My Prius has been shot!!!

That's right, somebody shot my baby!
Early Thursday the 10th I heard what I thought was a loud thump or clank. I had fallen asleep watching the TV. It was around 2:30 AM. Anyway the BC's started barking so I got the spotlight out to investigate. I thought maybe someone had run off into the ditch, or dropped a cat off or something. All I could hear was the 'lump-lump' sound of a loud V-8 up the road. I thought "It must have back-fired", and went to bed.
The next morning I went to open my hatch to run some packages to the post office when I saw the damage! Some jack@ss shot my damn car! I immediately called the State Police and my insurance company. When the Trooper inspected the damage he said, "Yup, you've been shot." He couldn't find any shell casing and suspected it to be some kids driving around shooting at road signs and such, probably trying to hit the rear window. He went around to the neighbors, finished his report, and that was that.
My Prius spent the following week in the body shop. They had to replace the entire hatch. The total bill was $2,016! They did an excellent job refinishing and blending in the paint, but failed miserably everywhere else. The gaps are not to spec. and the hatch closes with a thump (latch mis-aligned). The wiper was not working, so I removed the interior plastics to investigate. Let me say by removing, the side trims just about fell off- they had only 2 of the 6 clips installed. Also, the wiper cover was glued to the hatch, again because of missing or broken clips. I had to carefully pry that off to 'break' the glue bond. I was pissed! On top of all this, they didn't install the clips that hold the outer edges of the spoiler down, only bolted it in the middle. Anyways, the wiper was just unplugged. I called my adjuster to voice my concerns, then ordered all the clips I need to make it right, myself.

 

I own my own small shop and can do the 'fix' myself. That way I know it is done properly. I couldn't do the entire repair because the hatch alone would have cost me $1500, plus shipping. It was more feasible to have one of the big-boys do the work with their volume discounts and such.
Yeah it seams the bullet hit the hinge bolt and bolt boss, then deflected outward, otherwise it would have gone thru the rear quarter panel.

 

No slug has been found. My Prius wasn't parked on the road, just toward the end of the drive. I usually park in near the house, but it was stormy with high winds that night and I have an old ash tree in the yard that I don't trust. In retrospect, it probably would have been safer. I live in the country where stuff like this usually doesn't happen. Could have been Prius haters, or kids, or rowdy drunks -only they know. I laugh about it now and it makes for a good story, but if I had known that night my car was shot, I probably would be in trouble right now!