Car update:
Damage was more extensive than we thought. Both tire rims on the driver’s side are bent. One of the tires has a gash (but isn’t losing pressure...yet). Front end is out of alignment. Front bumper and grill are loose. Rear passenger door is caved in (although not as bad as it could have been). And...he’s got no brakes. Impact either blew out or cut the brake line and he lost all the brake fluid.
It’s at an insurance approved dealer. Her insurance has accepted responsibility. And I have rental car.
Thing is, his car is a 1992 Honda with 214,000 miles on it. It just might be totalled.
I love my life. Really, I do.
It doesn’t take much to total an older car like that. When my little Honda got hit, they totaled it and the repair was estimated at about half it’s value.
But I had it fixed. It was a good reliable motor in it and I liked the car. I got it fixed and had money left over. Take the total settlement, then decide what to do.
heh... you make me happy to be me...
Corin - well, her insurance will ‘low ball’ you, that’s for sure. Typically offer as little as possible low wholesale, maybe low trade-in. Hold out for high retail. Don’t settle till you get what you want.