What a crock of ****!
went and spoke with the NRMA yesterday about the fella i rolled.
my educated guesstimate appears to have been waaaaaaaaay off. Basically they reckon over 12k to repair the thing... my thoughts...
a) the things worth half that to buy, redbook.com.au values it roughly 6-7k
b) theres not THAT much damage anyway, panel and side mirror...
c) why wasnt i allowed to see the damage report?
d) why dont i get a say in where its repaired?
e) thank God Just Cars backdated my insurance coverage. 
so how can an insurance company claim double what a cars worth? shouldnt it be a write off, i dont reckin it is anyway... that thing drove away with panel damage and a missising mirror... how is that 12k of damage...?!??!?