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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ARdoller" data-source="post: 640801" data-attributes="member: 8914">when my last car was totaled, the car (resale value before the accident) would have been around $1500. through the insurance company, in compensation for the car being totaled, I got roughly $4500. there was no damage past the radiator(fenders as far as the body is concerned), aside from a broken upper intake due to the CAI being mounted to the fenderwell. they quoted the damage at over $8,000.basically what im getting at, is that if i were to have bought my old car, it probably would have cost me about $~1000, then another $8,000 to fix it. that means, i would have paid over $9000 to fix a car that would have cost me MAYBE 2-3k to buy. and in the end, id be paying about 6k more for a car that drives like its been in an accident.</blockquote>