Raccoon Damage to Front of 2007

Use duct tape??.

 

The only thing to really worry about is the support if any that baffle gives to the other plastic pieces, 70 mph wind can really tear apart stuff. I don't remember how interconnected those pieces are, seems fairly much, I'd remove , cut off hanging damaged plastic, and if necessary add duct tape/bungy cord to stabilize the rest for the trip.

 

Last Thanksgiving I left Tampa Florida heading back to Fort Worth Texas about 4am and about two hours out in the black of night driving on a secondary road I hit a wild boar laying in the middle of the road. I guess he was already dead and my 2007 touring Prius plowed right over him, I could feel the car lunge upward as it rolled under the car. I didn't stop to check the car because it was so dark outside so I drove about 15 miles to the nearest service station and got out and walked around the car. The front end was a mess and some of the lower front end parts were hanging about one inch off the ground. The sides and rear looked fine. No dash lights came on and the car seemed to be running fine and not overheating so I decided to continue the rest of my 15 hour drive. The car ran great all the way back and except for the plastic parts hanging scraping the pavement on dips and a small drop in MPG's. The next morning I checked the car out more closely and was supprised to see that the rediator was kinked in and several other things I haden't noticed in the dark. All in all the repair bill was $4,200.00. The Prius is one tough car, but I already knew that. My last car was a 2004 Prius.