please chime in and let me know.

 

Shouldn't have any effect.

Holy tits. 1-1.5 months?!? They must only be working on it a couple hours a day or are way behind. Shouldn't take more than 3 weeks max.

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Unless they're adding in additional time for the dealing with BS insurance crap. My repairs took 4 business days..but took 7 weeks because the guy who hit my had Crapstate insurance who wanted to do things the cheap way, then had to pay to redo it the right way.

 

Wow I know the feeling, glad to hear you're alright tho

 

Glad you're alright. Could've been a hell of a lot worse.

Looks totaled, dibs on those tail lights

Whereabouts in KY are you?