[Hondaracer]

Even if everything else was shit motor/transmission wise compared to the vehicle with superficial claims, the car without any claims will always be worth more on paper.

I’m glad it was just the bumper in our case because I don’t think it will get written off, that’s about the only upside here. Now it just turns our long term plans with this car into keeping it until it does VS trading it in toward somthing.

As well, as with so many before me, if this accident had written our car off, all it does it force me to spend hella more money to get another vehicle. Because whatever I’d get for this car, I’d have to spend another 15-25 to get a vehicle we’d keep long term. The plan was to make this car last 2-3 years longer then drop 60-70 on something new, but this type of BS, completely driven by a stranger hitting our car could have easily forced us to spend a bunch of money we otherwise wouldn’t have had to as well.