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How Much Is Your Totaled Car Worth?

10.20.2022 by Girl on Fire // Leave a Comment

Getting into a car accident or having trouble with your vehicle is frustrating. It would help if you had a transportation solution when you realize the car won’t run anymore. The first step is determining if the vehicle is totaled and the car’s worth. Next, discover what to do when your car is totaled and how to recover part of your investment.

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What Does It Mean When a Car Is Totaled?

Insurance companies decide if a car is totaled based on the extent of damage and current market value of the vehicle. Typically, though the criteria may vary from state to state, if the damage will cost more to repair than the vehicle is worth, it is considered totaled. Various states and insurance companies use different percentages to deem a car totaled. Visiting a site such as https://www.allcarbuys.com helps car owners get the best price for their totaled vehicles.

What Is Your Totaled Car Worth?

An insurance company appraises the car’s value before the damages, then sends a third-party adjuster to appraise the vehicle. Their goal is figuring the vehicle’s actual cash value, which is what it would have sold for before the accident. Factors influencing the car’s value include options, mileage, condition, and regular use. Also, if there is a loan or lease on the vehicle, the insurance company pays it off first, based on the terms of your financial agreement.

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What Will the Insurance Company Pay For a Totaled Car?

Most auto insurance policies have a deductible, which the car owner must pay out-of-pocket before extended coverage. Also, specific add-ons help ensure you are properly covered in the event an accident occurs. For example, guaranteed auto protection (GAP) insurance covers the remaining payments if your car is valued at less than what you owe on the loan. Another option is guaranteed replacement coverage, which empowers car owners to replace damaged vehicles with new ones.

Where Do Totaled Cars Go?

Totaled cars are usually auctioned to a salvage yard for the insurance company to reduce their expenses. If the owner keeps the vehicle, the insurance company determines the cost of salvaged parts and issues a salvage title after deeming the car a total loss. With a salvage title, the vehicle cannot be driven or legally registered until it is repaired and the state issues license plates so it can be driven again. Fortunately, there are ways to get help with this complex process to ensure you can get on the road again.

Sell Your Junk Car

When a car is totaled, it becomes junk to the owner who can no longer drive or register it. Reputable junk car services purchase totaled vehicles at the highest market value. As a result, you can instantly have the cash to buy another car.

Easy Process

Selling your totaled car is as easy as contacting the right service. Within a few hours, the service arrives to assess the vehicle and make a cash offer. Plus, the car is towed away for free, so you never have to worry about it again.

Dealing with a totaled car is frustrating, but there are ways to get the necessary money to get on the road again. First, work with a respected junk car service to get cash for your totaled vehicle and have it towed away for free.

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Brandy is the wife to a carpenter/musician and the mother of 3 amazingly awesome homeschool/unschooled girls. Brandy is a Photographer as well as a Coach for the Weebellion as part of Rolling Rebellion Jr. Roller Derby. Brandy is passionate about many things and suffers from a very painful and degenerative neurological disease called CRPS/RSD.
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