This is a public forum and members are going to have an opinion. It might be not be liked by the OP but that is life.

Glad the OP is OK, looks like a damn hard hit.

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Accidents suck! I rear ended someone a couple years ago and it definitely reminded me to drive more safely. I now make sure my following distance is sufficient and that I drive well within my abilities on the street. Sometimes an accident can be a good reminder that it helps to be safer and never assume that others will as well. I'm looking forward to the accident dropping off my insurance in mid 2014!

damn man. glad you're ok. vegas drivers are terrible, the worst. i hate left turn yields as well. hope you're back in a Z asap

Thanks guys! I got called from the collision center and the damage is $16.6K. I'm currently in the market for another z or s2k, if I can talk the wifey into an s2k.

Damn, unfortunately I don't think that will be enough for them to total it. Sell it and get yer self a nice new ride.

Its right on the borderline, I think 17k was about 70% of the total value. Also, the collision center guy said Nissan doesn't sell a certain 'crossmember' brace they'd need to fix it.

You know, I hope he get compensate for it, IF he really has some kind of injury, but one reason for skyrocketing insurance premiums are those fraudulent injuries and law suits, not cool at all. :shakes head:

So they still don't know if they're going to total it or repair it?

Sucks about what happened. I hear you about the whole "emotionally attached" to the car.

Best part is you're okay, and I hope it all works out for you.

My insurance has yet to look at it. They're supposed to today and I'll find out what they wanna do. Collision center guy couldn't say if they'd total it, Cuz he's not writing the check. He did say they'd have to due to the part not being sold by Nissan.

I guess with both airbags needing to be replaced was the reason for such a high estimate for repair. Hope things work out for you.

You need it totaled. In my mind, and what I thought most insurance company's minds was that once an airbag is deployed it's totaled.
Reason being that once it's replaced, if you get into another accident, the odds of it not working ate much MUCH higher, and that risk and liability is on them...

And guys, please, please do not bring up some BS stat saying insurance companies need it to be over xx% of the car's value to total it, we'll all just give different he said she said info. My Maxima was totaled out with 8k of damage and they paid out 28k. They total out based on the cost and liability to keep the car on the road. My Maxima had was in a flood, they totaled it because they said that over time problems will come up due to rust or many other things and it wasn't worth it. Makes sense.



All that said, OP, push fora total loss. Say you don't trust anyone but the factory to install safety features in the car. Insurance should overpay you, so it won't be hard to get an equivalent or better 370Z very easily

Just got notified yesterday that they're going to total it. Exactly what I was hoping for. The Hunt for a new z begins!