[Spannerhead]

But seriously Spannerhead lost a car he liked a lot, he did clean work and I respect that

Appreciate it man. Let's just bury the hatchet and keep this thread clean (not your fault).

Spannerhead stop opening the doors until both fenders are removed, they are scratching and it can mess with the door hinges.
You can't move the shifter because the motor and transmission are shifted back and the shift rod is binding, the transmission usually gets forced in 1,3 or 5th and the shifter can't be pulled back to neutral or 2,4,R. The release fork / clutch wont prevent the transmission from shifting when the engine isn't running. The change rod support has a rubber connection that bends and rips before the transmission suffers internal damage. From the look of the hit the clutch forque and slave wont have been damaged.
Until the hood, fenders and bumper is off it's hard to tell just how much damage there is (mainly the firewall where the front rails meet it).

Good input. If you look at the skid marks, the car rotated about 10-20 degrees clockwise just before the hit, so the front left corner took the brunt of the impact. Not sure how that affected what got damaged in the engine bay.

Still radio silence from the other driver's insurance. Was hoping to get her home, but the overall tow bill is $700+ and I don't have that cash on hand at the moment, so I'll have to let her insurance pay for that before I can get her home and really assess what's usable and what's not.

 

[Spannerhead]

Got her home. Finally.

After all week of trying to contact the other driver's insurance, I FINALLY talked to an adjuster on Tuesday, and they agreed to have the car towed to my home, which didn't happen until earlier this afternoon.

I'm just grateful to have her back in the driveway. Interestingly, she still rolls and turns, and most (all?) of the electronics work when I turn the key. I won't try to start her, though; don't want to risk damage there.

Next steps are a field rep comes out to confirm that yep, she's totaled, and they work up a number for me. After that I can make some decisions. I would really love to be able to remove all the obviously busted parts so I can start determining what's still good, but I don't want to touch her until the field rep comes out so there won't be an accusations that I've "tampered with the evidence."

Stay tuned.

 

[Spannerhead]

Old & busted vs. new hotness.

I had to see what it looked like at least...

 

[Goodbar]

If you decide to repair it, you have definitely turned to the MX-6 side. May the Force be with you.

 

[matt89glturbo]

Really too bad, was a good looking car, similar to mine but body was on better shape. Fixable or not, in my eyes easier to pull the good stuff and find another body, but if the damage stayed in front of the strut towers, definitely easier to repair this one. I just noticed this update, I usually wait until your thread has a few posts to catch up.
Hopefully you can make some good out of it, though, always hate seeing any older car taken out like this.