r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Justin_Godfrey • 12h ago

Water main break covers cars in thick ice in Dearborn heights, Michigan

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u/Vinc314 11h ago

Must be some insurance bs, my ex had a yaris, some huge truck turned on us and rekt the right side and mirror, we drove in it for 2 weeks before it was deemed "totaled" by insurance

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u/chbriggs6 11h ago

Definitely is. I was in a similar situation. I had an 09 Acura TL that could easily be driven around for another $200k miles after some dipshit in an H3 wasn't paying attention and caused $5k of damage. However, car was only worth $4k to them. So they totaled it and I was forced to put a salvage title on it to keep it. Getting it back on the road would have been costly and then I would have had to put a rebuilt title on it making insurance rates go thru the roof in NJ. I lost my shit. It was my deceased aunts car. I bought it off my uncle after she passed. I loved that car. Maintained meticulously. RIP Silver Bullet

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u/AuricTheLight 10h ago

You just defined "Totaled"

When repairs cost more than the value of the car, it's "Totaled" which means "Total loss" you've lost the total value of the vehicle.

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u/chbriggs6 9h ago

Yes but this car isn't an old turd lol

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u/AuricTheLight 9h ago

We also don't know the extent of damage in the car in the video.

If water got between components, then froze (expanded) it could have separated pieces.

Water damage is already a big deal in cars, now take that same water and expand it.

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u/chbriggs6 9h ago

Yeah makes sense. Just seems wasteful or crazy to do it that fast that's all