New Prius - Wrecked

The hubcap took most of the visual damage of the wheel, it is in pieces. (yes, they hid that pretty wheel with a hubcap). And if all the insurance has to do is give me another one in the same condition, it will have to be brand new. We have not made the first payment, picked it up off the truck the beginning of April and it only has 2800 miles on it. All I want is a new car, which is exactly what mine was until she ran into me.

 

As long as it's not been wrecked, I'm good with that, lol

 

Well, it is totaled. The rails were bent, the whole axle, transaxle stuff (she said some specifics but it went over my head and honestly I didn't care once she said "It's gonna total") the motor mount needs to be replaced, along with all the other cosmetic stuff, and they haven't even taken off anything to look in the actual engine to see if things like the drivetrain or any of that is broken. I'm sure they'll salvage it and actually make money off of it, which is honestly fine by me. All I wanted was a brand new car back.

We've got an appointment this afternoon at 4:30 with our Toyota dealership (this will be our 7th vehicle purchased from them - lucky #7, right?) to start looking for a new one. This time, I want the solar sunroof! We've got a week or so before we can expect a check to pay off the current one, so I have some time for them to do some hunting and get exactly what I want this round.

Good news from the x-rays as well, 6 weeks or so and skeletally speaking we should all be fine. The nerve damage is another issue, but with some physical therapy, my arm should recover okay. I sincerely appreciate the support from you guys. It's nice to have people who understand and can empathize!

 

Ditto that! We went to Toyota last night, thinking we would have to wait a week or two for the insurance companies to get it all figured out. The driver who hit me only had the very minimum coverage NC allows you to carry, $25k. The sticker price on my car was $28k. After gap, warranty, and rolling in a little bit from the 2005 Prius we traded, the loan came out at $32k. They said since we have gap, we can go ahead and just buy another one and let the insurance and gap work it out.

And, they found me another black Three, Nav package with *drumroll* Solar Sunroof! The only smidge of a downside is that I had the new Beige interior and loved it, and this one has the Ash. With kids, it'll probably look better and hide dirt better anyway so it'll be fine. They're bringing it in from the Charlotte area today and it will be ready this evening. The loan on the new one came out almost exactly the same as the one that was just totaled, even with the sunroof package! We went from 2.9% interest to 6.5% though, which is a bummer.

I'll be glad to be back in one. I'm on rental car #4 now. The first one I had, a Dodge Caliber, the oil change light came on yesterday morning. So I called to tell them and they asked me to come swap it out. They put me in a gray Corolla, and we got in and the previous driver had ignored the no smoking stickers all over the car. I have asthma, and just couldn't drive that one. So they put us in a gold Corolla. I got halfway home and noticed the tire pressure light was on. I sighed, figured I'd check that, put air in and it'd be okay. Then went to wash a bug off the windshield that splattered right in my sight line, and there was no wiper fluid. I called them again, told them, they said I could bring it back, they'd put fluid in it and check the tires. Fine, but I'd just come from the Chiropractor, was tired, frustrated and just wanted to go home. I told her I'd bring it back when I went back out yesterday afternoon. On the way back out there, I hit a bump in the road, and a hubcap went flying down the highway. I stopped, turned around and went and retrieved the dang thing, knowing if I didn't, they were most likely going to charge me. By the time I got back to Enterprise, the tire was almost completely flat. I walked in carrying the hubcap. They put me in a Civic, which smelled like a smoking lounge, even more than the first one. At that point I was just so frustrated, I let loose on them, told them I couldn't spend another half hour while they tried to find a car that was decent and driveable, I'd keep the Civic and bring it back this morning and she could swap it out. At that time, I didn't plan on getting another Prius right now thinking we'd have to wait on the insurance and all that. Now I don't have to mess with the rental car situation anymore. I can't imagine doing that for several more weeks!

 

When you live in BFE North Carolina, you have to be glad there even is a car rental place. Getting them from Toyota would just be too good!

The new APR does suck. We signed on it the last of March when they were doing the special deal on the Prius at 2.9 so we really lost out there. At least the husbands Tundra is still at 0%.

We did get a lawyer for the medical bills, especially since the other driver has a no-name insurance company who is very difficult to get ahold of. I don't want to fight to get medical bills paid if I can't even get a return phone call. I was in a very bad accident about 15 years ago when someone hit us and still have medical issues from that. I won't be signing a release anytime soon.

I did pick it up the new one tonight! I am so, so thrilled by the sunroof. I really missed having that light airiness like my Firebird t-tops have. I honestly grinned all the way home. I felt a little silly, but I enjoyed it anyway! I was startled by the silence as well. After driving all manner of bad rentals this week, it was so quiet, so easy, so familiar. I couldn't help but grin stupidly! Nothing like driving a Civic to make you appreciate your Prius more. Now she just needs a name!