Snowplow tags the Echo overnight.

[jambo101]

Must have been a rookie, left no note or acknowledgement that he wrecked my car.







03 Echo 100,000kilometers, well maintained, i'm thinking they will probably write it off.
I suspect he snagged the car with the top of the plow blade.

[NYC-SE]

Sucks.

[Jcp123]

Oh, wonderful. So are snow plows something I'll have to worry about when I move up north too? That story is getting worse than it already is...

Hate to see that happen to a perfectly good Echo. I'm sorry to see that :(

[ebaut]

During winter, we get ticketed or even towed depending on where you are, if we park outside overnight or on the way of plows. Is that not so in Montreal? Im in Kitchener, btw.

And yes it does suck, i feel your pain. I have had my car hit by an old lady that lives about 10 houses from me. She didnt even realize she hit me. Witnesses saw her. Cops paid her a visit after another neighbor came in to see me with a license plate number.

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by ebaut

During winter, we get ticketed or even towed depending on where you are, if we park outside overnight or on the way of plows. Is that not so in Montreal? Im in Kitchener, btw.

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Plenty of people park on the streets in Montreal, doesnt give free license to the plow driver to sideswipe cars.
I'm thinking repair costs will come very near what the car is worth.
If the insurance writes it off it will give me an excuse to buy another one.

[ebaut]

Originally Posted by jambo101

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Plenty of people park on the streets in Montreal, doesnt give free license to the plow driver to sideswipe cars.

Here every single time I've parked out, I think I've had a ticket on my windshield the next day, that alone makes me not want to park outside.

Im sure it was an accident though.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by jambo101

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Plenty of people park on the streets in Montreal, doesnt give free license to the plow driver to sideswipe cars.
I'm thinking repair costs will come very near what the car is worth.
If the insurance writes it off it will give me an excuse to buy another one.

Sorry to hear this happened to you . Good luck with your search, if it becomes necessary.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Jcp123

Oh, wonderful. So are snow plows something I'll have to worry about when I move up north too?

Depends on where up north . Where might indicate if you have to drive or not. As much as I absolutely love driving, if I had to live near NYC...and didn't leave very often... (I know, the OP lives in Canada), I might try going without owning a car (all of my previous trips to the area in the last 9 years have been car based). NYC Subway, NJ Transit, PATH trains...all reliable, and good communication with passengers re any changes (I didn't use the LIRR, nor Amtrak, during my just concluded visit). Even with the train travel, I still did quite a bit of walking.....helped re a restful night of sleep.

[Jcp123]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Depends on where up north . Where might indicate if you have to drive or not. As much as I absolutely love driving, if I had to live near NYC...and didn't leave very often... (I know, the OP lives in Canada), I might try going without owning a car (all of my previous trips to the area in the last 9 years have been car based). NYC Subway, NJ Transit, PATH trains...all reliable, and good communication with passengers re any changes (I didn't use the LIRR, nor Amtrak, during my just concluded visit). Even with the train travel, I still did quite a bit of walking.....helped re a restful night of sleep.

Nah I'd be out in Rochester, practically the other end of the state. Decent bit of lake effect snow, I think, but not exactly a public transit hub.

Yeah, I think Echos were much more popular in Canada than in the 'states. Finding a clean one may be harder, even the newest one is 9 years old now...

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Jcp123

Nah I'd be out in Rochester, practically the other end of the state. Decent bit of lake effect snow, I think, but not exactly a public transit hub.

Yeah, I think Echos were much more popular in Canada than in the 'states. Finding a clean one may be harder, even the newest one is 9 years old now...

Lake effect snow = (in my book, but probably not for some). In 2006 I was at a what is now known as Fed Ex Office location in suburban Buffalo. I walked outside to get something out of my car. I felt what was starting to come down. I had a hotel reservation in Albany for that night. I had taken delivery of my new blue Yaris a little over 4 1/2 days prior to that moment. Intuition.....I needed to leave immediately. I did. When I arrived at my hotel in Albany, I immediately turned on the television..... (see Lake Storm "Aphid" Wikipedia article). I imagine many media people and emergency personnel were in an even more heightened state of awareness than usual...the previous day Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle or his instructor (the NTSB never did determine who was flying the plane) had crashed a small plane into a condominium building in Manhattan.....exactly one month after the 5 year anniversary of 9/11.

[Jcp123]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Lake effect snow = (in my book, but probably not for some). In 2006 I was at a what is now known as Fed Ex Office location in suburban Buffalo. I walked outside to get something out of my car. I felt what was starting to come down. I had a hotel reservation in Albany for that night. I had taken delivery of my new blue Yaris a little over 4 1/2 days prior to that moment. Intuition.....I needed to leave immediately. I did. When I arrived at my hotel in Albany, I immediately turned on the television..... (see Lake Storm "Aphid" Wikipedia article). I imagine many media people and emergency personnel were in an even more heightened state of awareness than usual...the previous day Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle or his instructor (the NTSB never did determine who was flying the plane) had crashed a small plane into a condominium building in Manhattan.....exactly one month after the 5 year anniversary of 9/11.

Yikes! I dunno how bad it gets in ROC but I am told that it's not that bad. Or maybe she is sandbagging a little in hopes that I won't hate my life so much when I get there.

The one time I drive in slushy sleety stuff here, the Echo seemed pretty confident though. We get snow, or something which resembles it, maybe once/yr, we ain't got no plows, salt, or sand!

[bronsin]

Looks fixable maybe?

Yeah I Take great pains to preserve my cars but something like that can wipe it out just like that.

[shepd]

Overnight parking is permitted in Montreal with permission:

http://www.montreal-ouest.ca/en/parking/

Kitchener is hyper-vigilant (sorry, money grubbing) and will hit your car with a ticket in 10 minutes after (Got one at 2:41 am), even on a warm winter night without any snow forecast.

[IllusionX]

Weird, I was just reading up on the Quebec forum that MTQ is testing lasers to guide snowplow exactly where it is heading to...

[hondajt]

Sorry for your luck. No fun.

Hopefully you stay on the forum!

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by hondajt

Sorry for your luck. No fun.

Hopefully you stay on the forum!

Fortunately this snowplow driver missed my Yaris

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Fortunately this snowplow driver missed my Yaris

If the insurance company totals your ECHO, will it be difficult to find another one?....you mentioned 'excuse to buy another one', and I'm clueless re ECHO availability in Montreal.

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

If the insurance company totals your ECHO, will it be difficult to find another one?....you mentioned 'excuse to buy another one', and I'm clueless re ECHO availability in Montreal.

There are PLENTY in Montreal. But a 03 with just 100k km? Aka 62000mi.. That's hard to find especially in good shape.