How much do you figure it will cost to repair front end damage including replacement of the front bumper and hood as well as one of the headlights? Car is a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am. Trying to get an idea ahead of time before I meet with the Geico people.
Call 1-888-(GECKO)4U the little guy seems to have all the answers.
I will tell you this…you ain’t gonna like the number…several thousand dollars.
Did it break the radiator? (add more $$$)
Did it bend the fron clip frame? (add more $$$)
Keith
I want it to be lots of money, I want it totalled. I am currently upside down on this loan due to being forced to trade in a car that I still owed money on. Because of this I am upside down by about $5k on this car. I have gap coverage to cover the gap between the Geico payout and what I owe so totalling this car means I walk away even and can buy a new comparable car for a smaller payment. Current NADA retail is about $8500, trade-in is about $6500 so I am hoping there is enough damage to total it out. Last thing I wanted to do was get into an accident but if I do I wanna walk away better than when I started. No radiator damage (at least it isn’t leaking anyway) and no idea about the clip frame.
you are probably looking at about $3000 +/- 500 assuming no frame damage. Uusally to total it out, you have to be @70% of book or greater.
Darn. Should I get out the sledgehammer?
you should have even driven faster or run over a high curb. I’ve done the latter and it wipes out the suspension. This totaled my VW when it had a $12k book value.
It didn’t happen on purpose, if it did I surely would have went faster. This was in traffic at about 20mph.