Wahhh- Our truck is wrecked!

[Kathi]

What's the current value of the truck? In excellent condition Blue Book value of my CRV is $23,000 so thankfully the insurance company didn't total it. My damage was to the radiator, AC fan, drivers side panel, front grill, minor damage to the driver door, bumper, a laundry list of clips, headlight, small parts etc.

In Wyoming the body shop is required to use original manufacturer parts which is not required in Colorado. That means they are not allowed to go to a junk yard and find parts off of a junk vehicle or use after market parts.

This is first my new car in over 25 years and it is the second time that it has been damaged. The first time I hadn't made my second car payment and some guy in the Keystone Ski area parking lot took a short cut through the lot, turned too sharp and scraped my bumper. Fortunately, we were standing by the car when he did it and he payed for a new bumper.

The interesting thing is we didn't realize we hit the deer. Neither one of us saw it, we felt no impact and only stopped because we saw parts of my car flying. We got out of the car and followed the trail of plastic and found the deer in the ditch on the other side of the road. Sadly, it was gone.

I worked closely with my insurance co. and my adjuster has been very helpful and supportive. Hopefully, yours will be also.