well i spoke w/ nationwide's total loss department in richmond today and they said that in virginia, since the repair would cost more than a certain percentage of the value of the car they can't pay to fix it. they said i could either take a check for $5400 and they would take my car, or i can keep my car and take a check for $4,487. after a little persuasion she said she would give me $4,887, let me keep my car, and extend my rental until wednesday. i mean, the rental is free. mine as well not put wear and tear on my vehicles lol.

she also said that nothing would be sent to the dmv reporting my car as a salvage. but it is going to be branded on my carfax saying nationwide declared it as a total loss, but i'm perfectly ok w/ that since i only paid $4300 for the car in the first place.

i'm still unsure if i'm going to part it out or just fix it w/ the money they're giving me. but i'm definitely leaning torwards fixing it since my body guy at eurofinish said he could fix it for a lot less than $4,000 and i wouldn't even be able to tell it was ever in an accident when he's done w/ it. since there's no hurry and both of my vehicles(gsr and yota) are driveable i figure i can just gather used parts slowly to save even more money. or i can just drive the car as is and pocket the $4,887, but i don't like my car being dented lol.

oh and the rental they gave me is an 07 mitsubishi galant w/ only 4,000 miles on it. but i hate that damn car. it just has a really cheap feel to it compared to the accord, or even the nissan altima. not to mention it's a lot slower despite all the hp numbers of the cars being about the same. so i just gave it to my mom to drive and she loves it lol. she's letting me drive her camaro z28 in the meantime <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />.