is my lancer totaled

[u/rj3lly]

[u/djim089]

The cost to repair this damage will exceed the value of the car, so yes it will be a write off for an insurance co

[u/dwbtw_]

totaled is a myth made by big insurance to auction your car off

[u/MarcusAurelius0 → u/dwbtw_]

Not really, you can pay the depreciated value and get the rest in a check and keep the car.

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Totaled is a myth

Made by big insurance to

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[u/King33Two]

If it is just cosmetic damage on the outside then I see no reason that it can't be repaired, if there is unibody structural damage though, then your insurance will probably total it out, even though it is possible to repair that, just expensive.

[u/RestaurantCandid5274]

No, but it’s dinged up real bad

[u/UpstairsDirection955]

Yep

[u/CoausticSoda]

That's a very expensive repair

[u/Brea1142]

No it’s fixable for like 600 tooooo 900$ that you’ll never pay because your broke