Guy backed into me as I was passing through parking lot...totaled or nah?

Recently purchased a 2016 Toyota Tundra Limited and I have been loving this thing. I've barely owned the truck for 2 weeks at this point. This afternoon I thought why not run up and grab a coffee at the local Dunkin. I hopped in my truck, and decided to place an order for pickup. As i'm about to hit accept, a random thought pops in my head. "What if I get into an accident and can't pick this up? I should just order at the menu. Nah it's less than a mile up the road what am I thinking." I quickly dismissed this thought, placed the order and off I went. As I turn into the parking lot, I start driving forward, passing the front of the store to wrap around the drive through. I make it just in front of the door, and am about to go over a speed bump. I'm doing like 2-3mph tops as I approach this speed bump. Just as i'm accelerating over it, BAM! My truck is still moving at this point and I look in my passenger side mirror and see a car smashed against my truck. He moves up a little and I pull off to the side. I get out and see the damage on his car. I'm thinking, "Ok doesn't look too bad. My truck shouldn't look that bad then." I almost had a heart attack when I walked around the side and saw the damage.

I imagine there is no structural frame damage (although I am impressed at how much damage this small crossover caused to my poor truck), and the air bags did not deploy, so I am hoping they won't total it. I used to do body work for a couple years out of high school, but am not hip to the labor rates + parts cost these days. I imagine they will skin the bed side, skin the door (if possible), if not door will be replaced, cab corner will be an issue, and some of the internals of the door. What are the chances this gets totaled? Truck is extremely clean, 2016 one owner, 105k miles, and I am located in MD if that helps. I'm just so frustrated right now. Really ruined my weekend. I know it's just material, and can be fixed/replaced, but man I was really enjoying this truck. TIA!

 

Ugh... That'll ruin your day real quick.

I hope you're made whole again.

 

How the f did that much damage happen in that story? My brain can’t even comprehend it.

 

Your guess is as good as mine, seriously. I imagine he hit the passenger door and my truck kept moving, slid down the bed, and he had his foot on the gas still to clip the end of the bed? It all happened so fast. I could not believe the damage it caused.

 

Sure did

Thank you! I hope so as well.

I'm just glad my kids weren't in the truck with me. I asked my son if he wanted to ride, and he didn't which is surprising because he always wants to. That should have been my first sign to not make this trip.

 

It doesn't look like it's totaled but make sure to ask for diminished value too.

 

They should be able to replace the damaged part of the cab no problem. I ran over a metal bumper on the freeway a couple years ago and it kicked up and punched a nice hole in my cab right behind the rear door on the drivers side. I was thinking how are they going to repair it besides bondo. The body shop showed me a diagram of all the pieces of the cab that can be taken off and replaced. You have a lot of damage, but I think you should be able to get it fixed no problem

 

Not totaled, you have relatively low miles on your side. I think the bed can actually be repaired instead of reskinned but I'm no expert. The corner of the cab is easy stuff, if nothing else they can weld in a new corner. I hope you gave em a ear full of how upset this makes you.

 

If you have a body shop, one thing I learned was never have an insurance adjuster look at your vehicle unless it is at the shop that will repair your car. When they both look at it together, it goes much more smoothly. The adjuster and shop agree on damage cost and it goes smoother.