996 in sad shape

18 y/o kid shoots out from a stop sign with me and my two boys right in his path, I swerved to my left but Fokker, didn't even see me and clipped my pass side quarter. pass side airbag deployed, roll bars deployed, pass rear wheel damaged, and axle got tweaked about 8-10 degrees. My 11 y/o got airbag burns to right fore arm, my 8 y/o got jostled, but otherwise low speed impact, Said quite a few words, he put up no defense, other than that, got my ride towed home 2 hours later, back to stock for the most part, I put some stuff up FS just now, long weekend gotta wait for INS companies until Tuesday. Idk how to upload pics from iPad, (Internet is out at home), I need some quick input on diminished value of my car now and if I can come out ok with this incident. I figure at least 6-8k in damage, if not more. Car was immaculate, only 16,800 miles. I'd still like to have it for my son, so how do I play the repair/total game?? Any input , highly appreciated.

Wow that stinks! I wouldn't do anything hasty....wait for the insurance company. If it is that bad maybe they will total it and typically replacement is more than what you spent on the car. Remember the 996 / snowplow / Autozone semi story? That started out bad the guy ended up with a 996TT. Don't sell it down the river just yet. Still sucks and am sorry. Keep yer head up!

Don't know how the "Dimished Value" card will play out on an '00. Your car is going on 13 years old.

turbo upgrade!!!!

I had an a-hole do that yesterday. I'm 4 car lengths behind the guy in front doing 30 mph, a-hole blows the stop sign and turns into the oncoming traffic lane and then cuts me off. I zip up on his *** and he pulls over and waves me by. I wanted to punch him right in the throat.

Hey now, car was built June 00, it just turned 11 .....the car is clean right now, so I'm going to let the other guys insurance company do their once over, and see what they say, then get my USAA adjuster on it also. Car is at my house , so once I know which shop they recommend, I'll pay a visit before anything is done. There is a exc. exotic car body shop near my house, so I hope it's there. I'd like to keep it for my son, who was born June 2000, but If the money's right, ill be on the lookout for either a C2S, C4S, or Turbo Cabs.

You should have the opportunity under your ins policy to take it wherever you'd like to get it fixed. Mine doesn't dictate where I have to go. Hope the hassle factor is low for you.

That stinks. I'm glad to hear everyone is okay though! I had a guy almost do something similar the first day I had my car out! I was approaching an intersection with my right turn signal on. There was a slow moving vehicle ahead of me because of traffic so I wasn't going anywhere very quickly. The light just turned yellow as I was about to turn right but instead of turning I just stopped. My wife said, "You know you need to turn here, right?" and then BOOM, the van behind me blasts by at a very high speed on the right hand side of the road. He was basically driving in the gutter. I had a really bad feeling about the way he was driving and just knew I shouldn't turn. If I'd even turned the car even a few feet he probably would have hit me...HARD. The top was down and I had my wife and two kids in the car, too. Sometimes people are just careless and stupid. -Eric

I've scoped out a C4S and a few Turbo Cabs to gauge what's out there. I may just hold out regardless for a few months, there are a lot of nice Pcars in the 50-60K range, which is my search range at this time.

Sorry to hear...glad you and the boys are O.K. I'd get my own estimate (from a premium repair shop). Hopefully you can get the premium amount from his insurance company and either use that premium shop or a less expensive (but competent) one for the actual repair.

First Glad everybody is OK! Second will be interested in how USAA treats you. I have been a member for 39 yrs. I really think with the axle problem you may be looking at the car being totalled by them.

Glad everyones okay, especially the little guys-

How fast were you going again? I see your spoiler was up

Wow, Sorry to hear... Glad you are all OK. Best of luck for a quick and painless resolution...

Any estimate on repair/vs total ?

[QUOTE=C4CRNA;8854658]Any estimate on repair/vs total ?[/QUOTE] Im at work today, I'll be going to the body shop to personally speak to the rep, I think geico underestimated the damage

Glad to hear everyone's alright. Good luck with the insurance company, fingers crossed. There are a lot of careless drivers out there and I always feel it's me against the world. It seems worse when I'm in my Porsche, but probably just because I'm worried more about it.

