Prime probably totalled

Just some math nits, to get folks more realistically calibrated on distance and time:

At 60 mph, 30 feet is nowhere near 2 seconds. It is barely 1/3rd of a second, not enough for both a deliberate (non-reflex) decision and a maneuver.

At that speed, 2 seconds is 176 feet, a bit far to adequately identify some road debris.

Glad no one got hurt. At least the many many undamaged parts should provide some very significant salvage parts value.

 

Very sorry to hear about your accident, but glad you and your niece and nephew are all OK. Just curious, did you ever find out what was exactly the 6 inch piece of iron and who dropped it?

 

Wowsers!! I wish there was some way to trace the origins of stuff like that.

Glad you're all OK and managed to keep the runner side down and not involve other vehicles in the adventure.

My guess is that they will total it. They'll have to disassemble almost the whole car.

 

Different states have different laws that mandate when cars are totaled. I don't know what Cali is. (some it's 50%, some it's if it exceeds replacement cost, some have weird formulas).

Glad you're all right. That could have been much, much worse, especially if it had hit just inside of the wheels and taken out the tie-rods. You'd have rolled over for sure.

PS: I knew someone with similar damage... he was driving in Europe (nice new Mercedes rental car). He was following someone and didn't realize the person went into a restricted area. The person stopped to tell him not to follow him, but at that point the person I knew as stopped over a rising berm... the berm started rising, up and up and up... Front of the car ended up a good 4' off the ground with the engine balancing on the Berm. Needless to say it didn't run much after they got the berm dropped off. It was a good thing they took out the damage waiver on the rental!

 

glad you are all okay, and i hope you wind up with a new one. all the best!

 

In my case, my front side was damaged and all air bags were deployed. Insurance adjuster estimated a repair of $35000, so it was obvious. Insurance estimated that my prime advanced with 10k miles was worth $29000. I think you will get a total loss, because it will cost more to repair it at Toyota's approved facility.

 

Tint probably yes and you can argue but not extended warranty.

 

I don't do as much highway driving as I use to, but just last weekend, when I was driving I93 outside of Boston, I saw a spare tire with a steel rim on the side of road. I don't know someone put it there, or it came off from a car and ended up there. If that was on the middle of lane, it could have caused a major accident.

 

The extended warranty could be refunded through Toyota. When we traded in our 2012 we got a partial refund of the extended warranty. Would be worth a call.


iPad ?

 

So sorry you had to endure all that. Please keep us posted as this journey continues. Hope you get a brand new PRIME out of this.

 

Sorry to hear op. Glad no one was injured. You can try using Waze to learn of future objects in the rise. It’s saved my vehicles for sure.

 

Wow that’s unfortunate. I know that it’s all user generated data but to me it’s better than going alone. Hope you can get another prime

 

You would be surprised. If you have most if not all of your airbags deploy. Your insurance will total out your car. I saw a brand new Subaru with at least 8 airbags deployed with moderate body damage after an accident. Tough loss for your Prime but the job of a vehicle is to get you from point A to point B. The prime objective is to keep you alive should your journey on the road go sideways.

 

This is one reason why I hate pickup trucks. I can almost guarantee it flew off the back of someone's junky pickup. Just because you can load it up with crap, doesn't mean you know how. I've had to swerve to avoid a ladder that flew out of the bed of a pickup over the top of the car infront of me (barely) then pogo stick landed right where my passenger seat would have been without the nice wide shoulder. Always something stupid in the road and you know where it comes from. Last month a whole wheel barrel was sitting in the fast lane (80mph+), dead centre.