Our daughter hit a deer once with a '99 Olds 88 I owned and totaled it. My insurance company made a decent settlement (after I'd yelled at the adjuster, and told him I'd been an adjuster myself one time and probably knew as many or more tricks of the trade than he did), and sold me the car back for $500. The body damage wasn't prohibitive, but both air bags blew and the cost of them dictated the car being totaled. I bought an identical Olds to replace it.
Interesting story on that car. I'd bought it as a rebuilder with a clean title. It had been smacked in the rear, so I took it to a specialty shop and had it put on a frame rack, everything squared up, and a new deck lid, rear bumper, and tail lights fitted. I finished the paint work.
I'd driven it about 10,000 miles when our daughter hit the deer and totaled it again. I found, on EBay, a complete identical air bag system for $300. I gambled that much and when the air bags checked out I did the body work. I switched back and forth between the two cars for maybe a year, then one Monday morning I started out the week by getting into the middle of a six car pileup on a bridge on the Interstate. That got the right front fender and suspension. I fixed it again.
The upshot was, by then that poor car had been totaled three times and still had a clean title. I sold it to a fellow, and told him the entire story on the car. He was just looking for a work car for his wife, so he wasn't too concerned. I still see it around once in a while.
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