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It's probably stereotypes people still have. Many think that $15k is a wreck accident with body torn to half and engine squished into cabin. This was true long time ago for domestic cars. Today even domestic cars cost an arm and a leg to repair using insurance estimates
What many people forget is that appraisers are trained to include ALL costs that will go into car repair using a hefty hourly rate (often as high as $160 per hour labor). Lot's of administrative expenses - basically it has to cover labor of everyone involved - like insurance company, dealership, body shop and what not. And not only expenses, but they do have to make profit out of it - welcome to reality. Add a ridiculous prices for new OEM parts - I can imagine only 1 headlight can cost $1-2k easily lol. So what I'm trying to say is that nowadays one needs to go with character of damage rather than price insurance company put for repair
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