My Yaris was attacked by a Honda!

[mryaris]

Sigh.....everytime I buy a new car it gets smacked within the first 2 months.

First it was the 1995 S-10 I bought in late '94. Within the first 3 weeks I had a dented fender. That was casued by some idiot who decided to turn left on a one-way street from the far right lane (it was a major street that is 4 lanes wide at that point).

Then there was the '04 Civic EX coupe I bought in late '03. It was a month old when some kids shot the door with a BB and only 2 weeks after that it was hit by an out of control car (in the snow) while it sat parked, off the street.

Now it's my '09 Yaris hatchback. I thought I was going to make it......I've owned it for 3 months and 11 days now, so I thought I had broken the curse. Nope. I had just turned 3600 miles when a '95 Accord exiting a freeway decided to merge into the lane I was in. No big deal.....I saw her in plenty of time and moved over to the inside lane so she could merge. What happened next was fun.....she decided that she really wanted to turn left and proceeded to attempt a U-turn and ran right into me. I didn't even have time to touch the brake pedal before we collided.

Luckily the damage is relatively minor, but still ~$1850 to repair. The fender and the wheel took the brunt of the force. Even more lucky for me is that she actually had valid insurance (it's a crap shoot sometimes) and it was clearly her fault (was issued a ticket for failure to yield). Also since it is a brand new car there should be no issues getting a settlement (no nitpicking any prior damage, etc.).

Anywho.....here are a few pics of my once pristine Carmine red Yaris.