Crashed my Prius on the first day with PICS

As Chris Farley used to say: "Son of a..."

 

If you think the cost of auto insurance is too high, try not having insurance (and then have an "accident").

I've been driving for many, many years and have only been involved in a couple of accidents. My rates never increased because of being in an accident.

However people who habitually get into a lot of accidents seem to have higher rates. Maybe it is because they don't practice defensive driving, or are just plane reckless. (Hope you aren't in that category.)

Keith

 

Yeah, just the bumper cover alone is @$800, much less the hood, fenders, under car panels and anything under the bumper cover.

 

Sorry To hear that, but I think the first think you should do when you see the truck start to reverse is to press your horn to warn the driver.

 

Based on your pics, I'm not surprised at the $5000 cost. Parts and labor are real expensive these days. And you have a number of parts that look at least slightly crushed--which quite quickly makes them roughly useless.
Demand genuine Toyota replacement parts--they will fit better, and you should be able to get them in your special Blizzard Pearl. The insurance company may argue with you because off-brand aftermarket parts (if available) are usually cheaper.

I've never had an accident so quickly with my new car, but on our 2003 Subaru we got a dinged windshield the day after we got it (sealed, so insurance waived the deductible) and on our 1985 Volvo, we got a big cracked windshield within 3 weeks (no sealing possible--had to eat the deductible), both times we think from trucks kicking up gravel.

I guess that today you are, in the immortal words of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, both a Sadderandwiserone.

 

Don't understand. I thought the insuance are paying for it so why would you care so much how much it cost?