I didn't mean to sound like an smart ***, my 2017 RAM 1500 RCSB has been down since last November due to an collision with an eighteen wheeler gravel truck.
The insurance won't total it and instead is going to have a new frame slapped on underneath it, then repair/replace all of the bent sheet metal(front end collision) and realign the left side door, cab and left/right front fenders, etc.
I'm mixed on having the repairs made or even if the insurance did total my truck, NADA values my truck at $21 thousand even with just 50, 000 miles and in mint condition.
It could still be totaled due to rental car, man hours for repairs and parts ...just imagine, everything from my "old trucks" frame has to be torn down and placed on the new frame, ball joints, tie rod ends, motor, transmission, rear axle, brake lines, ac/HVAC lines, radiator/condenser, rear spare tire hoist, fuel tank ... lol, the whole damn truck!
So, I guess I'll be taking the hit on trade value and will have to inform the individual buyer, if I were to sell it, that my truck has had "major surgery" and still be at a lost, lol ... I'd love the opportunity to have an old truck that just needed a worn out engine/transmission replaced, I'm betting my truck is going to an electrical gremlin running and repaired nightmare.
I'm supposed to be back in my truck by sometime in March, as repairs are supposed to begin today!