Wrecked.

[SilverBack]

My head snapped back hard against the head rest, but I was fine surprisingly. I was dazed too from the impact for about 2 seconds, despite sitting with the seat all the way back and rarely resting my head while driving. Not sure how much more a rear passenger would've been affected by the impact though. I guess there's something that needs to be addressed about the soft rear end of our cars.

So moving on, today I went to the wrecker to get all my stuff out. Most of it has been in there collecting dust between the last 4 and 6 years, so it took a while (especially crawling in the back seat to pry the mangled spare tire cover off to get to my roadside tools).

So while I was working, I was also silently cussing out modern-day insurance companies for not wanting to cover the cost of frame damage in an otherwise perfectly running vehicle. I came to realize there's a 99.9% chance that it's a total loss and I most definitely will never again be in her presence after today.

I've had many good memories and new learning experiences with her during the last 140,095 miles (minus the 46 miles she had when I first drove her off the lot). I might just end-up getting another second gen. and start again.

In other news, the van driver was released before the flatbed showed up, only to return to scene a little later to bargain with the CHP. I hope he got his...