Disposable Car

[Kal-El]

OP, where are you?

Seems you opened up with a negative comment, and left with no details/pics.


Can we get some info?

And BTW, most car's are pretty screwed in a 20 mph crash believe it or not.
Bumpers only allow about 5 mph without damage. Rear bumper crashes usually stand up the best but anywhere else on the car is going to crumple pretty easily unless where taliking a big truck or SUV.

Cars are made disposable (hence crumple zones) so that human life may avoid being disposed of.

[ddongbap]

I can make a car out of gum, and tooth picks.

[cali yaris]

good read, but not subscribing.

[1NZYaris1]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

good read, but not subscribing.

Coming from a wiseman who buy's proformance ebay chip's
you won't live that down in a hurry!!!!

[MadMax]

If you want something that can take a beating, get a Jeep Wrangler (an old TJ, not the newer JKs). Sure, it gets 15 mpg, and you can't safely drive over 70 mph with it, and it's untstable in an emergency maneuver; but I've mashed into plenty of trees and rocks with mine and it's still running. As a matter of fact, "trail scars" = Jeep cred!

A $13k car is disposable, pay 2-4x that and you may have something worth fixing after a major accident. But as much as we love it (and I do love mine!), the Yaris is Toyota's cheapest model (at least here in the States) and it doesn't take much to total it.

[YAR1S]

Why not get another Yaris, It saved your life right? AND you'll get back at least 11,500...

For $500... I'd risk another yaris....

[YAR1S]

Besides... you could have bought a much safer care to drive to begin with like a hummer... or perhaps a tank... I mean yeah the yaris is safe to drive as any other car that can be sold... but crash it and it wont look pretty...

but you didn't get the yaris to withstand crashes right? I bet that didnt go through your mind at the time.... You got it to save you some money, cause it looks good... and if you were to get into a crash ... it would at least save you....

I dont get why your so mad? :[ maybe Im missing something....

[KCALB SIRAY]

It's small, it's a Yaris, you lived to tell, and you had insur. Sounds like a good car to me.

[eTiMaGo]

I'd rather dispose of my car than my spine and legs

[kou]

my last yaris took a serious beat down.it was totaled i was paid in full,except registration fees.i was so happy with how it took the abuse i bought another.

[YarisSedan]

Ive been in several accidents so far in my life time. After my last one i was left slightly traumitized and I wouldnt drive for weeks. Now when i drive i am extremely cautiouse. I am constantly scanning the road for other drivers that look like they are possibly going into my lane without signaling and not looking. I have avoided multiple accidents because of other drives stupidity. And i probally attribute it to my new hightend sense of awareness driving.

Especialy living in california there are still people trying to purposly get hit so they can sue you. Both me and my brother got in a low speed collision. Say approx 5 mph at point of inpact. Both of us got sued. My brothers law suite is still ongoing. THey want over a million dollars. Insurance still hasnt settled it and its 2 years later. But thats what insurance is for. You live and learn.

[mastaofdisasta]

must be fuckin nice to make enough money where you can say that your yaris is "disposable". Way to perpetuate the stereotype of all americans being fat, lazy, greedy, materialistic assholes. As if we done get enough of a bad rep from the euro crowd. Calling a car disposable, what are you high?: brokenheart:

How can you say, that the car that gets you from work and back, and everywhere else you need to go, is just as disposable as a empty mcdonalds cup, you dont have to throw it away man, sometimes you need to get a refill

[MUSKOKA800]

Not sure how much experience you have dealing with insurance companies but a word of advise. Don't settle for a low-ball insurance pay-out. Turn down the first settlement and watch the number grow. Go to several dealerships and price a similar year and mileage Yaris. Then demand that money for yours. Then settle for that less the deductible. Don't forget to include all taxes, delivery charges, etc.
The Yaris has excellent resale value and should bring a healthy pay-out.

[Bob_VT]

Okay I see the picture not...... You intentionally smashed the car to do damage with the intent of buying a new Suzuki...... obviously the SUzuki dealer did not offer you a decent trade value..... It's sad that people resort to such actions! Good luck with your Suzuki.

[Kal-El]

Remember that the definition of "totaled" isn't whether or not a car can be fixed or not but rather what the repair cost is vs. the value of the car. With a car like the Yaris, the reletive value is already low so fixing damage from a 20 mph crash may simply not worth it.

But if you have equally severe damage on a $100K Mercedes, then the repair is justified even if that repair costs $25K.

So to mastaofdisasta and his post, would you spend $9,000 to fix a $13,000 car? I would think not. That's what people mean by disposable. We are not relating the Yaris to a cheap product that we throw away every year. In fact, many of us plan on driving it 200,000-300,000 miles which it will do easily.

[mastaofdisasta]

oooo i just got pwned

[lita_g]

This is what happens with little cheap cars, the yaris is a good car but definitely not a tank, that's why I try to be extra careful on the road since I know if I hit something bigger than me, well, it's not going to be pretty.

A couple of weeks ago my husband got rear ended, he was driving his Dodge Ram 3500 (massive thing), he was probably going 15-20mph since he was close to the high school around 3pm, and well, there was this little girl on a honda civic, tailgating him, and when the car in front of him stopped, he stopped (not suddenly or anything), so of course she hit him, he barely felt it but when he got out it wasn't pretty, the truck was fine, the bumper didn't even get scratched, but the civic was unrecognizable, the girl was fine but the car was in really bad shape, the only thing that got hurt in the truck was the receiver for towing, since she got underneath the bumper she tore it out. So yeah, a massive truck won't even feel getting hit at 20mph, but do you need it for everyday driving? no, we rarely take it out, that day he was on his way to get some new furniture.

[Rain]

What was the silly part about getting out alive from a 20mph collision?