The worst photoshoot ever

So on saturday i go on a little road trip from phoenix to the town i used to live in to see my family, decided to take a few pictures while i was there








My baby is totaled. RIP

Damn, what happened?  It looks like it was your fault

Oh sh!t dude... that just flat-out sucks. What happened??
 
As crappy as that is, those captions made me chuckle a bit - glad you're able to have a sense of humor about it!

totalled? i mean ya there's qutie a bit of body damage but totalled? so wuts the story? if you didn't have too much trouble with the engine and tranny i would buy it back

ouch, how did that happen??

ouch? what happen? keep us posted

Wasn't my fault at all.... what happened was i was just cruising down the highway in the left lane going 45 and as i approached a gas station, the lady in the jetta tried to make a left turn onto the highway and i t-boned her pretty hard. There was a truck with a horse trailer in the right lane that was slowing down to make a right turn into the gas station and the jetta lady just decided to pull straight out into the highway even though she definitely couldn't see me coming in the other lane! I slammed on the brakes but there wasn't enough time to stop because the truck was blocking my view of her car. I didn't have hardly any time to react.. My airbags didn't even go off though, and i didn't get cited for anything.

I still have to hear back from the insurance people so i'm not sure if it's totaled, but i'm pretty sure it is. The accident report the cops filled out said " Estimate total damage over limit" so yeah. I really, really would like it to get fixed because everything about that car was perfect for me. It was my dream car and it had every feature i wanted. But it's not looking so good. I want the same exact car but 1999 A4 1.8t quattro 5-speed avants with the cold weather package are pretty hard to come by around here

I've been looking around a bit, and i'm definitely getting another A4, no question. Hopefully i can find an AEB avant with low miles.

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totalled? i mean ya there's qutie a bit of body damage but totalled?

 
There has to be atleast $7k worth of damage there.  Could be more since there is coolent on the ground

o crap i didn't even see the coolant. i would buy it back if there's no engine damage. then i'd mod it lol

Dam that sucks I wasnt expecting that. But you should part the wheels.

damn man that sucks! sorry to hear that...
 
S4 Avant!!

sorry about your can man people need to learn to drive i have avoided like 5 pretty bad crashes from people just pulling out and not looking

If the frame is tweaked then it will be totaled. Insurance companies will total a vehicle if the repairs exceed 70% of the value of the vehicle. So all you need to do is go to KBB or N.A.D.A. to get an estimated value of your car with similar options and then get a couple of estimates from body shops for the repairs and you should be able to determine if the car will be totaled or not.

I would say yes, it is totaled. I really feel your pain as my car is still in the process of being repaired from an accident that happened in the last week of Jan. Even though my car did not sustain as much damage as your, the insurance company still totaled it out so I bought it back and repaired it. Hope everything works out to your favor and just be happy that you are ok. Cars can be fixed or replaced but it's a little harder with people.  

I really want to keep the wheels for the car i'm gonna get because i don't think they were damaged at all...... they are flik justices and they're pretty awesome and the rubber is still like 95% new

^^ and fred i remember seeing the pictures of your car on AZ when it was wrecked... glad its back up to speed for ya.. As far as my car, i couldn't even open the hood after the accident because of how bent up everything was. Both fenders, the hood, and bumper are obviously pretty mangled along with the radiator support and all that. I was able to look inside the hole where the left headlight used to be and it looked like the frame rail was pretty crooked.

Where is the car now? If it is in a shop, I would go there and out on the stock wheels and swap out as much stuff as you can if the shop will let you. If you have a lot of nice parts on the car, then you shouild consider buying it back and taking everything off and then parting out and selling the rest of the parts.

If it doesn't matter to you than just let the insurance keep it and get as much money for it as possible. The insurance company does not care about the car and they will let you take whatever you want off of it as long as you replace it with a stock item.

That sucks bro, anyone else see the irony.... He hit a VW

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And fred i remember seeing the pictures of your car on AZ when it was wrecked... glad its back up to speed for ya.. As far as my car, i couldn't even open the hood after the accident because of how bent up everything was. Both fenders, the hood, and bumper are obviously pretty mangled along with the radiator support and all that. I was able to look inside the hole where the left headlight used to be and it looked like the frame rail was pretty crooked.

It's getting there, but my car was not as bad as yours and I had $7,500 worth of damage but $3,000 of that was in after market parts that I had to sue to get since the insurance did not want to pay. It's all working out but here is how the cars sits as of now:

Before:




Now:




So your car can be fixed, it just depends on the cost.

At least you have pictures before.....
 
sorry man, sucks
 
Hope you get the car you want outa it

Right now it's sitting in my dad's yard. I'm on my way to go get a rental, then i'm gonna drive over there and get my wheels... Luckily i have the stockers so i can swap them out. The only aftermarket stuff the car had was the diverter and boost gauge, i'm for sure grabbing those too.

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Right now it's sitting in my dad's yard. I'm on my way to go get a rental, then i'm gonna drive over there and get my wheels... Luckily i have the stockers so i can swap them out. The only aftermarket stuff the car had was the diverter and boost gauge, i'm for sure grabbing those too.

The mission you are on right now as far as getting things off of the car reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean.

"Take what you can, give nothing back"

If you have the car, you can pretty much take whatever you want off of it because more than likely the insurance company is just going to send a tow truck to take the car away to a salvage yard where it will be parted out. You can take small things but nothing major like the motor or suspension.

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The mission you are on right now as far as getting things off of the car reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean.

"Take what you can, give nothing back"

LOL

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If you have the car, you can pretty much take whatever you want off of it because more than likely the insurance company is just going to send a tow truck to take the car away to a salvage yard where it will be parted out. You can take small things but nothing major like the motor or suspension.

Yeah thats pretty much what i figured.... I just want to get back my wheels and the stuff i put on myself, which is not much cause it was totally stock when i got it. This includes the NGK BKR7E's i put in there a couple hours before the accident, haha.

Well thanks for your support and kind words everyone... time for me to hit the road and take care of business

Oh and PS... The rental car i got is a brand new v-6 dodge charger.. its cool but it's SO SLOW compared to my stock avant! audi power!! haha

Find out how much it would be to buy it back!  I'm very curious.

I kinda laughed at your captions...now I feel bad. 

Sorry about your car, man.

take the speakers lol

Damn man, sorry to see/hear it - glad you're OK though.  It sucks to have a crash like that - it happened to a friend of mine too - 19 year old female driver (newly licensed) pulled right in front of him like that, except he was on a motorcycle.  Trashed the bike, threw him, gave him a concussion, wrecked one of his nuts, and put him in the hospital for two days.  Glad it was better for you than for him.

On the side, if you want to get rid of the seats, I may have the buyer for you - a buddy of mine needs seats for his 96.