Update: Yaris wreck and new car

[Deathegg]

Hi guys! Well, I haven't been around here much since last October. Figured I'd give you an update.

Was going to work one morning in October, and was sitting at an off ramp on the 60 East (Riverside CA area), when a minivan driver plows into me from behind; didn't even slow down. The impact pushed me into the truck in front of me (sort of a stake-bed truck). Airbag went off, etc. The other driver didn't want me to call the police (he had no insurance it turns out), and he prob didn't have a license either. Also, he left the scene! He said his gf worked at the convenience store at the bottom of the off-ramp, and he'll go get her, and "please tell the police she was driving, not me." !!!! WTF! Of course I didn't do that, and told the cop everything he said lol.

This happened not far from my house, so I just drove it home; no indication from driving it that it was just wrecked - no leaks, no weird suspension noises or actions, etc. But I knew from looking at it that it was totaled - front right "A" pillar was crushed, and that in itself totaled the car. But heavy front and rear frame and body damage, both quarter panels bent from the impact (also the right door)....the poor thing. I owed about $2300 on it - total damage was nearly $11,000. And I just put new tires on it, damn it!! LOL

Insurance payout was quite generous, so I got me a good used 2015 Elantra GT. Auto (6sp), with everything but leather and a sunroof. MUCH more hp (173), which is great, but only about 30 mpg average. But that's ok for now; I really enjoy driving it, and I can eek out 32 if I try.

So, that's why I haven't been here. it's been fun, but for now, I guess I'm done, unless Toyota comes out with a better Yaris hatch!