Friend hit a buck on new GS 350
#46
Advanced
iTrader: (5)
I do alot of paper work for a repair compnay and the parts can add up quick on a lexus, specially when a certified repair shop does the work. You have to remember that they use the total MSRP of parts, they dont pick and choose which one is the cheaperst. Quick add up here, prices are rough estimates
Hood 250
Bumper 300
Both Grills 300
Foglight with cover 200
Fender 200
Wheel and Tire 600
3 air bags from what I can see 4000
Radiator 300
Core Support 400
Headlight with ballast etc. 1200
Parking sensors 2 of them at least 350
Roughly total of 7k in just big parts that our eyes can see. Remember that this does not include labor, paint and other small electrical parts that will be replaced.
Hood 250
Bumper 300
Both Grills 300
Foglight with cover 200
Fender 200
Wheel and Tire 600
3 air bags from what I can see 4000
Radiator 300
Core Support 400
Headlight with ballast etc. 1200
Parking sensors 2 of them at least 350
Roughly total of 7k in just big parts that our eyes can see. Remember that this does not include labor, paint and other small electrical parts that will be replaced.
Hood 600 (bought one myself from a dealer with shop discount)
Roof liner 1800
Airbag computer 300
Steering wheel column ~900 (when driver wheel airbag deploys it pushes the wheel back inside the dash and brakes some clips)
#47
Lexus Test Driver
Update* right now it's about $30k to fix car and maybe more. Adjuster will be calling Monday because they are apparently close to totaling car and will ask my friend whether or not he wants the car fixed or totaled, that's all the vague details I have at this point until next week. Thanks everyone for your input!
#48
Lexus Test Driver
I do alot of paper work for a repair compnay and the parts can add up quick on a lexus, specially when a certified repair shop does the work. You have to remember that they use the total MSRP of parts, they dont pick and choose which one is the cheaperst. Quick add up here, prices are rough estimates
Hood 250
Bumper 300
Both Grills 300
Foglight with cover 200
Fender 200
Wheel and Tire 600
3 air bags from what I can see 4000
Radiator 300
Core Support 400
Headlight with ballast etc. 1200
Parking sensors 2 of them at least 350
Roughly total of 7k in just big parts that our eyes can see. Remember that this does not include labor, paint and other small electrical parts that will be replaced.
Hood 250
Bumper 300
Both Grills 300
Foglight with cover 200
Fender 200
Wheel and Tire 600
3 air bags from what I can see 4000
Radiator 300
Core Support 400
Headlight with ballast etc. 1200
Parking sensors 2 of them at least 350
Roughly total of 7k in just big parts that our eyes can see. Remember that this does not include labor, paint and other small electrical parts that will be replaced.
Last edited by bclexus; 10-30-15 at 06:51 PM.
#49
Instructor
For Comparison, my New car then 2006 LS 430 was hit by a Jeep Cherokee in 2007, Jeep was going 67mph in a school zone and Tboned me in the rear. No air bags were deployed.
Her insurance company adjuster came to the tow yard and said to me it was totalled. Wrote me a check for $54,000. I used that money and got me the same car but different color. I have no idea why they totalled it but as you can see damage is less than your GS. Your getting a new car for sure.
Her insurance company adjuster came to the tow yard and said to me it was totalled. Wrote me a check for $54,000. I used that money and got me the same car but different color. I have no idea why they totalled it but as you can see damage is less than your GS. Your getting a new car for sure.
#50
Pole Position
For Comparison, my New car then 2006 LS 430 was hit by a Jeep Cherokee in 2007, Jeep was going 67mph in a school zone and Tboned me in the rear. No air bags were deployed.
Her insurance company adjuster came to the tow yard and said to me it was totalled. Wrote me a check for $54,000. I used that money and got me the same car but different color. I have no idea why they totalled it but as you can see damage is less than your GS. Your getting a new car for sure.
Her insurance company adjuster came to the tow yard and said to me it was totalled. Wrote me a check for $54,000. I used that money and got me the same car but different color. I have no idea why they totalled it but as you can see damage is less than your GS. Your getting a new car for sure.
#51
Lead Lap
iTrader: (14)
That is way more than $9k in damages. The insurance company will total that ish out. Three airbags deployed. My 03 IS300 was totalled out after passing $8k in damages two years ago from a kid who rear ended the car and I spun out and hit the guard rail. No air bags were deployed and the body damage was no where near how that car looks. I drove the car home after the accident. They totalled it and cut me a check.
#52
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) states that a vehicle can be totaled if the cost of repair exceeds the vehicle's actual cash value (ACV), or exceeds the car insurance company's measure to declare a total loss. So state law is that the threshold for a total loss in Texas is 100 percent of the car's value.
Source 1 and Source 2, plus an infinite number of other sources.
Source 1 and Source 2, plus an infinite number of other sources.
#53
Lexus Test Driver
That is really what counts, the insurance company's threshold. The state has laws on the books "just in case".
If it was me, I'd say total it, and go sign another lease. I don't want a brand new wreck.
#54
Lexus Test Driver
So, what was the insurance outcome on your friend's new GS that hit the deer?
Totaled? Not totaled? Adjuster's repair estimate?
Totaled? Not totaled? Adjuster's repair estimate?
#55
Lead Lap
iTrader: (1)
For Comparison, my New car then 2006 LS 430 was hit by a Jeep Cherokee in 2007, Jeep was going 67mph in a school zone and Tboned me in the rear. No air bags were deployed.
Her insurance company adjuster came to the tow yard and said to me it was totalled. Wrote me a check for $54,000. I used that money and got me the same car but different color. I have no idea why they totalled it but as you can see damage is less than your GS. Your getting a new car for sure.
Her insurance company adjuster came to the tow yard and said to me it was totalled. Wrote me a check for $54,000. I used that money and got me the same car but different color. I have no idea why they totalled it but as you can see damage is less than your GS. Your getting a new car for sure.
#57
Rookie
Thread Starter
Sorry for the late response guys. No updates yet. Been over three weeks and they are still in between whether or not they are totaling or trying to fix vehicle. According to the insurance adjuster they have to use all OEM parts or else it voids the Lexus warranty on the vehicle. When he gives me another update I will update you guys.
#58
Lexus Champion
Sorry for the late response guys. No updates yet. Been over three weeks and they are still in between whether or not they are totaling or trying to fix vehicle. According to the insurance adjuster they have to use all OEM parts or else it voids the Lexus warranty on the vehicle. When he gives me another update I will update you guys.
#59
Lead Lap
No doubt. 3 weeks and they could already have ordered all the parts and began putting it back together and probably almost ready for paint.
Good grief.
Good grief.