Haven't been on in a few months.. what a story

Got a 2005 Prius about 3 years ago. Loved it.

Two months ago while sitting at the end of a line of cars stopped at a red light in a residential neighborhood, my wife got rear-ended by kid going at highway speeds.

Note.. "Loved it"

Settling on a total loss of a Prius was nearly impossible. Our insurance refused to believe that the value of a 3-4 year old car could possibly appreciate rather than depreciate. We turned to the at fault's insurance. Even they lowballed their first offer, basing it on KBB values from cars in January (8 months ago). (About 60% street)

After finding a car on a local Toyota lot that was not only the same year, but also the same colour with the same milage.... they really couldn't tell us that a prius was worth what they'd offered.

So tonight... I'm back on Prius chat. And after 2 months of rental hell with 23 MPG driving. My wife and I are back in practically the same car we lost in June.

We bumped up one model... so we now have nav and bluetooth. So 2 months.. and we basically got a refinance and a recently cleaned car.

We love our Prius (es... er.. ii)

 

Oh, I didn't say there weren't injuries on the part of my wife. I'm not at liberty, however, to discuss the extent. So typically I don't mention that part.

I wasn't at the accident and really try not to think much about the at-fault driver.

As for the Rental.. My insurance covered Hertz until we decided not to take their offer. Then the at-fault's insurance picked it up until we settled with them. Car buying took an extra day, So I have to return the rental today and pay for one day's costs.