Prius Totaled

[harrv]

Originally posted by CraigCSJ@Dec 27 2005, 09:42 AM
In 2004 my wife and I were in a new 2004 Prius with about 610 miles on it and stopped at a stoplight in Yucca Valley, California.  A small truck driven by a young marine drove into the back of our Prius at 45-55 miles per hour and pushed my Prius into the vehicle stopped ahead of me.  We were not injured.  We had State Farm insurance, and the small truck was insured.  We dealt only with State Farm, and expressed our desire that it be considered a total loss.  Within three weeks State Farm gave us a check for the full purchase price of the Prius, including tax and license, less a per mile cost which I don't remember times the 610 miles we had driven the vehicle.  The State Farm adjuster said they would go after the other insurance company and recover what they could.

We were very satisfied with this result, and our local Toyota dealer sold us another Prius about  one month later.  We love our Prius.

CraigCSJ 04 Driftwood #9BC 31000 miles @48.2mpg

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That sounds very similar to my situation. I'll hope for a similar result. Thanks.

[JKnight]

My guess is, State Farm will buy you a new car and count themselves lucky if you don't file any medical claims. Maybe a TINY adjustment for miles driven, but you ought to get a new car out of it.

Good luck!

Jan

[harrv]

Yep, that's pretty much how it went. They got lucky I didn't involve lawyers or file a medical claim. And I was happy they decided to total the car and cut me a check for the purchace price minus .30 per mile.

Thanks for the advice, everyone.

[Jack 06]

Thanks for the follow-up. I wondered occasionally.

[harrv]

Originally posted by Jack 06@Jan 13 2006, 01:30 AM
Thanks for the follow-up.  I wondered occasionally.

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Well, for the final follow-up on this topic, I bought a new 2006 Prius! Feels much better to be back in one and not driving the rental. The world seems right again.

This time got a Driftwood Pearl (beautiful color, IMHO) in a package 3. Decided I really didn't need to spend an extra $4,000 to have NAV (and other stuff I mostly didn't use). And I managed to pay cash this time. Couldn't have done that with anything higher than package 3. And I got $900 off MSRP! Looks like supply is finally catching up with demand because it seems the sales guy was more willing to deal this time around.