Will my truck be totaled?

100% gone, glad you were able to post about this. It is truly amazing how safe these new vehicles are. Glad you walked away brother !!

 

Bro, I get the hate for a Nissan Rogue, but you didn’t have to do it at the cost of your Tacoma (even if it was 2wd)

 

Cant speak for anyone else, but on my accident report that box would be checked... Happy hunting my friend...

 

Righton I’m glad you walked away! I’m sure pretty damn sore at that too! Head on collisions are crazy violent! Good thing you were the lucky one and not your truck!!! Eye up some new ones once you feel up to it

 

Sorry I didnt read full thread but wondering if you wanna sell it if insurance hasn't taken possession of it yet. Im trying to find a truck to build from the ground up, LS3 engine and LT with fiberglass, etc..
I swapped my 98 Tacoma with an LS1 so I can actually make this happen. Glad you are OK and sorry to hear about your accident buddy!!

 

I sometimes feel like driving into the dealership wall to see if that will help the stupid shifting issue. So that’s what could happen if I was going -about 40. Hmmmm. That’s crazy! Glad you were not injured! Back in the 60’s that would of been a fender bender and both drivers would of driven by away.

 

Sorry, but USAA has taken possession as of week before last. Good luck in your search.

 

Same. Not fun.

 

Thanks Steve, hope you have a great day my friend!

 

Doubt it.

Cars might've been drivable but drivers would probably be dead or seriously injured. New cars crumple so that the squishy flesh bags inside (us) can have a better chance at making it.

 

https://youtu.be/fPF4fBGNK0U

spot on

 

You're very fortunate to get away with no injury. I was in a head on collision in the early 90s driving an 80s ford escort Gt at the time. I nearly died in that accident and had to be revived 3x on the way to the hospital. Broke both femurs and my jaw. Wasn't a fun recovery either.

I'm always amazed when I see modern vehicles and the crash details then learn the occupants walked away and weren't picked up with a stick and a spoon like I nearly was.

 

That's because every time someone cracks a taillight lens they want to know if their truck is totaled. This one is definitely totaled. A hit like that on the cowl is fatal all the time. I'm surprised that the A pillar isn't bent and the windshield cracked.

 

Dibs on the headlights, unless the tabs are broken

 

I wanna play too!

 

I don't understand why people want their wrecked cars fixed. In my first and only accident the car was on the edge of being totaled. I was young and dumb and wanted my car. What a mistake, I should have fought to have it totaled. It took weeks to get it fixed and it was never the same.

 

Just depends on the damage but I understand why in some cases you would.
My Last Jeep had several minor accidents under 2500 to fix and a tree fell on it too. It was fixed every time by insurance and was always good. The tree I wasn't sure was going to be fixed but at 6k they did because there wasn't really structure damage.

Head on collision or something with frame damage no send it to the wrecking yard. That's why you have insurance.

 

Im not sold on NTSB tests. Just because I can see it doesn’t make it truth.

 

howd that happen