In article <pYOdnUG0TLN9OpCiU-KYgw@comcast.com>,
Cory Dunkle <cadnews@comcast.net> wrote:

> So how do you "total" a vehicle and still drive it away from the scene?

It's a '90 Civic. It doesn't take much paint or body damage for the
repair cost to approach the value of the car, which will result in the
insurance company totaling the vehicle.

Back in the northeast, I knew a few people whose cars were totaled by
hail damage. Obviously, those were still driveable. Here in California,
my girlfriend's Exploder was totaled by a sandstorm. Still driveable.