Basically when the cost of the repair > the cost of replacement, then they will offer total loss.
However you can challenge that if you have a just cause, ex. collector car, car that you owned and rebuilt... etc.
My friend who has an SC MR2, and ICBC wanted to total his car, he ended up made ICBC paid the bill for repair.. close to $10k I think because SC MR2 are rare and he spent quite a bit of time rebuilding the car.
Philip |