I think a cunt punt is in order here.

ur suspension is surely fucked too dude dont let them tell u otherwise.

Damn, that sucks. Hope it gets fixed

All states are different, but in NC I know that if the car is less than a year old they have to use new OEM parts, after a year they can do what ever used or aftermarket.:jerkit:

The appraiser won't arrive until sometime next week. It is at a Mazda dealer right now and the body shop guy says they will do whatever the appraiser decides, whether OEM or aftermarket. He also said he will step in if he feels the appraiser is off in the estimate, but I doubt he will challenge the appraiser to total the car, then the body shop don't get paid.

Also, my insurance company gave me a choice I can either do the repair at the mazda dealer or go to their approved location (not mazda dealer). The benefit of going to their approved location is they will pay my rental if the repair takes longer than a month. But the drawback I believe is they will do the cheapest work since they are affiliated with the insurance company. And like I said before the body shop guy at the dealer is not going too step in and say its totaled cause then the dealer does not get paid...Which one should I chose? According to dealer estimate they said it should take 3 weeks because they are in a slow timeframe...BS? Might bite me later on if they go over?

Thanks guys for your opinions, but the car being totaled is looking more like a pipe dream. Wonder if Jalopnik will like this lol

-John

This is true of all body shops including dealer's. They will all try to do it as cheap as possible, but the dealer will use the most OEM parts as possible. They can get them internally for less then retail and will usually have most on hand. Where most aftermarket parts they have to buy at what everyone else does and they wil have to wait for them.

imo...sneak into the dealer at night to ensure it is totaled!

Yikes. Hope they total it.

Sorry to hear, and dont be surprised when the apprasier says it's a total loss. From the pics it looks like there is just too much structural damage to be worth fixing. just my .02

Good luck!

Hell, an 08 or 09 was in a little fender bender a few months back and it was totaled. This shit is FUBAR. It needs to be totaled.

Sorry to hear about this.

PSU fan by any chance?

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Please send this in to Jalopnik, this would bring be an epic story to reinforce the fact that most women can't drive for shit.

That should be a totalled claim. Basically the whole front end is fucked, suspension, frame, pillars and hopefully nothing happened to the engine. Good luck but I will agree this goes down as one of the stupidest women driver stories I have seen or heard.

Go down and swap out the mods. Once they total it, most of the time you cannot touch or go near it.

Yup - that is fuckin totaled to no end.

An assflute drove over my Integra a few years back - my car was parked at the curb with the wheel turned towards the curb and his fuckin Festiva caught my turned wheel and he drove over it.

There was not much damage if you look at the car - the suspension blew right away but that's cuz it was 13 years old; I had some dents on my fender, a dent on my door - but it was still driveable.

However - there was a TEENY TINY kink in the frame; the hood was pretty dented and a small dent in the a-pillar. Farmers, the other guys insurance, totalled it on the spot - the quote to repair it was close to 7 grand and the car was worth 4 (I got 5).

Obviously you can't compare a 13 year old car at the time to a 1 year old car however your car's damage is SIGNIFICANTLY worse than mine; I'll be surprised if they decide to repair it.

she should have to give you head, till the new car shows up!

i wouldn't want that pos now!

they are never the same after some hack thrashes trough your car, pulling out all the adhered shit! that thing will rattle like a mother fucker!

you bought a new car you deserve a new car! fuck that patched up pos

I would probably try to fight it if the insurance company does not total it. Is there anyway to appeal their decision?


This really sucks dude. I don't see how you can be pulling in the parking space and hit the gas... why would your foot be near the gas?? I would have asked to see her license for information then thrown it out of the parking garage. Fucking dumb bitch.

grats, now you have her address. Fuck her and post noodz. Oh and some comment about your car

2:00 AM huh? How drunk was that stupid bitch?

OP, sorry about your car. If insurance does decide to fix it, chances are you will get all OEM parts. I don't think there are any aftermarket body parts companies that made pillars and MS3 hoods yet. Fenders, maybe, but probably not. It's not like it's a Civic and there's millions of them.

Oh, and I noticed that it looks like they pulled the Nissan out backwards off your car. I would have gotten in the MS3 and reversed out, letting that Altima drop into your parking spot!

If they total it try to figure out where it goes. That longblock is still in great shape I bet.

Sure hope the dealership aren't asses about it and void the remainder of your warranty do to the SRI/TIP. That sucks man. Hope all goes well but I would at least try and bullshit someone into a new car vs repair

lol @ attention whore
lol @ Jalopnik for getting the model wrong

Jalopnik - Drive Free or Die

Hopefully she busted her face open getting out of her car. This is just sad.

Wow.... Just wow....
Profound comment I know, but... wow.


Damn Bitches.

More then likely it will be totaled.

Sorry about female drivers, wish we could deny them the right to drive like old people.

Are you going to get another MS3?

Donate so you have karma on your side.

STOP BEING A BROWNIE

I was thinking the same thing, but I do not want to assume.

I actually go to PSU. This happened in state college. Regarding some of the questions, the girl that was driving was not drunk, just plain stupid. I appreciate everyone's optimism about the possibility of the car being totaled. But most likely this will not happen according to the body shop guy at the dealership. My hopes if they do repair it, they will use only OEM parts and not stupid fabricated replicas.

And the reason I sent this in to Jalopnik was to hopefully shine more light on it to my insurance company, hopefully it will pressure them to write it off :), but just a dream.

And I may consider another speed 3, I do LOVE IT! I will keep you guys updated.

Thanks again everyone!

-John

hooray for jalopnik

I'm a big Nittany Lion fan. Use to have season tickets back in middle and high school. Good shit.

They need to total that car.

Why was she driving when she should have been in the kitchen making us all sammiches?

maybe i missed this because i'm an idiot, but isn't this going through her insurance company? you need to read up on your legal rights in PA, every state is a little different but you need to be informed before you talk to the adjuster. i've dealt with shady ones and stupid ones, either way can have a negative outcome for your repair. there are also some that are courteous and professional, but remember, they represent someone who has a vested interest in your repair being settled for the smallest dollar amount.

good luck brah

LOL... and after all that your car is still happy...:knockedout:

damn dude that sucks. but thats why we have insurance

Amen... (see my sig)

She was all like "I totally got my left and right foot all mixed up"

He was all like "Come over here, I totally get the vagina and the asshole mixed up."

first off it is the body shop's decision to use oem or not....they give the insurance adjuster the quote...not the other way around (unless it is a clear total)...you tell the body shop you want oem and that is what they will quote for....if they wont then switch body shops.....why did you take it to the dealer anyway?.....they suck at everything

and another thing...you tell those fuckers it is totaled....unless that dealer signs something saying they are liable for the structural integrity of the roof after those welds...you tell them to fuck off and you are not driving around with a welded on roof

I saw this article on Jalopnik first.... And I was like Mazda3, hmm, thats weird..

Then I saw the words "Corksport SRI/TIP" and I was like why would a regular Mz3 have a tip they must be tripping balls over there.

Then I lol'ed and opened up MSF. Epic shits epic.

was the girl hot?