Originally Posted By: schuylkill
Accident news update. I hit a deer Monday morning going into work, abut 3 am. The deer ran across the road about 5 feet in front of the car. Pretty much t-boned the deer with the center of my hood. Didn't even touch the brakes. I have a legal question. The insurance company is mailing me a check. Is it legal for me to buy "A" condition used parts and install them myself with that money and keep the change? I'd also get the fender, found a car with nice front end parts, need hood, upper grille, right head light assy and the fender. The car has 248K now so I'm fine with avoiding the inconvenience of the body shop, car rental deal and installing the parts myself and it will look good enough.
Insurance writing you a check, you can do whatever you please with it.