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35 years of driving and owning cars, I never dealt with a total loss until this past June.
My daughter was driving the 2013 Buick that I bought for $10,000 out the door in 2020. She misjudged an exit ramp and hit the curb on the outside of the ramp. Minor cosmetic damage to the driver side of the car and hitting a road sign tore off the rear bumper cover.
The fatal hit was in hopping the curb, the car only stopped when the inside of the passenger side front wheel hit the same curb and created a bunch of damage to the drivetrain and suspension on that side.
I was surprised when they totaled the car. It seemed like it could have been fixed with some fairly easy parts swapping.
The insurance company didn’t even bother inspecting the car, they totaled it based on pictures and a conversation with the repair shop.
More surprising was that they valued the car at $12,600.
Long story short, I wonder if the supply chain backlog hasn’t made it cheaper for the insurers to total cars rather than deal with extended repair times and the associated costs.
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