Disposable Car

[facebreaker1212]

Yaris, owned for 16,000 and one year and loved every minute. Until I was in a 20 mph collision and now the car is going to the salvage yard.

Loved it but not buying another. I was not harmed but come on, that's silly.

[ddongbap]

Shit happens.

[nemelek]

Sorry about your accident. Even with good insurance it is hard to come out even money wise.

[ddongbap]

This just in, the Yaris is a one-time-use car.

[PHXDEMON]

It's a subcompact econobox. What do you expect

[1NZYaris1]

The car is the reason you where not harmed, it absorbed the impact instead
of you, also it's not the cars fault it was involved in a accident .
Try looking at the drivers
Walking away from the accident speaks volumes for the car (econobox)
i would have thought.
best of luck with your next car.
may it be a tank.

[Yawesh]

Originally Posted by facebreaker1212

Yaris, owned for 16,000 and one year and loved every minute. Until I was in a 20 mph collision and now the car is going to the salvage yard.

Loved it but not buying another. I was not harmed but come on, that's silly.

bro, that's what insurance for. depending on your deductible(hopefully 100-500)

they will subract from your total value(since the car is like new)

so if you paid 12,000, and have a 500 deduct, then the insurance will give you back like 11,500. (am i right ppl)

o yea, at least you are ok, that's most important

but ur fault or not, insurance will most likely increase your rate, or kick u out.

[Bob_VT]

Originally Posted by facebreaker1212

Yaris, owned for 16,000 and one year and loved every minute. Until I was in a 20 mph collision and now the car is going to the salvage yard.

Loved it but not buying another. I was not harmed but come on, that's silly.

So what are youing to buy next? Something that will sustain the 20 mph collisions......or go for 30 mph......

The car did it's job and you are here to talk about it. Insurance will take care of the car.

What did you hit at "20 mph" where is the damage? Post a picture or two......

[500snakz]

Yeah you are right about DISPOSABLE...I hit a deer going 50 mph and the deer ran away. I was left with 4k damage.
The car should never have been totaled in a 20 mph accident.
There is NOTHING in the front of these cars but a small amount of plastic. My body shop guy said that he would never drive one of these cars for safety reasons and that they are dangerous in an accident.
I like the yaris, but there are some things that I wish were made a little better in a 13k car.


Good thing the deer was gone, I probably would of kicked and beat the snot out of the thing.

[1NZYaris1]

Hmmm thats why the Yaris has the highest safty rating 5 stars ,
opp's wait USA citizens don't like air bags and safty stuff ,my mistake

[500snakz]

Originally Posted by 1NZYaris1

Hmmm thats why the Yaris has the highest safty rating 5 stars ,
opp's wait USA citizens don't like air bags and safty stuff ,my mistake

Thats why my yaris don't have side air bags OR anti-lock brakes...

[Bella]

To the OP - I'm sure when you purchased your car you would have done at least a little bit of research on the Yaris and its safety, right?

If you had have done so you would have learnt that the Yaris is MADE to be recyclable (in fact, in Australia it says as much in the promotion brochures the dealer hands out) - plastic front and rear bumpers are used to take the abuse of being knocked and hit - paint transfers from other surfaces rather than scratching on plastic. They are also made out of plastic to make it cheaper for you if you do have a minor accident to replace body panels. Imagine the cost had your car not been totalled yet your bumpers were made from metal?

It is a lower-level economy car. The Yaris' crumple zone is designed to do exactly that .. Crumple. No matter what car you're driving I would just be thankful to walk from an accident unscathed. If you can walk out unharmed and you're responsible enough to have insurance I wouldn't be stressing about the apparent 'disposable' car you were driving.

Originally Posted by 500snakz

Yeah you are right about DISPOSABLE...I hit a deer going 50 mph and the deer ran away. I was left with 4k damage.
The car should never have been totaled in a 20 mph accident.
There is NOTHING in the front of these cars but a small amount of plastic. My body shop guy said that he would never drive one of these cars for safety reasons and that they are dangerous in an accident.
I like the yaris, but there are some things that I wish were made a little better in a 13k car.


Good thing the deer was gone, I probably would of kicked and beat the snot out of the thing.

Mate that's not a small collision - I would be thankful for just a $4k repair bill! From what I've seen deer aren't the smallest animals out! Out here if you hit a kangaroo in any car (without a bull bar, no matter what safety rating etc it has) it's near on guaranteed to be a write-off! Good thing Australian Yaris' have ABS and all the other awesome stock standard stuff! =)

[tuckevalastin]

It's certainly not a car that is meant to take an accident and keep on going but I will say that from what I've seen it does at least do a good job of keeping the passengers safe in these accidents.

[ddongbap]

So whats cooler? The guy who gets in to an accident at 20 mph, or the guy who calls a econo box disposable, or the guy who decided to try to talk trash on a Yaris, on a Yaris discussion board?

[TinyGiant]

lol


id much rather be safe with a totalled car .. than be hurt with a car that can drive after.. if you are bothered just get the GAP insurance on the car.. that way you come out clean


americans are too focused on the goods not the people.

i used to stitch firesuits in a factory and we has some suits that we had to made for some European customers and they were made with way less protection because in Europe they focus on saving the family and controlling the burn of the home... not saving the home so people can keep their stuff. i thought that was interesting

[ddongbap]

Because in America, results are more important.

[metalshark]

+ 1 on the gap insurance. No matter what, on mine I walk away with a check for $5000 for the life of the loan. Every month I pay for that in my car payment. Disposable Car? Who cares. Now I want a four door hatch with the fold flat rear seat anyway. My hot rod parts and suspension pieces port right over. Its all good.

[500snakz]

We live in a disposable society. Why would a new car be any diferent? Because it cost 13,000 dollars, thats why. I just expected more from a car.