Draenor
KILL ALL HUMANS!!!!
My wife was in a car accident
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ScottyBoy
No, that's not a banana in my pants.
Still trying to get used to this pushbutton start. You have to put your foot on the brake when you press the button to start the engine. I keep forgetting that. 
But at least the message center on the dash reminds you to press the brake.
But at least the message center on the dash reminds you to press the brake.
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The newbie Altima is pretty slick.
Scotty, good to hear no major injuries. Sucks that the car is totaled, a new car payment sucks but life happens. Slick ride for sure.
ScottyBoy
No, that's not a banana in my pants.
Insurance company wants $1700 to buy the car back. Should I do it? 
I feel that price is kinda high though. But there is no frame damage, its all bolt on parts that are damaged. I can fix most if not all of it myself. If this was just a used car that we have only had for a year or two I wouldn't even want it back. But we bought this car brand new and I have taken care of it since day one. I always ran synthetic oil in it and fixed any problems as soon as they arose. Mechanically, the car is perfectly sound. I'm confident that it will be a great running car once the body damage is fixed.
I feel that price is kinda high though. But there is no frame damage, its all bolt on parts that are damaged. I can fix most if not all of it myself. If this was just a used car that we have only had for a year or two I wouldn't even want it back. But we bought this car brand new and I have taken care of it since day one. I always ran synthetic oil in it and fixed any problems as soon as they arose. Mechanically, the car is perfectly sound. I'm confident that it will be a great running car once the body damage is fixed.
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ScottyBoy
No, that's not a banana in my pants.
The car has 130k miles on it. I replaced the valve cover gasket at 120k miles and this is how clean the inside of the engine was.
Texas Jim
Texas..It's a Whole 'nuther Country
Insurance company wants $1700 to buy the car back. Should I do it?
I feel that price is kinda high though. But there is no frame damage, its all both on parts that are damaged. I can fix most if not all of it myself. If this was just a used car that we have only had for a year or two I wouldn't even want it back. But we bought this car brand new and I have taken care of it since day one. I always ran synthetic oil in it and fixed any problems as soon as they arose. Mechanically, the car is perfectly sound. I'm confident that it will be a great running car once the body damage is fixed.
I would offer them $1000 cash and then go from there.
Insurance company wants $1700 to buy the car back. Should I do it?
I feel that price is kinda high though. But there is no frame damage, its all bolt on parts that are damaged. I can fix most if not all of it myself. If this was just a used car that we have only had for a year or two I wouldn't even want it back. But we bought this car brand new and I have taken care of it since day one. I always ran synthetic oil in it and fixed any problems as soon as they arose. Mechanically, the car is perfectly sound. I'm confident that it will be a great running car once the body damage is fixed.
Roll the new Altima and invest that $1700 in something that will help pay for college like a nice 529. What seems like an easy fix could end up costing you way more time and money than it's worth just to have a 130K+ mile used car with a branded title.
NMRam
Still Here Because I'm Not There
I don't think I would mess with buying the old car back. Even if you got it for a grand and dropped another grand (very conservative) into fixing it up, it wouldn't be worth that much in the end and you would be driving a car that had been wrecked. It seems like they always have problems of some sort after a wreck like that one, even when professionally repaired.
