I need an opinion from you auto guys, better if you do auto body. I just had an accedent with my 2006 Nissan Frontier. Looking at the pictured do you think that they will repair the truck of total it? I'm really hoping for fixing it due to the fact I am still slightly above the current value of the truck on what I owe for it.

Aw hell replace it. Buy American.
Body work 4000
Fix frame 3000
Replace axle 4000
Hell I don't know I'm a seamstress. lol

Time for Stam to show up, he will know.

KK

They can replace the outer skin on some truck beds. We had a friend drop his 5th wheel on ours and it was fixable. Don't know if a Frontier is built that way.

Stam may only show up if someone brings this thread to his attention.

You will never, never, ever find me driving another domestic vehicle again!IMHO Ford and Chevy both deseve the reputaion they gained about being "unreliable" There is reason there are still 90% of all ford still found on the roadway, the other 10% made it home.

Yeah, I'm real disappointed with that Tbird I bought from Ford. Hubby doesn't want to replace it till it dies and it won't die. 200,000 miles and no major repairs. Mostly tires and oil changes.

Oh well. It still drives nice and is comfortable.

My piece of crap Ford F-150 4x4 (bought new in 1979 by my father) gave up the ghost pretty early...when I gave it to a family friend to use on his farm in Puyallup, it had 675,000 miles on the original motor...

First On Race Day!

Fish on...

Todd

Sorry I'm late, I skipped work today to take advantage of a slight window if fishing opportunity.

No total there,

When i get to work tomorrow I'll tell you within 150.00 bucks how much that'll cost to fix. Good luck.

Give me a call if ya need anything!

stam

Did ya catch anything little buddy?

Yeah.............?

KK

You went with him? Step on anymore rods?

No, I had to work.
I just wanted to know the same thing you did.
Stepping on rods in in the past for me, unless I fish with you.

KK

Oh, sure.

Rub it in.

I'll hide this report over here on the dark side in fact I came within 10 feet of getting a grand slam of sorts, there are kings and silvers in the salmon (q1000), of course I landed a few boot kings along with one keeper (I am tying egg flies as we speak) kept one brand new silver and did battle with a couple more dandies. Decided to go down to the mouth and get a couple of fresh winterfish, take note, the rd into the park is closed so that added about a mile to my walk, the mouth looked perfect, fish rolling, and biting...landed a hot chum on a purple jig with a sandy tail, and last but not least...okay, least, was that fresh steelie I went looking for, same jig as the chum wanted and had him pretty well plyed out, just started his slide up the gravel and one final spasm said game over for me.....jeebus christo that's a long walk out of there.

So yeah, it was worth the day off....feel better now Dan

Hmmm...I was *almost* there, too...with the dropping water, and coming deluge, it seemed like a decent bet, and with the road closed it seemed that the Salmon might actually be a river I'd be willing to fish in yesterday, too...

F'n work...hardly ever gets in the way, but it sure did yesterday.

Fish on...

Todd

Jerry back to the original point. sorry

3000.00 american dollars + or - 150.00 either way.

let me know how I did

Remind me not to buy a Nissan. That running gear is cheap pot-metal garbage. I've seen stronger springs on a Bowflex.

Anyway, thankee for the river report Stam, duly noted.

Umm, no.

But thanks anyway.

Stam ,

Im shure would have expected a whole lot more to fix it. That just blowes me away! I looked at the resale value for the truck and it's up around 24,000 so I don't think it would be a total. That's huge load off of my mind. Any tips for when the adjuster looks at it? You are completely right on the axle pulling out of the rear of the tranny. Shoul dI make shure they replace the tranny seal? Thanks for the help!

Jerry

That seal should be fine as it's made to slip...it just *slipped* a little farther than intended, if the front yoke on the driveline is okay then it's just a matter of lining up the splines, hit it with some astroglide and slip back in.

As far as adjusters go, if it's in a shop already they (the shop) should deal with all of that.... if it's not already at a shop each company is different, some you'll need the above mentioned astroglide and others, you won't.

