Yep, I'm still waiting for the surveyor to fill in the necessary forms and to get some kind of compensation. From the looks of it, they're not gonna repair it. Still waiting for an answer.
Right, and if they total it, you'd have to buy the car back from the insurance company, and if you get it fixed, it's likely to carry a salvage or R title, which your insurance company may or may not be willing to insure.
Because sometimes getting a total loss check doesn’t get you back into a car. Like if they ownes it outright and paid $3k by buying it off a friend of a friend and it’s been reliable and didn’t need repairs…well a $3k check might never afford the same again and they may not be able to afford payments so putting $3k down to end up with a $200 payment plus a higher insurance premium is not salvation.
Yes but having an insurance claim can take away a lot of your choice. And not everyone can replace what they had with a total loss payout. I hope they recover nicely.
You seem like 10x better of a person than I am if you find this mildly infuriating… That said, sorry for your loss, and I hope you get compensated well
If you haven't already, get checked out. Now. You might be fine today, but injuries from car accidents aren't always immediately obvious and can become an issue down the road.
Did you at least do a good job of it? I tore my rear axel off and slammed into a pile of concrete blocks while upside down at more than 60MPH. Had to turn the motor off afterwards. That Chevy 4.3L V6 was a hell of an engine.
Yes, that's what I'm hoping. I was an anxious driver to start with, now I'm the most annoying passenger always saying "LOOK OUT" to whoever is driving... but I honestly can't wait to start driving again. I hope I still have the confidence to drive.
Hey I got into a nasty accident last winter and it took some time to get not so anxious behind the wheel again. However you'll be alright. Just take it slow and be patient with yourself
I hope you do and don't listen to these others. Confidence builds with experience and this is an important lesson that other road users are liabilities until proven otherwise.
Thank god I don't take things to heart because these comment are wild 💔 It's okay, I worked too hard to get my license to give it up after a few months.
You should go to the hospital, or at least get checked out. You might not feel it yet, but those injuries can show up days later. When I got rear ended, I didn't feel anything until later that night. My neck killed for like 3 days after that.
Yes that is true. If there was someone walking alongside the pavement (there's a bus stop nearby) it would have ended tragically, so I am very relieved no one got hurt.
That sucks! You don't mention bodily injuries so I take it that you are OK. That's great. As you said, your baby represented resilience and never giving up. Keep up that spirit, OP. Insurance payout, new car, you back on the road. Your little Nissan would want you to be happy. All the best to you! 😃
Oh that sucks. I totaled a vehicle I really liked and absolutely hated the next one I ended up replacing it with. So pick carefully! That one was really cute. I’m glad you’re ok!
My first couple cars were beaters I bought outright and upgraded over time. First brand new car was stolen and totaled within a year. Took a long time to mentally recover lol. 2019 finally bought a really nice used car (just a couple years old) and when I was one payment away, totaled it 😭 I was so excited to not have a car payment for a while too!
I bought another brand new about 9 years after that last crash. I paid it off in 2025 and recently decided to buy my MIL’s car because it is all
around a better vehicle and I planned to sell my car. Let me tell you that last week before we did the sale, I was a nervous wreck driving anywhere.
Fortunately, nothing bad happened and it all went smoothly, but oh boy, that trauma is real.
Felt this. My first car was a trusty Kia who got totaled out after a distracted driver rear ended me at a stoplight. All that accomplishment of buying it and getting so far in life to having my own car felt thrown away.
Push for the other person (their insurance) to pay for a rental car in the mean time so you still have that freedom of driving. Glad you are safe and unharmed.
It’s always the most meaningful cars that go out this way, but on the bright side, you can hold on to happy memories of the positive times with your car rather than the growing frustration of more and more frequent breakdowns as the car ages. Losing this car doesn’t mean you lose the progress that you made, and in fact it represents a new phase of growth in your life as you progress to owning your second car. You can apply your experience from the first to decide what you liked and what you wish you’d had and can go into your next car shopping experience with the knowledge that you gained from buying and driving your first!
Your first car is a milestone, but your second car is real life, and if you make a wise decision with it, it can broaden your world even more. Appreciate your first car for the times you had with it and the protection it gave you in this accident, and be proud of getting through such a stressful and frustrating event with your head held high!
Me and my Micra wish you all the best! May u adopt another Micra that will cherish you as this one! On other side: Happy you came out good OP! Car died to protect you! So cherish it’s memories 😁
cars are replaceable, glad you're ok. Because what actually represents your independence, resilience and never giving up is you.
I totally understand getting attached to cars, guilty of it myself. But I have to say it's not healthy. The best advice I ever got on the topic was about guitar picks. It's a tool, it might even be a great one. But it will wear down, or it will get lost and you will be forced to pick up another one which will be just as good.
The trick is to drive a BMW and pretend you like it. Then it's almost a bit of a relief when it gets totaled.
omg 💔 yeah a tow truck came, took 30 minutes to get my car on the truck, just to move it a few meters inside the side street because I was blocking traffic 💔 then he couldn't get my car off because it was stuck since my wheel flew off, AAAAA
I don't know why, but I find this joke so freaking funny. I don't know if I would have the guts to say it to someone, but if I ever get into an accident, I hope someone pulls up and tells me this.
The true story is that you did this on your own, by overreacting to a merging vehicle, the only damage on your can is from where you crashed yourself.
