Mustang crunched my Prius yesterday!

I almost got t-boned by an inattentive honda driver that almost ran a red light as I was making a left turn. I heard the wheels screeching to a stop...and I just had to step on the accelerator to get out of the way.[/quote]

N3FOL-- Putting as many km's a year on as I do in the taxi business having people run red lights and try to hit you is something that happens once a month at a minimum. You get so used to it my heart doesn't skip a beat.
I have been lucky the last 15 years that this is the first serious accident that one of my cars has been in. I personally have been hit 5 times and all 5 were in the winter when I couldn't get stopped when someone was sliding through a stop sign etc. Ever since my cabs have had ABS brakes it has been a lot easier to steer away from the trouble. Saved me many times.
Just finished gassing up my Honda Accord and it broke my heart to put over 50 litres of fuel in for the first time in 8 months.

 

Got a call today from the body shop. The estimate to fix the car is $13,500.
They have to wait until someone from the insurance company takes a look at it and after that it will take close to a month to fix the car.
I was busy with a customer when the body shop called so I didn't get the particulars on what all had been damaged. They are known to be one of the best body shops around and it sounds like they will need to be to get the car back to what it once was.

 

I guess I will find out when the insurance company has a look at it on Monday. This body shop did a great job on another Prius taxi that was in a pretty messy accident.
The painful part of this whole experience was having to put my Honda Accord on as a replacement taxi until the Prius is ready to go. I was getting used to the money I was saving on fuel and it kills me to put 60 litres every 24 hours in the Accord.Thankfully gas is down to 85 cents a litre.

 

Onlynark--- I am going to do what you said and keep the receipts for the gas. I should be refunded 50% for the 5 or 6 weeks my car is down.
Not sure how it works with our NO Fault insurance in Ontario. Will most likely be my insurance company covering the difference.
I don't know how the government ever allowed the No Fault B.S. insurance.
95% of the taxi accidents the other party is at fault and yet our insurance company has to pay for our damages. Because of that I pay $8000 a year for 2 taxi's.