A Subie took me out.. Estimate guesses?

[Wablackwell22]

$9450 USD

Glad everyone is ok!

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[jsphlynch]

My guess is $8911.07

My advice is to get the repair scheduled as quick as possible. I thought I noticed a trend so I graphed people's estimates...people's estimates are going up quickly as more time goes by. At this rate, the truck will be totaled by sometime next week!

 

[reidmefirst]

Guessing $11k.

$15k if you're taking it to a dealer for the work.

Would be even more if you have adaptive cruise control and front parking sensors.

But bumper, hangars, some wiring harnesses, clips, skid plate, bolts, radiator and fan, fenders, bumper support, bumper, assorted hardware, may need new headlights, shrouds, paint, and labor, it all adds up fast. If using factory parts it'll cost more. If you can find a similar ranger that was rear-ended for parts, a lot less.

 

[Jacob]

$69 ?

 

[FordFreak]

8500ish

 

[Jackpot Tremor]

$13,194.00.....glad no one is hurt!....sorry about the diminished value you'll have now on the Carfax.....the insurance most likely won't care or cover that!

 

[myothercarizahearse]

The price is not an issue because you will never receive the replacement parts to rebuild her. Total loss, can we interest you in a new 8% loan?

funny because it's true

$1 Bob

 

[moorejl57]

12.7K, sorry you had to go through that.

 

[Iowa Guy]

Well, got a face lift on the way to work today. A car about 4 length's to my right on the highway spun out in front of me during a snow storm, bounced off the construction median, and ended right smack in front of me, BOOM! No one was hurt fortunately. Ranger drives fine, no steering issues or leaks, airbags did not deploy. Other party got the ticket. She goes in tomorrow for estimate. Any guesses here? I'll send the winner a piece of the front grill...?

I'm gonna say $8,500, it does look like a hard hit, but the air bag sensors are pretty pick on what sets them off.

 

[reidmefirst]

$13,194.00.....glad no one is hurt!....sorry about the diminished value you'll have now on the Carfax.....the insurance most likely won't care or cover that!

I got rear ended two years ago and I didn't bother trying, but I have heard that the 'diminished value' payment is possible to get from insurance, if you're persistent.

My dad got it when he was rear-ended. Ended up being a few $k dollars. You just have to talk to the insurance about your plans with the vehicle (such as you plan to trade it in once you've paid it off, payoff date is a year from now, you expect diminished value of $5k today...they may argue it down if your anticipated trade-in date is far off in the future but it can be done! Be sure you have paperwork to back up your anticipated trade-in date, such as 'when the warranty expires').

You can also argue for a diminished value payment based on warranty. A 2020 truck definitely still has some factory drivetrain warranty; a warranty that the factory may no longer honor due to the accident ("yeah the transmission blew up but look, the vehicle was in an accident, there might be some misalignment here that caused the blow-up. claim denied."). That's worth something. And I'd try to get some money for it.

 

[Waxthis]

I got rear ended two years ago and I didn't bother trying, but I have heard that the 'diminished value' payment is possible to get from insurance, if you're persistent.

My dad got it when he was rear-ended. Ended up being a few $k dollars. You just have to talk to the insurance about your plans with the vehicle (such as you plan to trade it in once you've paid it off, payoff date is a year from now, you expect diminished value of $5k today...they may argue it down if your anticipated trade-in date is far off in the future but it can be done! Be sure you have paperwork to back up your anticipated trade-in date, such as 'when the warranty expires').

You can also argue for a diminished value payment based on warranty. A 2020 truck definitely still has some factory drivetrain warranty; a warranty that the factory may no longer honor due to the accident ("yeah the transmission blew up but look, the vehicle was in an accident, there might be some misalignment here that caused the blow-up. claim denied."). That's worth something. And I'd try to get some money for it.

Thanks for that info...

 

[Rebel Ranger]

That's what I thought!!!!

I agree with $6700 estimate. As for the airbags, looks like a downward angle to the hit, and it didn't crush in too far, it would depend on how fast those crush zones were impacted, but the system is designed to keep the airbags from deploying unnecessarily. They try to keep you from getting injured by the airbags.

 

[Waxthis]

$4500

Well sir, so far your in the lead. Insurance estimate was $4500. I'm sure once they take things apart it will go up. Good job, you may just be receiving a piece of grill..

 

[Michel Jeanneau]

Dang! I won something...now to clear out a spot foe that grille in my garage. Full disclosure, last october some nimrod rammed my rear qt panel and bumper so I had an inkling of what things go for these days; what with america being back and all

 

[RAYJAY]

time for a after market bumper ........ and grill

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