Had an accident and looking for advice on what's broken

[Jasper7821]

They're going to try and get me the most for the car and not total it out and write me a check and let me repair it myself. It's a 2001 108k mines and up until about 3 years ago it was taken to the dealer for every little issue it had and dealer receipts totaled little over 20k. And since then it's been in very good hands and everything was done and in perfect condition, the only thing left it needed was a window regulator.
We'll see what happens, I'm not a mechanic and just wondering is I should attempt to repair it.

Originally Posted by Stl-986

Based on experience and from what you described, insurance will total it out. I see them total these out for just needing a new top.

As for what it will actually cost to repair if you do it yourself, can't say without pictures of the car & underneath it. Could be looking a a minimum of a new tans, axles, wheels, tires, suspension parts, most likely more. Not knowing total miles, year, work history, etc it is pretty impossible to say just from a description of what it is even worth. I have seen value as low as $1100 and higher.

I would set your expectation to be very low and them offer around $9k from your description.