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Hachiroku - 07 Nov 2005 17:02 GMT

Mom's '86 Camry. Got rear ended last Thursday. Not bad, but it bent the
bumper up, put a small crease in the 1/4 and bent the pan just a lttle bit.

If it had hit the bumper, like it was SUPPOSED to, it would require
replacing a taillight assy for about $30. But the Honda submarined the
bumper and did about $1500 damage.

Mom doesn't want to scrap the car, and since I know so many body shops
we'll get it fixed.

ACV about $1400 (NADA says $2100...)

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C. E. White - 08 Nov 2005 17:34 GMT

> Mom's '86 Camry. Got rear ended last Thursday. Not bad, but it bent the
> bumper up, put a small crease in the 1/4 and bent the pan just a lttle
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> ACV about $1400 (NADA says $2100...)

Why do you think there would have been less damage if the Honda had not
submarined the bumper? It seems to me if it hit hard enough to crease the
quarter panel, a solid bumper on bumper hit would have resulted in the same
amount of damage, or more. I'll bet the Honda suffered more....Am I right?

Ed

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Hachiroku - 08 Nov 2005 22:40 GMT

>> Mom's '86 Camry. Got rear ended last Thursday. Not bad, but it bent the
>> bumper up, put a small crease in the 1/4 and bent the pan just a lttle
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> Ed

<sniff> Hardly a scratch...

Bringing it to a Tech School to,orrow to see if they can pull it and pop
the panel out when they do. From the looks of it, it seems when they pull
the pan, everything SHOULD fall into place.

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