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C7 Grand Sport fender bender, but airbag deployed, totaled?
Hey folks,
Been a while since I've been on here, too busy planning a wedding and driving the GS - this was my baby (as I'm sure they are for us all).
This past Friday I got in an accident, my fault (my first real accident), and rear-ended another vehicle with minimal damage to them, nothing too bad for me, but the airbag deployed.
I am still waiting to hear back from insurance company, but do you all think this is totaled? I keep hearing Corvettes total easily if the airbag deployed. I don't believe there is any structural damage and it seems to need a new front end and the rest cosmetic.
I would say definitely not totaled, but the front crush zones definitely took some damage to trigger airbag deployment. Those are replaceable, but it won't be a cheap fix.
If you were distracted? Or on your phone? Sorry no sympathy here.
Got rear-ended sitting on my motorcycle at a Red Light...NO EXCUSE
WOW! Nothing like jumping to conclusions and ripping the OP a new one when they are upset enough. Wait to hear an answer??? NOPE, that's the CF way!!!!
Only thing is to make sure the frame was not at all tweeked. Understood the bumper cover is only thing visual - but I had a "small" rear ender with a Suburban and because the frame was just a but tweaked, they totaled (which I wanted).
The cars today are very sensitive to these sorts of hits. And there is a documented way to measure all frame dimensions (obviously I am talking about unibody dims on the Corvette).
Certainly not totaled I’m surprised from what I see that airbag(s) deployed.
I imagine you’re going to find quite a bit of damage once the front cover is removed.
If both airbags went you’re looking a costly repair. If only one airbag went it will be considerably less.
I’d also suspect no frame damage at all since it appears you got hit pretty high.
Good luck.
Certainly not totaled I’m surprised from what I see that airbag(s) deployed.
I imagine you’re going to find quite a bit of damage once the front cover is removed.
If both airbags went you’re looking a costly repair. If only one airbag went it will be considerably less.
I’d also suspect no frame damage at all since it appears you got hit pretty high.
Good luck.
That's what I was thinking. I mean really, it appears as cosmetic damage. This should be an easy fix.
I've seen worse from cars that hit something after rolling across a parking lot because someone didn't set the parking brake.
Last edited by PatternDayTrader; 06-18-2018 at 10:05 PM.
Status will be determined by whomever is the official insurance inspector(s).
Yep. Not to worry. If it's significant hidden damage they will total it, make up a lot of their loss by parting out the car. If it's cosmetic, they'll repair, replace the airbag, and you'll be good to go.
If no one was hurt, it's all good--just a minor annoyance either way.
This past Friday I got in an accident, my fault (my first real accident), and rear-ended another vehicle with minimal damage to them, nothing too bad for me, but the airbag deployed.
I am still waiting to hear back from insurance company, but do you all think this is totaled? I keep hearing Corvettes total easily if the airbag deployed. I don't believe there is any structural damage and it seems to need a new front end and the rest cosmetic.
Sorry about your wreck. I am pretty sure it is not a total
Originally Posted by DALE#3
If you were distracted? Or on your phone? Sorry no sympathy here.
Got rear-ended sitting on my motorcycle at a Red Light...NO EXCUSE
Wow! Nothing like being a DICK! He already said he was at fault.
Originally Posted by MlwYlw
If you are on a bike, you know that YOUR situational awareness is critical. I presume that you saw the offender coming ...
Luckily, you are above distraction and error free. Hehe ...
To answer your specific question, no I don't think it will be totaled by looking at the pictures. But it will have to be fully examined. I would have to give it a 99% chance of being repairable. Glad there were no injuries. That's the main thing.
06-18-2018, 02:53 PM
C7 Grand Sport fender bender, but airbag deployed, totaled?
NOPE, that's the CF way!!!! 
