A4 hit hard, not totalled?

[Quattrofan@aol.com]

Although it sucks that your new car got whacked, 10k damage to an A4 can't be
THAT extensive. Granted, I'm sure it looks bad, and probably needs all the
rear sheetmetal (maybe even doors?), but if the shop is any good at all, the
car will be just as it was prior to the wreck. All of the welds are done at
*exactly* the same place as the old ones, probably even better, since it's
not all robots doing the work this time. There is no such thing as forced
depreciation as far as I'm concerned. The responsibility of the insurance
company is to return the car to the condition it was prior to the accident.
Unless it was sitting on the lot, it's considered a used car. The only cars
that get to be totalled out are ones that are new, damaged in transit, and
never see their owners. Even that doesn't usually happen, as they wind up
going to auction after they've been fixed. Frame damage disclosure doesn't
really apply to a unibody car, as I see it, so if your car is fixed
correctly, restored to it's prior condition, you have no reason to disclose
anything to anyone.
Not picking a fight; just my professional opinion.

Dwight V.
86 Cgt, 89 Jetta GLI 16v