Gen III Safety--first hand experience

Just know that all of priuschat appreciates your safety systems research! Now if we could just get someone with PCS to repeat your experiment, Bob Wilson could turn it into a graph.

Congratulations on living to laugh another day.

 

Did that fix any dashboard rattling issues?


(Glad to hear you're ok and no one was hurt!)

 

Also glad you're OK, that's all it matters, but I do have second thoughts about hitting my dashboard with a big sledge hammer to see if it fixes the rattles or let that rattle snake inside it go back home...

 

Our son did the same thing - a water bottle fell on the floor, and he went for it, and smacked a power pole, though it was more a glancing blow which took out his front quarter panel. (it was with the Malibu, not our Prius)

Thanks for posting the reminder - if it falls to the floor, LEAVE IT ALONE!!

 

man, sorry to hear what happened. at my age i can assure you, i have done things just as stupid if not worse.

my problem is i did not learn very fast and did it more than once. but the important thing is that you are ok. the car will be fixed with deductible and that is that.

 

Anything that shouldn't fall off the seat should be placed on the floor in the first place. And anything that shouldn't roll around on the floor should be braced or packed by other cargo so that it won't move. Over a driving lifetime, there will be sufficient emergency stops and maneuvers to invoke Murphy's Law numerous times.

My 'stupid learning experience' wasn't in this category and wasn't in a Prius, so it won't be posted here.

Glad to hear that injuries are limited to bruises.

 

This is why I eat cheeseburgers. They tend to stay where they land.

Seriously, though, Tim...glad you're ok!

 

Glad you're alright man. Sometimes we do stupid things that have big impacts and leave us embarassed but as long as we are alive afterwards then no biggie.

 

Glad you are ok, too. How are the apples and pears???
Many, many years ago, I was coming home from the grocery store in MY BOYFRIEND"S car, got cut off by some jerk, slammed on the brakes, and the gallon of milk I had placed on the front seat flew into the dashboard and exploded. This was in the days before airbags. Years later that car still had a faint sour milk smell. He married me anyway! I however didn't learn, and still pile the passenger seat full of junk!
Hope your car heals well, Sam

 

Glad your OK, that's most important...As for the Fruit, you can replace them easily!

Let's hope your car is repairable and if your prefer the latter (total) then let's hope it's whatever you want that makes you happy!

I reached for a Tic Tac years ago, yes...I know, STUPID as it was, lifted my foot off the brake in the middle of the ambidestrous move to pick it off the floor and slammed into the guy in front of me!
Never did get the darn tic tac! After I made the report and such, guess what rolled back onto the floormat near my foot???

That Darn Tic Tac! I don't think I ate one since!

 

I think the 10-second-rule preconditions all of us to do what you did.

It's good to know you made it through okay. If your car is a loss you're going to buy another Prius, right? If you do, would you get the same model or something different? Just curious.

 

So sorry from your misfortune but it could been anybody doing the same thing... The Prius is replaceable but you are not so consider yourself one very lucky individual...

 

You are not the only person to get distracted. My sister was at a T stop ready to turn when she just glanced back to yell at one of her kids, Blam! Right into the light pole that was across the street! Lost some of her teeth and ended up with a partial. The kids were fine, car was trashed!
We are all human..........

 

If they total it I believe you should be able to get a replacement within the 1st year. There have been some ads here promoting this coverage.

This doesn't sound good but is not unexpected. Once the insurance company is in for a penny they'll be in for a pound as the incremental cost of fixing "the next thing" will be less than paying for the completed work and paying for the car. I doubt the insurance company is going to authorize the shop to perform any work before knowing what the parts will cost just as the shop won't quote a price. Was a Toyota dealer asked for a quote on the listed parts?

My only advice is to challenge repair estimates from the shop & adjuster and expect the discovery of hidden damage as the car is disassembled.

Also keep in mind that the manufacturer's warranty is voided on whatever is replaced.