Picketthouse

Anyone have a good guess if my car damage from a semi will total my car? I am still a little in shock. Really liked that car.

asellus

Gonna be spendy. If the frame is tweaked, the price skyrockets. Depending on the damage to the rear suspension, that's another several grand at least in parts alone.

Best bet is to get it to a bodyshop and have an estimate done. You'll get everything from "it'll buff out" to "that's completely totaled and I'm surprised you're alive" from pictures on the internet.

Porsche_nuts

what happened - semi did not see you are he changed lanes?

Picketthouse

Yup. Bright red car wasn't enough for him to see.

blepski

From what's visible in the pictures it doesn't look too horrible. I think the big hinge point will be whether or not they elect to replace the rear quarter rather than repair it. It all depends on your insurance company though, lots of shady things going on right now with used car values being as high as they are both at retail lots and at insurance auctions.

Levy

just a flesh wound. doesn't look anywhere near totaled to me

bb964

Yea, does not look too bad from the photos.

Note that Porsche has a list of certified collisions shops, perhaps there is one in your area:

https://www.porschecollisioncenter.com/

desmotesta

I say May Be..

sorry this happened to you.. personally I wouldnt want it to be fixed. Given crazy prices, its in your best interest that it be totaled, you will get more than you paid for it (unless you got this recently)
Even if it is not totaled, it will be a hefty bill, hope that rear axle is not bent, or frame isnt tweaked.

ClassJ

I don't think it is going to approach totaled especially given values right now. If the body is out of alignment that is a different story but I don't see that much impact. Seems superficial.

From a distance if I was repairing it body wise it would get a door, mirror, and bumper. Repair the quarter panel, blend out the adjacent panels and be done with it.

TBD on the rear suspension.

If they do fix it be sure to file for a DV claim with an attorney.

Porsche_nuts

I agree with this. I lost my Merc due to flood from Hurricane Ida. It was a 2011, 10 year old car. It was in great shape and low mileage, about 60K. Insurance company gave me double of Carfax value. I was happily shocked.

Martin S.

This URL https://www.porschecollisioncenter.com/ from BB964 should prove to be very helpful to those in need. Thanks BB964

TET GT3

Looks like it just got a bit scuffed up. Not a cheap repair, but go after diminished value as well. Trying to sell this later will be a hassle to explain the vehicle history showing door replacement and bodywork.

Jay-S

Glad you are okay. That had to have been scary.

Bxstr

Really hard to say. Depends more on if there is damage on the door jamb area, structure, etc and what rear suspension looks like. I don't see any airbags having went off, which would have added a lot. I'm one of the people that would prefer it to be totaled out, get the check and buy a new car, rather than deal with the diminished value. Make sure you get a diminished value claim from the trucks insurance company too. When you go to sell, you'll be taking a $10k hit most likely, over a car that does not have damage.

Ceepe

Sorry that happened. Must have been a shock. Glad you were not injured. Car might be a fix over a total. But if that side of the frame was tweaked at all it could be a total. From the pics it looks pretty true still.