Hmm.
Sorry about your car dude. Only good thing is that you can probably get a really nice replacement camaro, 2000-2002, for under $8000.
Little sorta-related story... City put in a new stop sign just past the top of a blind hill peak on the same day my brother's front brakes went out. House on one side of the hill, repair shop on the other. I was driving "chase". Bro goes over the hill at posted speed limit of 45, and sees stop sign right as VW jetta pulls out into the intersection. Brother hits brakes but only rears work, so no help there. He avoids t-boning the jetta, but the rear slides a bit and his left rear quarter panel just ahead of the left rear wheel whacks the front of the jetta.
My Bro is driving a '60s buick skylark, vs. a '90s jetta. Guess which car won... Bro's car gets a little sheet metal damage, front of jetta from firewall fwd is shoved left about 2 ft. Basically my bro's car has $500 sheet metal damage, jetta is totaled. Haha! Er... sorry about your car jetta dude... that sucks.
It gets better... Turns out the jetta driver is a student, and daddy bought the car (we lived in a well-off neighborhood). But since he's just a poor student, he has no insurance. WTF? Back then, a loaded jetta like this was $14k, and he couldn't afford insurance? Well, it gets better. My bro offers to pay for the car since of course we're fully insured, but he lets the shortsighted jetta driver know that since he has no insurance, he'll get a new car but he'll lose his license because Calif had just passed a no-tolerance insurance law the year prior. He'll get a new car he can't drive.
Whoops.
Daddy shows up and waves us off, no call to the cops, no insurance deal, no court visit to explain how a kid driving a brand new fully loaded jetta couldn't afford insurance.
My bro - *phew*

Diablo, glad you're ok, hope you get some payoff for your car and can get a nice replacement. I have a '98 trans-am and don't think I could replace it either.