Anonymous wrote:No, because it was either in a flood or bad accident. Our car was hit badly on the side - someone drove by and totaled it while it was parked. I spoke with a specialist who helped with insurance, and I desperately wanted to fix the car. However, they and the insurance advisor advised against it, as they said it would never be structurally the same and may not hold up as well in an accident. They are quick to total older cars as its not worth the cost to repair vs. the value but if its a newer car, if it was totaled the damage has to be pretty band and almost as much or more to fix it per insurance standards.
+1 steer clear unless you are a skilled mechanic but you wouldn’t be asking the question if you were