My Gen 3 Prius wasn't too expensive to put right when I accidentally separated some body panels. My brother popped them back together with a dead blow hammer. Good as new. Different story with my Gen 5. I hit the ditch a few weeks back; slipped into the ditch and couldn't back out. The tow truck hooked onto my rear tire, and the expected alignment job was almost $200. But the real damage was the fender liner getting separated off the fender. No popping it back this time; in fact, the system kept shutting down because the proximity sensor in the bumper needed to be recalibrated. I can't use cruise control in that error state. The body shop has quoted me over $900 to repair it.
If you lived near me I'd buy a new fender liner online for $30 and charge you one hour at $48 per hour to install it and in the process I'd get everything bent back into place, even replace fasteners if I have to and figure out how to use Autel to recalibrate proximity sensor. As in less than $100 rather than $900 from a shop that cares more about their boat, RV and house payments than providing an honest price.