What insurance company is it?? PLEASE don't tell me it's Farmers Insurance

if you have a fax machine there I can send you what I worked up for you to review and compare.

It's Safeco. Can you Email me the quote? I'm at home for the next few days with strep throat and have no access to a fax. My Email is jerry_ferro@yahoo.com.

DON'T BUY A NISSAN!.

There's your reminder but don't blame it on their quality. "cheap pot-metal garbage" NOT!

After you've worked on ten thousand or so trucks involved in every imaginable accident you would come to the same conclusion as me.

#1 Toyota: has withstood the test of time. period

#2 Nissan: almost as good as a toyota (cheaper)

#3 Dodge: Good...but there will be *little issues*

#4 Chev/GMC: getting better all the time

#5 Ford: stuck on appearance, will nickle and dime ya sooner than the others.

Keep in mind that all trucks are great when they are new, some just stay new alot longer than others. Fords hayday was the 70's for sure, dodge has the domestic market right now hands down, they are good trucks if you move lots of HEAVY stuff, GM has moved way up in the last couple of years I would consider one if I needed *big*....

Don't try and kid yourself, the impact on that Nissan would have done as much or more damage (dollars & physical) to any other truck out there, without doubt.

So there
stam

My 98 Ranger ext cab 4.0 4X4 just crossed 110,000 and has never had a single problem even though I beat the crap out of it and tow a boat all summer and fall.

Stam--I have issues-I mean a Dodge. replaced the rear diff and a tranny--the tranny went out when I was on a fishing trip 3 weeks ago in Idaho with my boat in tow..has 77k-2001 Ram 1500 4x4

I would of rather done the q1K-good place to be lil S

So no access to the launch now eh?

Stam-I was referring to the thickness and girth of the springs, axle, and shocks.
:rolleyes:

The only reason I ended up choosing Ford over Dodge was more brand familiarity with Ford/International vs Dodge/Cummins.
It was close though. Consumer Reports also swayed me. I already had an experience with both GM & the Co that makes Chevy's Diesel, and wouldn't touch them again. Allison Transmissions just aren't enough to make them worth it.

Toyota's just fine, I come from a 'Yota family, and the reasons I didn't get a Tundra was my dad and brother both got one right before I went truck shopping, and they dont have solid front axles.

there wasn't on tuesday and there did not seem to be any rd. problems between the onp entrance and the lil s bridge.....not sure why it was closed from what I saw. I would bet that the ramp down to the bar has about 10 feet of mud stacked in it though and I'm guessin' they won't be racin' down with a backhoe to clear a path either....I hope to look at it saturday.

12/8 Stam. 12/8.

Another good push of rain and I'd highly recommend bringing two fillet knives and an extra big cooler.

Better make it three knives little buddy. That'll give ya an extra one for Parker's back if he gets lippy.

Just got the estamate from the field agent. $8004.00 to repair. Just gotta get it in the shop now.

After you told me the airbags deployed my guesstimate was tossed out the window.

Thanks for the tip Sol....if I need any help with placement I know who to call.

So why should one avoid Farmers? Just curious.

Republicans as I remember.
Ya need any more ?


KK

Hey Sol....you and Parker ever going to put this thing to rest?

We did. I just like stirring it up.

I suppose they would be fine as long as you never have a claim, as of now they are the biggest bunch of penny pinching chisel asses out there They don't really care if your car gets fixed right or not when the accident does happen. Field reps are so overloaded that they can't do a decent job, upper management that has thrown out the old style "customer first" service...blahblahblah. You will not be happy with Farmers.

State Farm is #1 hands down. Mutual of Enumclaw is good along with Geico, Pemco, Safeco...Allstate has even made a good comeback, I haven't done anything for progressive for years so I don't know how they are....they did suck.

Next...

Hey, that's actually valuable info. Almost like the kind you have to pay for.

Probably does not belong on this board.