Thanks for the kind words. A little update from yesterday, I have known the man who owns the body shop that is going to be working on the car for a long time. He has done a lot of work for my friends and family and does really great work. We did a walk around yesterday and he told me that the car is absolutely fixable....
He had a 2014 2,500 mile Acura SUV on the frame rack.... Not sure of the cars model but it's very similarly sized to our Kia.... Nearly identical damage to that car as our 2013 Kia. It was rear ended as well but that car didn't have the tow package so the frail rails didn't take near the beating ours did.
It looks like our car will get fixed. That's really great news unless something is just tweaked beyond repair.
Great tip on the depreciation, if they fix the car I am going to ask for it.
Oh, they got us a sweet rental van. It's a fully loaded Chrysler Town and Country. DW wants one now lol. Now we just got to get the Kia paid off so I can take it over as my Daily Driver/pack mule
I'll keep everyone updated, hopefully more good news is coming!
Thanks
Jeremiah