check this craigslist add.. hes selling body parts cheap...i saw that you were in florida and this dude is in apopka
Mustang parts
Holy hell.
Dstang, crashing is never fun. trust me, I've wiped out a few cars in my youth (age 16-19).
The damage doesn't look all that bad, but being a '99, it could very well be written off by the insurance company. If so, you can always purchase it back from them with a salvage title (for a small percentage, usually). This will depend on your insurance company though.
I've gone through this in the past, and came out ahead of the game.
Eg 1:
In 1986, I bought an '82 Honda CVCC (first car) for $800. It had 120k on the clock. I drove it for approximately 3 weeks, and an old guy (farmer) pulled out in front of me, and I nailed him.
6 months later, after the insurance companies squabbled about fault (his in the end), I got it fixed, and completely repainted.
Three weeks after that, I was waiting for a car to turn off in front of me on our main street, cue another old farmer in Ford pickup, plowing into me at 25mph...
Car was totalled. Insurance company gave me $2400 for it, and I got to keep it. I got it fixed for $900, then sold it a year later for $850.
Eg 2:
After I sold that car, I bought an '85 Prelude (this was in 1988 now) for $4500. Drove it a year. Totally my fault, I ran off the road, hit a log in the ditch that opened the driver's side like a can opener, and came to rest against a 5' diameter tree...
Car was totalled. The insurance company gave it to me, with a check for $4200. I got it fixed for about $2500. Then sold it a year later for $3900.
So, you see, sometimes, crashing cars is profitable.
(just trying to lighten the mood a bit, crashing is never fun, in any case, I feel for ya).
Of course, it also helps having an uncle and cousin in the body repair business (both have been in it for 20+ years).
My advice is to just see what the insurance company comes up with. If they total it, you still have options. If they decide it's not totalled (usually, they'll total a car if it's repairs exceed about 60-70% of the car's market value), you'll get it fixed.
So, either way, it should be fixed.
From the picture, it doesn't look like it got into the frame/radiator. If it's just body parts, that should be an easy fix with whichever option is presented to you by your insurance company.
Like the others have said, if they do total it, and you get it back, visit junk yards/etc. I'm sure you can get the required parts fairly cheap. A body shop should give you a free estimate (whether totalled or not), that'd give you a list of parts needed for you to shop for.
Sorry for the long-winded post. This is just a subject I've had a lot of (too much) experience with.
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