# T-Boned **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** forester, subaru\ **Created:** [September 9, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869 "2010-09-09T15:17:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hzkat81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@hzkat81](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hzkat81)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/1 "2010-09-09T15:17:18Z")
I recently was in an accident where a person ran a red light and t-boned me on my way to work. There is over $10,000 worth of damage however the car is not totaled. How can I make sure that the alignment and frame (chasy) of the car are straight? ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/2 "2010-09-09T16:06:59Z")
What insurance company do you have? I cannot fathom a vehicle with over 10K in damages in a T-bone crash and not being totalled. I would contact the insurance company and demand that the vehicle be totalled. I don’t think the vehicle can ever be straightened to a “like new” condition. How old is this Forester? ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/3 "2010-09-09T16:11:13Z")
Beyond a good post-repait test drive, there really isn’t. If it doesn’t seem right after the repairs, document everything and pursue getting it corrected. Beyond that your only option is to sell it. Since you’re concerned, you might also contact your insurance up front about the options available to you in lieu of having the car repaired. Sincere best. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/4 "2010-09-09T16:23:22Z")
So you would give a client $30,000 to $50,000 (or more) for their car instead of paying just $10,000 to repair it? I don’t think that you would stay in the insurance business for very long. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/5 "2010-09-09T16:42:59Z")
The insurance company has to restore the vehicle to the condition is was before the accident. If they can’t then they have to pay. Don’t worry about the insurance company, worry about the person that is going to have to drive that vehicle. I don’t see a safe repair possible here at all. ---
**Author:** ![hzkat81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@hzkat81](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hzkat81)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/6 "2010-09-09T16:52:30Z")
2008 ---
**Author:** ![hzkat81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@hzkat81](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hzkat81)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/7 "2010-09-09T16:56:35Z")
thank you ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/8 "2010-09-09T18:52:18Z")
With 10 grand worth of damage I’d be very nervous about this car; especially on a T-bone job. If the car suffered any buckling or paint cracking around the strut and shock towers, floor pans, firewall, etc. then this would just reinforce my opinion about having the car declared a total. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/9 "2010-09-09T19:08:57Z")
“I don’t see a safe repair possible here at all.” That, I agree with. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/10 "2010-09-09T19:24:12Z")
Is this Tom Brady??? ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/11 "2010-09-09T19:40:19Z")
That was my first thought. Although he drives a nice AWD vehicle, an Audi. Two of my neighbors have the same model(A8)/same color. Nice ride. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/12 "2010-09-09T20:40:15Z")
On the news they were saying it was a Bentley…Then I saw the pic…definitely NOT a Bentley. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/13 "2010-09-09T21:56:24Z")
My wild guess is that he has a number of different cars. I saw a guy in a new Bentley droptop earlier this week. A nice red one. I could be wrong, but I think it was one of the new supercar Bentleys that I’ve been seeing advertised, V12, 0-60 in 3.9 seconds, 200+ mph…in a 2-1/2 ton car. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/t-boned/54869/14 "2010-09-09T23:36:26Z")
They are all supercars. The Continentals (4 models) all use the W-12 engine. They are 2-tons curb weight and about 2.5 tons GVW. The big Bentleys all use the turbo V8, producing a mystifying 775 lb-ft of torque. Their curb weight is 2.5 tons and their GVW is 3 tons.