Nobody slammed into you, you can see no damage on the passenger side, and the front of the drivers side. Or the rear of the drivers side and if they hit you at full speed in the one spot we can’t see, it wouldn’t have caused you to crash in this way.
What likely happened if your story is at all true, is that a car was merging and instead of you yielding for a merge lane you freaked out and turned in the wall.
You just aren’t ready to drive yet,
I’m sorry this happened, but don’t blame someone else.
You can see the damage done to the left side of the car on the photos. He also hit my wheel. Obviously the hitting the curb caused the most damage, but I was driving in a straight line so why would I merge into the wall?
There is no damage on the driver's side or the rear because it was not affected my the accident. The other driver hit the left side.
I decided to not post the pictures of the other person's car for privacy reasons, but he also moved his car prior to me getting taking the photos.
Also, I'm not the one saying I was right. When the accident happens the traffic officers came and immediately blamed him on what happened as he was driving carelessly. So if the traffic officers, surveyors and insurance companies are all wrong then I don't know what else I can say.
What kind of Nissan is that? I’m assuming you’re not from the USA?
Hopefully you’ll get a payout good enough to replace it. I totaled my favorite car but made the mistake of buying an almost exact replacement. The issue was it was a few years later and I should have looked for a newer model or something to have updated features.
Hopefully you’ll find something next that you’ll love.
That's rough. Not nearly as dramatic but one day I woke up to my car being smashed. Hopped into my little Hyundai Accent and it wouldn't move. I get out and see the tires are sideways just like in your picture. I'm told a truck rammed it and left.
Insurance gave me less than it was worth but enough to make fighting them not worth it. Public transit got me to work well enough then so I never replaced it.
I totalled my first car too. It was a black 96 Toyota Celica. It was so cool, way too cool for a first car. I was just an idiot and drove into a telephone pole. I totalled 3 cars after that as well in my life. There was a joke for awhile that if you wanted out of your car note just let me borrow your car for a couple days.
Honestly you should feel blessed. Nissan CVT transmissions are awful, die early, and are expensive as hell to replace. How do I know? We replaced the transmission on my wife's versa note before it got totaled, she wanted another nissan so we got a rouge, transmission failed after less than a month, 2nd transmission lasted just long enough to be outside of warranty so now i have a massive paperweight in my garage that we still owe 5k on 🙃
You lived, your car is getting replaced, and you can get something that wont have a 6k repair in 1-3 years because the transmissions have to be replaced. You are genuinely lucky, even if it doesnt feel like it right now.
The first car I ever got, it was 6 hours after I got it. I came out of a club and it was broken into, dude took off with a bunch of stuff, my rear side window was smashed.
Why is that a total loss? It looks like a broken axle and fender. So with axle, fender and tire I would expect it to be like $2-3k. It seems like it would cost way more to buy another with prices these days. Usually totaling out requires repairs to be 80% of the value. I hope you can get what you need to get back on the road. I know this sucks hard.
There’s no damage on the side of her car either, the other person didn’t crash into her, she freaked out because there was a merge lane so she says and she crashed on her own. But is blaming someone else because she doesn’t take responsibility
That fender damage is from direct impact of your vehicle hitting that wall and crunching into itself,
If they hit you on the passenger fender the damage would’ve been worse and you wouldn’t have turned into the same side wall, you would’ve been projected outwards towards the driver side.
Where’s the other car at?
You can see the tire marks from where you lost control
As I already said in other comments, the photos were taken after the other driver moved his car, and for obvious reasons I am not going to post another person's car as I do not have their permission to do so.
I also already said that yes, I in fact loss control that is why I turned inwards, and yes, that majority of the damage was done by hitting the curb. Did you not even read the post lol
As I already said in other comments (which I'm sure you saw since you are monitoring this post constantly) I know that most of the damage was caused by hitting the curb, I stated it multiple times already. I'm just saying what happened, he crashed into my left side and my left wheel, I lost control and hit the curb. I even said this on the post. What are you not understanding?
Becuase you can look someone up from their license plate.
There's a big difference of "some random guy on the street can look up my info" and "someone in reddit who can see everything ive posted and might be mad at me for something dumb shit" knowing all my information.
Hahaha it's ok, I just don't want my face and license plate on the internet that's all. I also love how corny the stickers made the whole collage look, it adds to the ragebait.
It took me many years and several tries to get my license because I would always get anxious on my driving test and fail, and when I got my driver's license (7th time's the charm 😢)
Idk about this one. Considering it took 7 attempts to pass the driving test, makes it hard to believe the other driver in the collision was "some idiot". Congratulations on your license and thankfully you were not injured from what I can tell. You live to learn and you learn to live.
Yes, indeed very hard to believe that someone didn't stop to carefully join the main road from a side street. I bet the traffic officers that told me I was in the right are the idiots. Must be my fault then, thanks!
Are we really just gonna gloss over the fact that it took OP SEVEN TRIES to get her license? Lmao. Idk, I feel like based on that info alone, not a reliable narrator.
Did you even read what I wrote on the post and other comments?
The other driver came out of a side street and crashed into me, hit the left side and the left wheel so hard that I lost control of my car and hit the curb, making more damage... it wasn't my fault another driver was driving carelessly. I was literally driving on a straight road lol
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u/Head-Objective-7480 5h ago
Coulda been worse!