The Hung Dog lives... again... sort of. The insurance company tried to pass me off with a sympathy vote and a bus ticket but I wasn't having none of that. Carsguide listed the premium price for a GLS 2.0 and then I looked up what the worst offer online was for a similar mileage and optioned Hyundai, dropped the value for rust and paint, then factored in the accessories and told them what I wanted (not a stupid offer but what I'd pay if I was buying it before post-modernist sculpting) I took a heat gun, timber chocks, a pry bar, a concrete breaker bar and a ratchet strap, pulled the worst of the damage out of it and picked up a few parts at my UPI yard to replace the busted corner indicator and a dodgy power window switch bank for the drivers door (which still has a bad switch but meh, I can rebuild it...)

A stroke of bad luck turns fortune in my favour so now, I have potential funds to use on my truck! The front end on the Hung dog isn't super straight but it drives without griefing me. It's needed a front wheel alignment since I replaced the struts and control arms last year so hopefully someone will be able to sort it even though it's taken a hit. Time to fix my drive line, finish reassembling the control arms and maybe scrounge the LSD I've had on my Xmas wish list...