IF the body shop is good it may be better than it was before the accident... A guy I use to work with his younger brother had a 99 contour that he wrapped around a tree he was close to having it totaled but it eeked in as not totaled and he said he would sell it as soon as he got it back that was in 1999 he still has it today, he was more than impressed with the body shops job of fixing the frame and basicly replacing the whole passenger side of the car, you would never guess that it was in an accident.
