97 SC1 Repair???

[Kerch]

I was in an accident last Tuesday.
The guy hit me in the rear passenger corner then spun me around and slammed into the passenger side door.
He bounced off of me into another vehicle.

Anyhow, I was able to drive the car home,( it happened about 1.5 miles from home)
This is the first time I was ever in an acident.
I'm now waiting for the insurance company to come out and look at the car.
I know that I need a passenger side door, passenger side rear fender, back bumper and a trunk lid.

This is what's visible without looking underneath or anything else.

The vehicle is a 97 SC1 with 158,700 miles on it.

My questions are:
Should I take it to my local Saturn dealer to have the work done?
Where can I find prices for parts?
If they would "total" the car, would it be worth buying it back and getting a "salvaged" title for it?

Thaks for anyone's help and suggestions!

Kerch
semper fi!

[Cat Fuzz]

The car will probably be totalled. I doubt it would be worth it to buy it back. They will most likely give you enough money to go get another one with some cash left over.

[RC1488]

Originally Posted by Cat Fuzz

The car will probably be totalled. I doubt it would be worth it to buy it back. They will most likely give you enough money to go get another one with some cash left over.

+1. bc it hit the passenger door, im sure they will deem it unsafe. get the cash and get a new satty

[Kerch]

Thanks for the advice!
Still waiting for the insurance guy to come?!
One thing that I did want to mention is that when the door was hit it pushed the inside panel and "insides" about 6" inches in towards the center of the car, but the outside panel looks like it was never hit except for the big scuff mark on the side.
I was truly impressed.

Will let everyone know what the agent says.

Thanks again,
Kerch

[Kerch]

Latest Update:

The insurance agent was out this afternoon and opened the trunk and just shook his head from side to side.
Here I didn't realize the trunk had buckled also from the impact.

He just said that it looked like I had gotten some good use out of the car but it is going to be totaled now.
He said I'd get credit for the new tires and the full tank of gas it has.

I asked how they find the value and they use the NADA.
I looked and it showed the car to be worth about $3000.00.

Anyhow, just wanted to let everyone know what had happened.

Thanks,
Kerch

[RC1488]

Originally Posted by Kerch

Latest Update:

The insurance agent was out this afternoon and opened the trunk and just shook his head from side to side.
Here I didn't realize the trunk had buckled also from the impact.

He just said that it looked like I had gotten some good use out of the car but it is going to be totaled now.
He said I'd get credit for the new tires and the full tank of gas it has.

I asked how they find the value and they use the NADA.
I looked and it showed the car to be worth about $3000.00.

Anyhow, just wanted to let everyone know what had happened.

Thanks,
Kerch

3k? oOoo you can get a nice saturn for that!!

[Trikeman72]

dont spose the hood made it thru the fiasco and will fit my 99 sc1 will it??

been tryin for a month to find one used or aftermkt to no avail