Originally Posted by timmui

The best news is that ending second best with a semi is that you're OK. Having been the victim of a jack (another name for a donkey) who came tearing out of a parking lot without checking for oncoming cars, I have a few things to add from experience.

First, take the money. With a sales receipt, you should be able to convince the insurance adjuster that they reimburse you for the full amount. Take the vehicle back for parts salvage. You'll make more money back in shipping parts to forum members then they deduct in salvage.

Second, if you decide you really don't want to part it out, you need to check two important areas after getting the hood open:
Area 1: With the hood open, stand at the center line of the RX, take three big steps back and compare the rails (the section that the fenders mount to) and check if they are parallel. With a semi truck's mass, it is likely the driver side is now bent towards the engine.
Area 2: You need to get under the RX for this one. From the driver's side, look up at the firewall. If it seems like it is pushed back or bowed forward, you're done.

For the first area, that means your frame is bent, and getting a front end alignment is next to impossible. When I went to local collision shops to try to get my ES repaired, most flat out refused to take it in after looking at it. For the second, well, it's going to cost more than what you paid for it, end of story. As it was explained to me by an insurance adjustor: The cost to repair it has just shot up by $5-7k because the entire dash, engine and transmission has to come out and there is no guarantee that it can still be repaired after that is done.

In my case, I did not have this latter issue, however, in your pictures, it appears the semi connected further back with your RX, making this the more important determinant in whether to keep it or not. GL!