Another one bites the dust and shocked

[gedster314]

In 2017 I bought a 2015 Yaris L for my mom from Hertz. I paid $9kish and it had 38K miles. It was a trouble free 3 years. Last week the Yaris was parked in front of my mom's house and someone plowed into the front and pushed it back into another car. Front+Rear damage and when they were loading it on to the flatbed they could not put the car into neutral or drive, only reverse was available. I knew right then it was totaled. I looked on Edmunds and the value was about $6500. That sucks!

Yesterday got a call from the adjuster, they looked at local dealer prices, adjusted for mileage and condition. They settled for $11.3K. My mom's french made Yaris had aged like a fine French wine and grew in value.

Now I get to enter into the used car shopping hell again. Not going for a Yaris this time. My mom liked it but I drove it a few times to get service done and interior was too cheap and creaked too much. I did think it was peppy for around use. Probably will look for a Matrix or Corolla. I'm going to look at a Scion TC later today, that would be a fun zippy car for mom. Mom said no boxy XB or Rav4, too big for her.

[matti]

$11,300 seems like a lot!! Wow!

I know what you mean about the creaking sounds. My new 2012 was creaky as heck, but my 2017 is less creaky.

[ern-diz]

Ugh, sorry to hear that. On a positive note, new rides are always fun. Let us know what you find.

[Dodge Aries K]

If you can wait a month or so for a replacement I would definitely do that. The used car bubble is nuts right now which is why she got paid well for the car.