Prius got munched

Patrick, I'm sorry that happened -- but glad that your family is fairly unhurt...

Don't sign off on the insurance until they get a completely clear bill of health from the chiropractor, btw.

Your Prius did what a Prius does well -- took the brunt of the incident, protecting your family. Job well done.

 

oh no !!
Wow Patrick, (if it had 'em) did the curtain air bags deploy? I'm thinking no, by the size of the dents as I know how easy the sides can cave in. When we had an suv 5 years ago, a drunk drifted into the suv door, at walking speed. That's all it took. Glad to hear no people injuries.

 

yikes. glad everyone is ok. cars can be fixed easily enough.

i would be careful of going straight away to a chiropractor- if it came down to a lawsuit i bet it could be argued the chiropractic manipulations caused some damage. (there is always that risk- we found a real nut of a chiro here who exacerbated DH's back problem. but that's another story.)

annual cost of tuition/housing is about the same as the cost of a new prius!? that's a steal! here, we give em almost 2 well equipped 2010s each year for tuition alone.

 

I would claim for diminished value, even when fixed, a car with previous body repairs does take a value hit.

 

Sorry to hear of the accident, but glad that everyone is relatively unhurt.

 

I got mine back last week and things have been a rush since then.
My repairs were completed within 9 business days and now my Prius looks better than the day I bought it.

The door skin was replaced and all but the front bumper had some repairs on the left side of the car below the window ledge, plus the mirror. There was no filler used in the repair, the repairer won't use fillers.

I hope your Prius looks as good as this when finished Patrick.

 

Patrick; when i first saw the thread, was fearing the worst. i am glad that no one was seriously hurt although getting checked out is definitely recommended as even minor side jolts can really tweak a back good.

its good that the damage is limited to only a few panels. on my 2004, i had a truck turn left in front of me, i swerved to avoid hitting it head on, but the truck still clipped my car...unfortunately, it put a one inch crease all the way down the drivers side. so the damage looked very minor, but the car was totaled.

i could not open the drivers door and had to crawl out of the passenger's side. but this happened in summer 2006 when demand for Pri's were high, so i ended up getting nearly $2000 more for the insurance settlement than my my "out the door" purchase price which allowed me to get an SPM for basically nothing but ½ the cost of sales tax.

 

What happened Pat ... I thought you'd have that touring spoiler on there by now. I quit looking a couple months ago, just assuming.


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PATRICK - wow............so sorry to hear that. Glad the family is ok. The car can be replaced/fixed. Take care brother.,,,,,,,,,,,,ru going to get a prius for a renter???

 

That sucks, main thing the family is ok. Cars can be replaced, people can't

 

Patrick!

So sorry to hear about the accident, the injuries to your wife and daughter, and the harm to your Prius!

I can hardly believe your cost. I was hit just about 10 weeks ago by a hit-and-run driver. The damage didn't look like much (I had the black circle from the tire, like yours), but it went to $1,800, and I had to pay the deductible because of the fact the guy just zoomed away.

 

glad to hear the news is good.

 

My repairer said he fitted a new door skin because if he quoted a new door which costs about $1000 he would have been told by the insurance company to use a second hand door. I'm surprised your repairer didn't fit a new door skin.