> > I'm glad that your brother is not seriously hurt. > Thanks.
> My rule of thumb when estimating the cost of body work repairs is that > every body panel (fender, door, hood) that gets damaged will cost > $1,000 to repair/replace. If the body panel is structural, like the > roof, double that. > > Add to that the cost of frame straightening or any damaged mechanical > parts. > > If the airbags deploy, the car will cost more to repair than it would > to replace. > > Just looking at the pictures, I'm guessing $8,000-12,000 to > repair. That's not counting the cost of repairng the damage of being > cut out (which I don't see in those pictures). If you don't care > about cosmetics, the car could probably be made driveable for $3,000, > but I don't know how much damage was done cutting him out, or how much > was done to the frame. Yea, well, that's in the States. Over here the dealers charge £10,000 just to change the wipers. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
