So last week, I took a yellow light a little too hard, and was rear-ended by a truck about the size of an F-250. Took out a rear tail light and quarter panel.
I took it into the body shop and they worked with insurance to assess the damage. They are saying the car may well be totaled, with about $3500 in repairs on a car I bought for about $5000 (Now worth half that, apparently, after like 2 years.)
So, like, what is next? Do they only give me back the trade-in value of the car?
As far as getting a new car, I haven't driven a car that drives quite like that one. Just about every newer car I've driven accelerates like garbage, with inconsistent torque that is only available at high revs, but gearboxes with so many gears you barely break 3K when flooring it. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the supercharger. Or maybe I'm sick of driving this rental Ford Focus in high traffic.
Also, I keep seeing Cadillac CTSs and DeVilles for, like, 5-6K with a little over 100K miles. V8's in all of them. They seem like nice cars, but I'm wondering what the catch is.
I took it into the body shop and they worked with insurance to assess the damage. They are saying the car may well be totaled, with about $3500 in repairs on a car I bought for about $5000 (Now worth half that, apparently, after like 2 years.)
So, like, what is next? Do they only give me back the trade-in value of the car?
As far as getting a new car, I haven't driven a car that drives quite like that one. Just about every newer car I've driven accelerates like garbage, with inconsistent torque that is only available at high revs, but gearboxes with so many gears you barely break 3K when flooring it. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the supercharger. Or maybe I'm sick of driving this rental Ford Focus in high traffic.
Also, I keep seeing Cadillac CTSs and DeVilles for, like, 5-6K with a little over 100K miles. V8's in all of them. They seem like nice cars, but I'm wondering what the catch is.