Insurance guy came but didn't take my car away

[cjsmith]

The insurance guy from State Farm (insuring the other driver) showed up at my office shortly after eight this morning to look over my vehicle. He took pictures of just about everything, including the engine! He too is sure the car is totaled. He says the company should have a good sense of the numbers by late this afternoon or tomorrow ("so call then," he says, "or best case, they call you").

I handed him a folder with photocopies of the Kelly Blue Book wholesale/retail value including all the options the car has (THANK YOU ladycelia!) and of the body shop estimate.

Hey, shadopanther, want a 1989 Corolla full size rim and spare? I'll never use it, and the insurance company gets only the donut that came with the car.

He says they probably won't take the car away until I am ready. I strongly suspect there is a little more to it than that; after all, as soon as they've run the numbers, I'm putting miles on THEIR car. But I admit I'm glad of the respite. Both last weekend and this weekend I'm out of town, making a car purchase a little tougher.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind a frame repair in this case, actually, as long as they were going to replace the pillar that is bent. The body shop said they'd straighten it, though, and I'm just not at all sure it'd ever be as strong again after it had been bent and unbent once. Fortunately for all concerned, the math isn't even close.

I too would enjoy having the exact same car. (I wouldn't mind new if I could find comparable, but there isn't comparable. New are all big.) If I can find a used one as old as mine, though, it'll have double the miles my old one had. It still might be worth it, just so that I can hang on for the next couple of years until it is possible to buy small cars again.