Youch! Glad everyone is okay. These Gen5s are really built... amazing what your car did to her big ass SUV.

Can I have your spoiler? Right color and everything.

Neither vehivle is totaled but both have extensive damage.

Just a joke there, but yeah your right.

Just wow. These accidents can be so preventable. I turn on my lame ATT app that auto replies to texts saying "I'm driving I'll call you later". Its never worth it. Some people forget or don't realize a collision going from just 45-50 mph to Zero MPH, is enough to kill you or cause brain/spinal damage. I know one such person who lost the GIFT of walking, and talking normal, all because some dick couldn't wait to text his buddy about that he was almost there. Hopefully that woman will realize, its just not worth it.... Glad youre ok man.

OP glad you are ok. THese camaros are tanks. no doubt. i frankly wouldnt want that camaro back after that hit. yes, verts can be an issue, especially the 2011 and 2012 of which your car was. get the phone records from that girl and press charges too. good luck, maybe go ahead and get a new ZL1 vert now!

Camaro does not have a frame, its a unibody vehicle and designed to be repaired. just because the unibody is tweaked, it can be put back in specs. Probably not a total. if repaired. get it looked at and then sell if you do not like the repairs.

My Corvette (also a convertible) was rear-ended in very similar circumstances. The other guy's insurance company wanted to total it, but their offer was ridiculous. My own insurance company was happy to repair it at a shop of my choosing.

In my case, the rear crossmember on the frame was damage and needed to be replaced. They had to disassemble the whole back half of the car, replace the crossmember and reassemble it. They used only Chevrolet parts and replaced every damaged piece. There are no used or repaired parts on the car. All told, it was $20k worth of repairs.

My insurance company recovered the entire cost of repairs through subrogation and I paid no deductible (was out of pocket zero). I also collected diminished value from the other insurance company, but I needed to hire an attorney and file a lawsuit to do it.

The Corvette is built on a ladder frame, like a truck, and it was fully repairable. It was also fairly new at the time, with a market value that justified a $20k repair. With the lower value of the Camaro and unibody construction, I would guess that it's a total loss (and I would not want a unibody with substantial repairs anyway).

In the second picture it looks like she is still screwing around with the phone while standing next to two bent cars. I hate these phones and how they are used on the roads. Ticket for phone use while driving should be $$$$$$$$.

Sorry for your accident, and glad your ok.

based on the crinkles in your quarter panels and around the top, I would be very surprised if it isn't totaled.

the only way to fix those rear panels is to cut them and weld in new ones, that's a lot of labor and most insurance companies won't do it in my experience

bottom line, it needs to get to a shop and looked at, the rear quarters are fine, once pressure is relived from pulling they will repair, rear body replacement for sure, floor repair possibly but needs to get a look at it
. As a body man from long ago, looks like a fairly simple repair.

Glad you're ok, I was recently rear ended too but mine was not as bad.

That SUV really took a beating and the camaro looks like it took the hit well

I really hate seeing people texting and driving man. Cause they are more into the text more so the road. Just by looking at the pic I'd say the car is salvageable . Glad your okay that accident looked pretty bad.


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Yea man iam sorry about your ride, the same thing happen to me in my avenger thank god it wasnt my camaro but i was stoped at a red light and then bam i get rear ended of course the guy said he wasnt paying attention so as soon as he gets out hes still texting i was laughing so hard like dude you diddnt learn anything from this huh?:bonk:

Texting is getting unbelievable. Last summer the wife and I were just coming into a small town, we could see a crotch rocket coming at us. I thought someone was riding on the back because we could see someone sitting up. As the bike got closer and went past us, it was the guy driving. He was sitting straight up with his phone between his hands texting while riding a crotch rocket in town. If I had not seen it, I would not believe it.