A new car of the same make/model sounds like a very reasonable settlement
Its why everyone up and down the chain must buy insurance.
He’s lucky the dealership did it.
Insurance would have covered the blue-book value or whatever. By the time you find a comparable used car that you would trust to buy you’ll be out quite a bit. I imagine even a Tesla depreciates after driving off the lot.
The airbags in my old truck went off when I hit a deer and totaled it. I was hoping to get another 6 years of life out of it until I retire from my work.
Instead they gave me $4,000 for it and I ended up paying $15,000 more for something comparable that I could trust.