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Im at work today, I'll be going to the body shop to personally speak to the rep, I think geico underestimated the damage[/QUOTE] Geico is the worst, be prepared for them to try and cut any and every corner - and it starts with the appraiser. Find a good shop and let them fight it with you. My wife got rear ended by an old biddy and Geico kept trying to say it was my wifes fault. Glad everyone is OK, I would also suggest you take your son for a hearing test, he could have possibly suffered an ear concussion from the air bag. My wife still has ear problems related to an air bag deployment 4 years ago.

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Yea, I think Geico is trying the same thing, but the body repair place Geico uses, said they don't feel comfortable fixing the damage, so off it went to a Porsche Delaership ( the Collection) and the bodyshop they use ( Countach) in Coral Gables, so their repair shop has the better numbers for this "repair" About my son, he told me Saturday ( one day after the accident) that he had some ringing. I, unfortunately, neglected this because it was Labor Day weekend and then he had school tuesday and such. Here we are Thursday night, but I'm at work and if he has "any" issue , he's getting checked out ASAP!! thanks for the info. I'm going to google this. Geico is the worst, be prepared for them to try and cut any and every corner - and it starts with the appraiser. Find a good shop and let them fight it with you. My wife got rear ended by an old biddy and Geico kept trying to say it was my wifes fault. Glad everyone is OK, I would also suggest you take your son for a hearing test, he could have possibly suffered an ear concussion from the air bag. My wife still has ear problems related to an air bag deployment 4 years ago.[/QUOTE]

if you were going to keep car until it breaks - no need to worry much about diminished value. But if you were going to sell soon anyway, I would push the insurance on that. If they agree to total it and give you market value - then you can decide if you want to buy it back and fix it - and live with that. If they don't agree to total - you should get cost of repairs - and argue for 25% of market value extra which is the discount you\d now have to sell it for with accident damage and airbag deployment on carfax. Actually i'm not sure if 25% is fair - and not sure insurance would ever pay for that, but if you don't push them you'll definitely not get it ....

Ed I thought you had USAA.

Find another sample of your car selling online. Year, mileage, condition. See what they sell for. That's the number you want to use to demonstrate the car's value. (really, you need to know what those cars SOLD for, not the asking price, but generally, it should give you a ballpark) I don't think your car has any special value (last air cooled or first water cooled, etc) so there is no rarity value for it. It's just down to how good condition it's in and what the market would "currently" value it at. On such a low mileage sample, that number should be (at least) a little higher than the book value. Glad you and your kids are safe!! Good luck. sean

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Geico is the other driver's insurance. USAA explained that if I didn't want to file a claim with my coverage, I wouldnt have to pay my deductible. the other persons insurance is covering 100% and gave me a rental car, so USAA is not involved. The quarter panel area is being dismantled this coming Monday, so the shop can get a better idea on repairs and cost. I told him how I acquired the car and the care I've taken to keep it nice. I even told him besides the alignment the car will need if/when completed, I also want it put on a dyno to make sure it shifts correctly and the engine is running true; doesn't sound out of line, IMO. As far as dimished value, the body shop also advised on getting a third party appraisal on diminished value; not to just go with Geico's number right away. I'd like to keep it long term, but you never know.

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Do you have a base-line dyno to compare showing shift patterns and that it's "running true"? lol

Good Luck with Geico. Hold their feet to the fire. Did the wheel get dinged? Those wheels are very expensive!!

Abby, unless they can prove on the DME that it had "issues" prior to 9/2/2011, the car was running like it should up to the time of the accident. What I'm saying is, when I go for a test drive, after it's completed, and it runs poorly or has some shifting issues, I know the engine and/or tranny got damaged due to the accident. I'm hoping for the best. As far as Geico, the local adjuster is being very courteous; it's pry his supervisor or someone higher that's going to try some low ball tactics, ESP. When they see the other shops price adjustments to the correct repairs geico originally estimated ($6700).

Seriously? $6700? When a guy backed into me and cracked by aero decklid that cost $8K.