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I was with my cousin the other day driving (my daily is an Astina). And I dont have any pride in my Astina whatsoever, but infront of me was this yellow SP20 which was polished, had an exhuast and possibly rims and I said to my cousin, why? And he explained to me that some people need to make do with what they can afford, people in Porsches, Ferraris and Lambos etc probly look at our cars and think the exact same things we think when we see a riced up econobox(be it whatever car).

It is out of my hands, I have tried getting it done at the most expensive place(not to have it written off but just to get a top job done on it), very long story short I couldn't, too much politics(my car isnt a BMW, Merc or Bentley). All parts are being replaced with new genuine Nissan parts, such quarter panel, part of the chassis rail etc etc. I know they arnt paying RRP though. I doubt it will total 80% of the agreed value. I dont think I have a choice but to keep the car. All I can do now is make sure everything is done correctly, I wanna get it checked independently once its all done, is there a place that can check the chassis alignment with lasers?

No injuries. I have been told even if it needs a new chassis rail it still unlikely to be a write off. But the car still needs to be stripped down to be properly assessed.

Nope, I am still stressing about worst case scenario and how much money I have lost(2-5grand depending on outcome). I didn't even have the car for a month, and I was only taking it out on weekends and I have never made a claim with insurance ever.

I am on agreed value officially. They made it clear to me early on that I dont have any excess to pay. The panel beater at the workshop is a mechanic aswell. I dont think my mechanic is a panel beater. I wouldnt want to buy my car back but I would like to salvage the audio install components such as dynamat etc

$52k is the agreed value on my policy which I negotiated. Don't know where my mechanic got the extra amount from but he was looking in the suspension saying it seems as though I got hit at 80km/h. Although the impact was about 30-40km/h. There is also undercarriage damage from my car bottoming out on a speed hump when I got hit but to me it looks relatively minor compared to the boot. The mechanic isn't the panel beater. It was impossible to do a proper quote without taking apart the car because of all the possible structural damage under the panels. I had asked the assessor about how a write off would work but I didnt quiet understand it, he said something about the current value of the car and he says at the moment its not even worth $20k, so I am guessing for it to be a write off the damage bill would have to be $35-40k.

I am in a bad situation with my car at the moment and I am hoping someone can offer any advice. I was rear ended but thankfully I have full insurance where I am going through a no-fault claim. My car is valued at $48,000 but that value increased to $52,000 due to an audio system. The original quote for the damage was $12,000 The assessor said it will likely go up to $20,000. The workshop ordered in parts which are now at Nissan, such as panels a new rear strut and a crossmember. Today I had my mechanic look it at from under a hoist which revealed more damage, no-one had used a hoist on it yet, the workshop and assessor just looked underneath it while the car was on the ground. Well my mechanic said its easily $30,000 in damage and he has no doubt its a write off. I am very fussy with my car and at this point I have big doubts it will be fixed properly atleast economically. Now my worry is that because the parts have been ordered does this mean I wont be able to have it written off, or is $30,000 damage of $50,000 value not enough?