mph@wopr.caltech.edu (Matthew Hunt) wrote:
>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.

Spin out a '91 Q45 and smash the right side into a guard rail. The body
damage was quite sufficient to total it, but it still drove great.

Marc
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