Speaking from experience, side airbag out does not mean totaled.
It's going to cost you, though, depending how much needs to be replaced behind the wheels. Wheels, TPMS, joints, etc. With the airbags deployed, you need them replaced, which hurts. And they do some real damage when they come out. Side airbags out? Probably need the whole seat replaced and side work, which will hurt even more. With a car that new, hopefully your insurance adjustor pushes for OEM parts. But be prepared for a big bill past $6k and up.
To anyone wanting to pile onto someone who may have had his first *real* at-fault accident, I'll just say it takes weeks or longer for that anger to go away, depending on your personality and those closest to you whom you choose to tell about it. It's not best to egg it to the surface. Just sayin. Fist bump. No one got hurt or worse, and no one else involved, so always remind yourself of that and be glad.
And it takes balls, imo, to post about it. We all learn this lesson about cars and hooning at some point, especially anyone that enjoys pushing the performance even just a little bit. Some of us learn that lesson really early in life, others later, some with catastrophic results. But if we can walk away from it with no long-lasting impact (health, financial, mental), then momma sed we should keep our dignity and move on.
