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My Poor Prius

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Spanky1, Nov 8, 2007.

  1. Spanky1

    Spanky1 Junior Member

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    My poor prius (05) met its match outside of Pittsburgh with a 200lb + buck at 65mph. $9,000 in damage, and yes the insurance co is fixing it. See attachment for pic
     

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  2. Rangerdavid

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    OUCH!! :( :(

    That really looks bad, but I'm guessing you faired better than the deer............
     
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    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    $9000??....Bet it comes in higher than that Ouch.
     
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    Ouch!

    I had one like that and the total was 13K. My advice to you is to have it done at a Toyota dealer. My repair at Green's Toyota in Lexington was near perfect...so far. Only problem was an oil leak from a sensor.

    ~buttster
     
    #4 excuseMeButt, Nov 8, 2007
  5. prius2go

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    You're very lucky not to have had Bambi end up in the passenger seat with you!
    (Most people forget the Bambi was male & eventually grew up to be a buck at the end of the movie, but I digress.)
     
    #6 judymcfarland, Nov 8, 2007
  7. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    oye! At least it's not the driver's side with the thermos and the inverter.
     
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  8. Prius101

    Prius101 Paid off Prius Member

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    Yes, but what did happen to the buck? (I do enjoy venison!!) :p
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Prius101 @ Nov 8 2007, 04:44 PM) [snapback]536862[/snapback]</div>
    That's not very nice Prius101. Poor thing.

    I am glad you are ok, hope your Prius will be 'like new' when fixed.
     
    #9 Michgal007, Nov 8, 2007
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    Sorry about the car -


    200+ Lbs eh? - let's see how many v-steaks it calculates to - yummy !!! :rolleyes:
     
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    $9,000 for 200 lbs? Thats $45 a pound!

    All kidding aside. Who cares about the car. Glad your ok. Cars can be fixed or replaced.
     
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    I am surprised how seldom the windscreen gets broken in an accident, even a serious one like the one above.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Spanky1 @ Nov 8 2007, 06:44 AM) [snapback]536672[/snapback]</div>
    Hope you're ok! I'm near Pittsburgh too and just went through an accident with my silver '04 Prius. Took it to Baierl Body Shop in Wexford and they fixed everything great and within a few weeks. Was about $5000 worth of damage. I'm very glad I had a low deductible.

    Good luck!
     
    #13 bojojohn, Nov 9, 2007
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    Likewise, glad you are OK!

    I just drove up from Delaware to Syracuse the other day, 476N to 81N. I must have seen at least 6-8 major deer kill "splashes" on 81....huge splashes of dried red blood on the road .... Needless to say I drove back a little slower at night.
     
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  15. Spanky1

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Prius101 @ Nov 8 2007, 05:44 PM) [snapback]536862[/snapback]</div>
    No venison here. I destroyed that thing. Ripped the rear legs off and shattered the rack. There was a nice 8 pointer laying next to the car where I stopped. I also found 4 additional bucks on the side of the road next to the one I hit. All looked to have been killed in the last few days.
     
    #15 Spanky1, Nov 13, 2007
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