Rear ended hit and run. Taking your guestimates now!
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Your accident is did not touch the structure of your vehicle. His car can't be PDRed, the rear fenders folded in. It needs to go on a frame machine and have the rear floor board pulled as well as the rear fenders. The correct way to fix it is to cut out the rear fenders and weld in new ones which is the reason why is estimate is over 12k.
If you watched his video the impact it was not all that significant , the damage not being absorbed by the bumper (it's not even cracked ) the bumper has not even intruded on the space between the the tire and rear bumper it's still aligned , those rear quarters don't have a crease in them and most importantly no buckle above the taillight.(No reduction in the length of the vehicle ), the sheet metal in the trunk like the quarters can be massaged to near perfection .
I would bet the rear subframe/crossmember suffered no damage at all .......
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Weighing in here to recommend taking the $$
Pulling the panels back to straight, realigning, repainting... all that body work is pretty involved.
Paying a shop to do it will be costly.
And this is assuming there is no structural damage.
Sorry to hear OP. Good luck with the claim.
Been through it a couple times and it royally sucks.
Certainly wouldn't hurt to talk with a lawyer. Most will do an initial meeting at no cost.
Insurance companies are only interested in saving their own costs.
Pulling the panels back to straight, realigning, repainting... all that body work is pretty involved.
Paying a shop to do it will be costly.
And this is assuming there is no structural damage.
Sorry to hear OP. Good luck with the claim.
Been through it a couple times and it royally sucks.
Certainly wouldn't hurt to talk with a lawyer. Most will do an initial meeting at no cost.
Insurance companies are only interested in saving their own costs.
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Anyone looking for a nice G37 with a salvage title? I know exactly what happened to it! 
https://www.millionmotorsusa.com/det...sedan/75870264
https://www.millionmotorsusa.com/det...sedan/75870264
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Anyone looking for a nice G37 with a salvage title? I know exactly what happened to it!
https://www.millionmotorsusa.com/det...sedan/75870264
https://www.millionmotorsusa.com/det...sedan/75870264
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Someone will pay that price. I purchased it for 15K three years ago from my father in law. I'd go for it if it was closer to 10k since I know it was well taken care of. Guessing they got the frame straightened out. 
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Bro, that damage didn't look half as bad as everyone is saying. And it sure as hell wouldn't cost over $10k to fix. Rear body panel could have been pulled, any left over dents on quarter panels could be removed using PDR (trust me, I've seen PDR used on even worse quarter panel damage than your car), dent on bumper could have also been fixed and repainted or just replaced, maybe replace re-bar if it was damaged too badly, recalibrate the ADAS system, etc. But this is coming from somebody who has free access to a shop and tools, which you probably don't :/
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Quick update. Right after I submitted my post I managed to get a copy of my police report. Kid was 19. Assuming they have insurance.
Officer Fitzpatrick responded to the above stated address and observed the white van unoccupied. Officer Fitzpatrick stated he attempted to knock on the house door, but no one answered. Officer Fitzpatrick stated he took photos of the white van, but was unable to get the van proof of insurance. On 12/06/2020 at 1709 hours Officer Richardson and I responded to home to attempt to make contact with the owner of the van and the person driving it on the time of the accident. I made contact with the owner of the van, who stated that his son was driving the van around the date and time of the accident. Dad stated son was not inside the house at this time. Moments later, dad called me stating that son had arrived at the house and was expecting me. Officer Richardson and I responded and made contact with son. He stated he was involved in a rear end accident at Ridgeview and Santa Fe on 12/05/2020. He stated he fled, without reporting the accident because he was scared. He stated he then parked the van in front of his house and left the house with his brother.
Officer Fitzpatrick responded to the above stated address and observed the white van unoccupied. Officer Fitzpatrick stated he attempted to knock on the house door, but no one answered. Officer Fitzpatrick stated he took photos of the white van, but was unable to get the van proof of insurance. On 12/06/2020 at 1709 hours Officer Richardson and I responded to home to attempt to make contact with the owner of the van and the person driving it on the time of the accident. I made contact with the owner of the van, who stated that his son was driving the van around the date and time of the accident. Dad stated son was not inside the house at this time. Moments later, dad called me stating that son had arrived at the house and was expecting me. Officer Richardson and I responded and made contact with son. He stated he was involved in a rear end accident at Ridgeview and Santa Fe on 12/05/2020. He stated he fled, without reporting the accident because he was scared. He stated he then parked the van in front of his house and left the house with his brother.
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