do we think this is a total loss?

[Tunathefishy]

I got hit by a deer last night
Do you guys think this is a total loss?
17 x5 35d non m sport.

[tlow98]

Miles?

Doesn’t look great, that’s a surprising amount of damage.

[Tunathefishy]

270,xxx km

[shimmy23]

hard to see but from the pics you're looking at:
headlight
fender
door skins or entire doors front and rear
rear quarter panel repair
misc mounting brackets
swapping all useable parts over to new parts
prep, blend, paint

i'm thinking you've got $15k-20k worth of damage.

[yupetc]

Looks like you've used the jeep to stop a stampede of deers. Yeah, that does look like some 15k-20k worth of damage, and if some set percentage of your car's value isn't that of the damage, it'll likely be tagged total loss.

[Tunathefishy]

It was one deer.
Pm me if you want to see the deer. Lol

[shimmy23]

Originally Posted by Tunathefishy

It was one deer.
Pm me if you want to see the deer. Lol

post it up! my neighbor recently hit a deer in his ford explorer. car was totaled.

[Tunathefishy]

Here’s the culprit

[Tunathefishy]

Here’s some day time photos

[shimmy23]

if the front bumper or hood need work, i'd speculate totaled.

[tlaspec]

I’d say totalled especially with 270,000kms market value would be low teens.
sorry for your loss, Car looks mint with that amount of kms.

[tfunk88]

Man, sorry to hear! Glad you’re ok but unfortunately your car got pretty trashed 😬

[blue dragon]

Originally Posted by tlaspec

I’d say totalled especially with 270,000kms market value would be low teens.
sorry for your loss, Car looks mint with that amount of kms.

This for sure. Thats a lot of KM for a MY '17

[tlow98]

If you could source the headlight, quarter, and doors from a same Color car at a junk yard you could pull this off for $2k. Buttttt, if you had to go through a body shop I’d say $12k min.

[COSPILOT]

I suspect it’s done. A cow hit my rental car this year, did way less damage and that was $8K on a 2023 Camry. Wife’s Lexus has what I thought relatively minor hail damage and that was close to $8K.

By the way, I had no idea the front fenders are plastic, after seeing OP’s damage I went out confirmed on my X5.😄

[RED_Y_]

Does not hurt to check with your local body shop and insurance estimator, but to me it looks like its done.

[srybicki]

She is toast get ur payout and find a lower km example

[Tunathefishy]

Update.
Total loss.
Offered 30.6k cad

Expected damages are 25k plus a 4500 buffer for damages they can’t see.

[shimmy23]

Bummer! appreciate the follow up tho. whats next?

[Tunathefishy]

Maybe Tesla model Y.
I now have a 45-60 min commute to work now. I know the diesel gets phenomenal mileage, but I was still spending 350/ month on fuel and I’ll be doing a lot more city driving once we start having kids. I don’t tow as often and as heavy anymore. I only have my 6x10 enclosed single axle trailer and a couple of seadoos.

[IlliniX5]

Eh, a little duct tape, some caulk, and paint you’re good to go. The deer…not so much.

Glad you’re ok.

[tlaspec]

Originally Posted by Tunathefishy

Update.
Total loss.
Offered 30.6k cad

Expected damages are 25k plus a 4500 buffer for damages they can’t see.

Thats an excellent payout 30k for a 17 with 270k