My new baby isn't so new anymore

FYI,
rear impacts will _not_ deploy airbags, only front (and side if so equipped) impacts will deploy airbags.

 

The skins and the foam under pad are normal stock in the warehouse for your region. I'd check with the Toyota dealer and see if they can recommend a good shop, might even have a body shop of their own, or one that several dealer use.

 

Interestingly enough, most of the Prius accidents that I've heard about have been people getting rear-ended in the car.

Maybe they're just getting so distracted trying to read the Hybrid Synergy Drive emblem that they're forgetting to hit the brakes...

Dave.

 

That makes me worry. I don't want my baby getting hit. A lot of the peope around here get rear ended all the time. No i have higher chance of it

 

I heartily recommend Precision Collision.

I had a close encounter with a concrete pole in my parking garage that left deep gouges in the rear bumper of my three-week old Salsa Red. They patched (and painted) it very nicely.

Precision Collision
7901 Kincannon Place
Hilltop Industrial Park
Lorton, VA
(703) 550-9777 1 (866) PCI-REPR Fax (703) 550-1770
E-mail: [email protected]

 

So you exchanged insurance info and everything, right?

I've always wondered what you're suppose to do after you get rear-ended. I've heard that its actually better to release your brakes, so that they don't absorb all of the energy of the collision. Release your brakes for a split second, and then stop hard the moment right after impact. Anyone know if that's just hot air?

 

You won't have much time to think about it during a collision unless you practice. Also, it would seem safer to hold the brakes to prevent your car from rolling into other cars or oncoming traffic.

Rear-ending collisions would be much less common if people would actually look a few feet ahead of their dashboard. Watch two or three cars ahead of you and you will be a much safer driver. End of mini-rant.

Of course, if bumpers were actually bumpers like they were in the 1970s, these minor collisions would not cause any damage!

BTW, sorry about your car jkaplan.

 

What a great idea! This might be a good thing to post in the Knowledge Base

 

I've been rear-ended twice (not in my Prius!) and both times I saw it coming and instinctively pushed my brake down hard and pressed my head back into the headrest before the impact. I highly recommend this course of action.

In the first accident it prevented me from rolling into cross traffic at an intersection, and in the second it kept me from slamming into the car in front of me -- which would have added a third car to the accident and another chance to get whiplash.

I also feel that, in general, if someone is going to slam into you their neck deserves to take more of the acceleration than yours. In both cases I hardly moved.

 

I know how you feel. My baby is only 8 months old. Driving home to Chesapeake from DC this week, I hit/straddled what looked like a CV joint on the highway. There was no avoiding it. Now I have a grinding, rattleing sound from under the car. No sound when in electric motor mode, only engine. Looks like a cross brace was bent upward into the muffler. Today we're going to jack up the car, get under it and see if we can do a fix yourself job. I guess I can look at this as another true bondng experience with my little rocket car.

 

04 tideland bc
Port Townsend, Wa

TonyPSchaefer, thanks for the tip on making an accident packet. I'll
do it for my wife and myself - great tip!

Harry

 

Yup, it's a good idea - when you get hit, you're often too POed/shook-up to make good decisions, so having a simple list of things to do is a very good idea.

I already keep a disposable camera in the car though, I learned that when I saw someone else who hit me (thankfully a few weeks pre-prius) snapped photos of my Corolla to document that the fender popped-back without any damage.

Dave.