Is my Tacoma totaled?

I was going to register and make an introduction thread for my new purchase, but that will have to wait.

4 days after bringing home the truck from the dealership, I was driving my wife and our son to a dinner in the new truck when we were hit by a couple idiots (or idiot couple) fleeing from the police and ran thru a red light, rammed into us at full speed. We walked away from the mess.

I had a chance to look at the truck at the tow yard this morning, can any repair experts or insurance appraisers tell me if this thing is a total loss or will it buff out? My insurance is still working on the case, but I'm just wondering on what to expect from something like this.

 

ask the insurance agent................ but I hope you and who ever else was in the is ok

 

Glad to hear everyone is ok. Truck looks totaled.

 

good chance its totaled, I wouldnt want it fixed.

 

Probably totaled IMO

 

I would pray that it gets totaled. My family had a van that was about $1000 from being totaled and replaced, but it never drove the same after being repaired. It was a Toyota Sienna so as far as vans go they are not terrible but the vehicle was riddled with problems. Judging that the bed of your taco is also showing stress and crumpling, I would say that they total it for fear of the frame being bent.

 

doesnt look like much mechanical damage, id say theyll fix it cuz these things are so expensive..... theres some math formula regarding the cost of the fix vs BB value to determine if they total or not. And these things hold their value.

 

Glad to hear you and your family are safe. It looks totaled. Good luck on the outcome

 

Totaled.

 

glad you're ok, but that thing is gone....

 

Extensive exterior damage frame is probably compromised in the front. Air bag deployment.... totaled is my bet


This is like the 10th thread in 2 months of total losses. I'm scared to pull mine out of the garage now

 

doesn't matter what we think...matters what your insurance company deems it to be.

 

That is hard core totaled, glad to see it saved you and your family though

 

I would probably say totaled and if they say its not then I would want it totaled it will never be the same thats a lot of damage. i'm glad everyone is okay

 

Looks totaled. I would be praying that it is. 4 day old truck - that's some bad luck. Glad everyone walked away from it!

 

probably totaled

if frame is still 100%, then that is >$17,000 of work, prob 20,000

I am guessing frame is also bent therefore a lot more

totaled.

 

Oh man hope everyone was ok, please tell me you had gap insurance on that...

 

Looks like suspension damage, cab damage, probably frame damage, bed damage, air bag deployment, leaking oil, ect....

Another member just replaced his side airbags and associated safety equipment due to a electrical mistake. Cost 6k to replace them.

That truck is done imo

 

Is that oil leaking? Trans leaking (trans cooler)?

 

Here's my dashcam video of the crash. I was going 35mph. Can't tell how fast they were going, but from the video, they covered about 60 ft length in about one second before going airborne, so that puts them at around 35-40mph as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBijCDCR3A

(Sorry, I can't figure out how to embed the youtube video yet).