The frame is too far gone to pull, so they have to yank the engine to get to it and do it right. That will probably total the car.

Any advice from the board on how to negotiate a higher value with the insurance company when they try to get me to settle with a low / blue book value?

My plan is to look at Autotrader and demonstrate that all the cars owned by enthusiasts sell for high book + and all the cars owned by normal schmos sell for low book. High book on my car is $8800, low is $7600, and I'm obviously an enthusiast from the shape of my car ( well, the shape it was in 3 weeks ago...)

Someone wanna give me a ride home?

Robin