My sister hit a pole at about 20-30mph. One of those big concrete based light poles in the Wal-Mart parking lot. I won't get into that. Anyway, The damage doesn't look too bad from a distance, but when you really look at it, I think it's bad.

Here's the kicker though. Dad had changed her insurance to liability only to bring the rate down. She's 18. So now he want to repair this thing on his own. I'm trying to discourage it.

Here's the Damage.

Both front airbags deployed.
Windshield has plenty of cracks from the passenger side airbag.
Left front is pushed in.
Head lights aren't cracked, but I'm better at the least, the mounting tabs are broken.
Left side of unibody frame is pushed back about 6" or so.
Radiator is destroyed and can't be replaced because of the 6" of crinkle.

Only pic I got with the cell.


They've got $9,000 in this car. One place quoted them $4,000.

Another said they could do it cheaper, but I don't know what the price is. And they only said that without looking at it. Since then dad told me they did pull the crinkled part out.

I dunno, but to me it seems like a waste. Not to mention he's coming out of pocket on every bit of this. He's trying to "just get it running." As in, get the radiator to fit and just drive it. No air bags or anything. Maybe it can be driven after that, but what about resell?? lol. I dunno. He also asked to to try to estimate parting it out. What do you guys think?

 

part it out. Would he feel safe letting her drive it as "just get it running." or . "No air bags or anything"?? I wouldn't let any of my family drive that, but that's me. If he's got the room, I'm sure there are plenty of folks on here that'd be looking for parts :)

 

yep, its done.

 

If it can be fixed for $4K and is worth quite a bit more, fix it right. Parting something out is a hassle. Fixing it half-asst w/o airbags is not worth the safety risk.

 

Thanks guys. He also seems to think that he can just "unlock" the seat belts. Trying to tell him that it doesn't work that way. lol

 

Yeah, for safety reasons I wouldn't do it, if he isn't going to do it right.

 

Fix it right, part it out or sell it as is. Half azz doesn't cut it when a life is at stake.

 

Agreed safety should be the main factor. If you can't fix it to meet safety standards, part it out, or get rid of it.

 

I would think there are so many parts inside and the rear or sides that you should be able to make quite a bit of money parting it out...not sure how much though.

 

Definately part it out. What colour is the interiour?