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I got slammed by a UPS truck.🫣It was a great car.2009 Crown Vic,police interceptor .😱Totaled total. Nooooo!!!!!.There goes my insurance.

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Oh man that sucks so bad :(

I would get it back to yank the drive line from engine to rear end. And it looks like that driver side wheel lived. 

I hate seeing that. 

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if you were, as you say, "slammed by a UPS truck", and you are not at fault, your insurance had better not go up.

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For all the front end damage, the cabin stayed remarkably intact and undamaged.  It did its job.  I'll bet you were sore in a few places afterwards but given the alternative outcome....

Steve (a driver of a remarkably large number of Crown Vics-for business purposes that is.)

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12 hours ago, sfhess said:

if you were, as you say, "slammed by a UPS truck", and you are not at fault, your insurance had better not go up.

Unfortunately, that's not how it works. Even if UPS' insurance company covers replacement cost on the Crown Vic, Ron now has an accident on his record. 

So although his insurance company may not have to pay anything for the accident, his rates will undoubtedly rise because of this.

 

Is the frame toast? Most insurance write offs can offer a "keep it" option, where you get to keep the vehicle, you get paid less than replacement cost, and the vehicle now has a salvage title on it.

Many years ago, I had a VW Passat that I spent a lot of time and effort on. It was written off in a hailstorm. Insurance gave me the option of $4500, and the car goes away, or I get $3000 and keep the car, albeit with a salvage record. Mechanically, it was perfect, interior was perfect. I knew I couldn't replace the car for $4500, so I kept the car and used the $3k to repair the body. The cool part was that they never added a salvage record to the VIN. As far as any searches were concerned, the car was never damaged or written off.

 

Anyway, if given the option, would keeping the car and repairing the front end be an option? 

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'T'were me, I'd buy the salvage from the insurance company if that's an option where you are. It is where I am, and I've saved several "economic totals" that were excellent mechanically, and either brought them back, or swapped the guts into straight shells.

Far as fixing that one goes, I don't know many shops that are competent to do that car right (WE are), but I've seen so much structural buggery that was "just repaired"...well, I wouldn't want it, period...unless you know a shop that has a reputation for doing heavy hits absolutely correctly. There aren't many out there.

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Thanks for all the advice guys.No I got a nice payout from Nationwide.And the car is a complete wreck.I’ll just get another one.I have a couple of other cars,so that’s positive.But this was a good car.Its gone.🫣

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Looking at the damage, I wouldn't be surprised to see damage on the engine and transmission,as far as broken mounting bosses for accessories and engine mounts. It's a shame too, those are great, cool cars. 

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10 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Unfortunately, that's not how it works. Even if UPS' insurance company covers replacement cost on the Crown Vic, Ron now has an accident on his record. 

So although his insurance company may not have to pay anything for the accident, his rates will undoubtedly rise because of this.

 

 

 

This all depends on the state you live in. Here in Pa, your rates will not go up due to a non fault accident. 

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