That shop is real happy you came in there, trust me...you are getting ripped....Anyways,
Is your car still able to drive? I say **** it and just drive it like that, use it as your DD and then buy a new car with that money. Your wasting all your money if you dump 6,500$ into a stock looking car. I would understand if you had a lot of mods, but your basically stock. Especially since you have the autotrajic V6 that will go out sometime down the road. Remember, once you spend alll the money fixing it and one day you want to sell the car.
Dont expect to even get 5,000$ for it, salvaged titles bring the value down a lot. That's why I suggested you just keep the car as is and use it as a daily driver, then buy a new car. You should be able to just hammer that fender out a little bit from the wheels and be able to drive it. I only fixed mine because, at the time, I knew a guy that fixed my car for only 600$ + parts and my car had real low miles. I pocked most of the money and bought my-self a DD so I could just work on my honda and keep the miles low. WIth 8,000 you can buy a real nice accord, civic si or whatever you like and have the accord on the side, think about bro........I always wished someone hit my car in a sweet spot, so the insurance would deem it totaled, but it was still decent to drive, thats money right in my pocket. $_$
