Heart broken

I'm so sorry to hear of your accident. You should definitely get reevaluated by another doctor. You got hit hard, there's no doubt about that. My advice is to consider the same vehicle again, seeing as you liked it so much.

Almost any severity of damage to modern cars is repairable and totaled is when the repair cost estimate exceeds the appraised cost of purchasing a similar or identical mileage make and model with whatever options the car has.

Since it was the back of the car that was damaged your low mileage engine/driveline is probably as usable as it was before the person crashed into you.

Most insurers will sell you back your totalled car for its scrap value if you tell them you want to keep it for the remaining good parts.

Then you can find another exact same year as yours with a southern rust free chassis but higher mileage that you could negotiate a very inexpensive price to buy and have a mechanic place your driveline into that one.

The cost of swapping out the driveline and buying your wreck back and another car like your own should be in the vicinity of your insurance settlement plus or minus by a small amount.

I wouldn't talk about that to the person who said your car is totaled. He may be jockeying to buy your wreck to get his mitts on your low mileage driveline. Talk to someone you already do business with for vehicle service and ask them their fees to switch the engine and any other things in your car, black leather seats, etc.

There's a solution. You just haven't been told it by anyone. And the body shop not suggesting it seems a bit lazy in my opinion.

I totalled my car in February, but found an AMAZING car!
Toyota RAV4 2018! Check them out!

No legal expert here but something to consider -
If you do have to get an attorney involved, they will likely get you more money than his insurance is offering BUT they might charge so much that by the time all is settled, you could end up with less money than if you took the insurance company's offer.

I do not know this for fact but it IS something to investigate. Meanwhile, do not sign any forms from his insurance.

For the vehicle, someone on here suggested buying back the wreck and having the good parts put into a different vehicle of the same make and model. Yeah that would get expensive REAL quick and take God knows how long. Plus there wouldn't be any guarantee of longevity of a vehicle that was franken-rigged.

Personally I cant speak highly enough of the Mitsubishi Outlander.. A little on the larger side. Most have 7 seats (I have never needed it) options of two wheel and four wheel drive and one of the few Japanese cars still sure to be made in Japan.. If you want a down side. They are not exciting. They just keep going as long as you maintain them and everything just works..😷

I hope you were fully insured and that your company can recoup the costs from the driver who ran into you - including costs for back care/physio.

I'm not an SUV expert but I once owned a 2001 Toyota Landcruiser and I can warn never buy that particular year of that model. It had a unique program for its electronic locks, which meant that when I lost both keys I had to pay $1600 for a locksmith to buy the program from Toyota so that he could reprogram a new set of keys. That program was only ever used for that year of that model - too rare to be worth it for most locksmiths.

you should absolutely see another doctor. i wasnt hit nearly that hard and they still did my xrays

i wish i could help you with your car, i was so stressed when i had to get my 2nd car from a dealership

Time to get a good "accident attorney".....

In fact, you should have done this the day after you were hit.....

I blasted a ceappy little car all to hell a while back. Wasn't much left of it. Spent a couple months in the hospital after that. Had a great time in the hospital though. Food was fair, nurses were great. Missed them when I left. One phyical therapist lady wanted to date me, pissed off some of my family members. There's more metal in me now than is left on that car though.

Go see an attorney. Believe me, a good auto accident attorney will jump on the injury issue and you money and new car issues won't be an issue. Sign nothing from your or their insurance company until you get a lawyer.

Sorry to hear that. People following too close seems to be a problem everywhere. I can't stand it when people do it, for obvious reasons.

I feel for you but from the sound of it, screw the car and thank god you re ok.

A used Toyota Highlander a second or third owner

Why dont you look for the same model?

Are you in US?

Insurance?

Better call Saul

I’m guessing your insurance company will pay you the value of your car since you weren’t at fault? Same thing happened to me 6 years ago but the guy wasn’t going 70

Have you filed a lawsuit yet?