Another one has fallen.

[my2sense]

Sav, that sucks! It seems that our car can't take a hit too well. Was there any damage to the Honda? I can see one small hole from the photo but that's it. Hopefully the repairs won't take too long.

BTW, your post has inspired me to post my accident from last month. Think of it as sympathy posting...

[SAV912]

Originally Posted by my2sense

Sav, that sucks! It seems that our car can't take a hit too well. Was there any damage to the Honda? I can see one small hole from the photo but that's it. Hopefully the repairs won't take too long.

There is a tow hook under where that hole is on the Passport. She smacked me off-center and that bit actually punched the license plate dead center. Under the license plate was a hole in the bumper and she crushed the housing and wiring for the plate bulb. I actually got pulled over later on at night in Macon, GA by a state trooper who just wanted to 'make sure I was aware that I had no plate lights.'

Saw your thread and that's a bummer as well. I would've been livid if I had smacked the person in front of me and ruined my own retrofit headlights.

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by my2sense

Sav, that sucks! It seems that our car can't take a hit too well.

Well, it depends on what you mean by "take a hit too well". Cars are designed to absorb more energy, protecting the occupants rather than the sheetmetal. Being such a small car, I think it is meant to crumple up and absorb the hits. The flip side, of course, is that it will be totalled much more easily.

[Astroman]

My Yaris has undergone over $23k in body shop repairs so far in it's life. Guess what, they WON'T total it. (2 frontal crashes, one interior set on fire from fireworks, and a hit and run that messed up my front left tire, fender, and suspension pretty bad).

Still runs and drives awesome.

[SAV912]

Originally Posted by Astroman

My Yaris has undergone over $23k in body shop repairs so far in it's life. Guess what, they WON'T total it. (2 frontal crashes, one interior set on fire from fireworks, and a hit and run that messed up my front left tire, fender, and suspension pretty bad).

Still runs and drives awesome.

We got home just fine and it is perfectly drivable and legal aside from the single plate light. I'm sure if I combed through the estimate, things like blending the hatch to match the rear bumper can be eliminated to save on the cost.

Regardless, it's an '09 with 88K miles. Yeah it's 'loaded' so I guess it's worth more but it isn't an S. I've invested quite a bit in little things to make it my own so if it's declared a total (I highly doubt it but I started second guessing myself at the first glance of the $2500 estimate) then I better get a handsome payout. Wouldn't know what to do for a next car because I haven't thought about anything like that yet.

Maybe a Fiat 500 Abarth...mmm.

No, I want my Yaris. For now.

-C