Expensive front end!

One too many zeros?

For $11,500 I'd expect something like this:

 

The Main thing is the you are ok. Insurance company they move faster now than before. Hope they can get the part fast. Good Luck

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No....that looks about right for 12k on an Advanced Prime.

Priuses have glass jaws.
FORTUNATELY......everybody walks away and the crossed oval company gets to sell more parts and the good folks down at the Beat-n-Bang Body shop get a few hours worth of billable time.

AND......somebody a few years from now will get a PHEV with an added depreciation bonus.
Win Win Win!

Seriously though....glad it was a relatively minor accident.
That's why we have insurance.

 

Did the car's precollosion system do anything to help you slow down or warn you?

 

sorry man! if the front end is 11,500, the rear must be 15k.

 

I am so sorry to hear and see that. No one should get in the way of a new car (especially a Prime). I think I am going to be afraid to drive mine home (when I eventually get one).

 

it won't take much to total a plus.

 

With that much expense I could see one getting totaled pretty easily if it were a few years old. Hope you get it fixed soon

 

Yikes. Now I know why the insurance on my prime was so high! It was the same as on my z3 M Roadster.

Glad it was minor though and everyone walked away ok.

I wonder how much of the $11,500 is parts and how much is labor.


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i hope the insurance agencies already have all this info, otherwise, premiums will be skyrocketing.

 

Note the buckled hood. This isn't a minor fender bender. A minivan rear ended my 1996 Taurus the first week I had it. The minivan hood buckled, but there was only paint damage to my bumper. Years later, I realized that the impact had actually bent the car's frame, and was likely the cause of several minor issues.

Of course the cost for this can also be due to the fact the car is only produced in small numbers at this time. This more limited availability on parts that most likely need to come from Japan.

 

Wonder if the Premium grade has the forward facing "spy" camera up by the rearview mirror and if it would record something like this. The camera used by LDA and pre-collision system others have referred to.

Did you notice the seatbelt tensioners tighten?

 

That is what the Owner's Manual says BUT it is not owner accessible. Since my Prius Prime will not have navigation, I'm going with an after-market GPS+dashcam. But now I'm thinking about what to put on the front license plate holder:


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I'm also wondering about the precollision warning in prime. Did anyone responded your questions above?

In my case, I was driving in the freeway and trying to overtake a bus. I think my car was too close to the bus therefore I was getting a red warning on the dash. I did not feel anything at all if the car actually step on the break for me...


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Well seems a lot of damage has been done !
The whole front end is more or less completely destroyed.
The automatic grill shutters need to be renewed.
The hood is also bent,so they will order a new one .
Everything has to be painted.
Employees have to be paid .
Seems about right to me .