Folks - Long time Prius owner - I have had a 2008 Prius Touring since 2012, and before then I had a 2004 Prius I purchased in 2007. My 2008 has been a faithful friend, delivery 167K miles at a dependable 45 mpg over the past 12 years - truly a great car. Last week I was rear ended by a driver not paying attention during stop and go traffic. The bumper was shaved off and the drive side rear tail light was smashed. I have an appointment on Monday morning with a body shop approved by my insurance company. The other party admitted fault and our insurance companies are working together. Two questions. First my car is probably worth $3,200 as it is in used condition with all the body wear and tear that a 16 year old car earns. I'm worried that my insurance company will consider totally the car and giving me a check. The airbags did not deploy and there was no damage to the front of the car. Any advice for advocating for the insurance company to fund the repairs? Secondly, if the car is not worth repairing, do folks have any replacement vehicle recommendations? I dislike buying new cars, although we have a 2018 Honda CRV that we brought new since the prices did not make sense to buy used. The CRV is our main car (family of four) and the Prius is my commute car. I'm seeing a lot of used Bolts with decent millage but I've been a Toyota guy since 2007 and I don't know if this is the time to make the leap to a new brand yet. Thanks in advance for the advice!
Well a bolt is $20,000 or so I used generation 2 Prius I'm buying those for $700 to a thousand bucks and putting maybe a thousand in them but driving them away initially so they're driving essentially so $3,000 and near 20,000 is quite a widespread a lot of us may not have that luxury. Depending upon where you are things can happen I don't know No pictures to see so you know I can't tell how bad it is could you shove a tail light in there and drive it around until you get done arguing with whoever like your insurance company their insurance company they should just cut you a check for your trouble and suffering and whatever and let you keep your car and that's what I would call the long and the short of it but if you just want to get paid give up the car and go buy a bolt well I guess that's a thing that my current age and whatnot I wouldn't look forward to spending 20 plus $1,000 on any kind of vehicle that I ride around in don't do that much riding anymore but you know everyone has a different situation I would be just jumping into my other generation too and getting the insurance company to do what I want him to do pay me some money and let me keep my parts car and I would have plenty of time to argue with them about that and I have possession of my car so it's not like they can just come take it so pay me and I'm keeping my car it's an old car you guys don't want it anyway come on there's not like we're dealing with some new Tesla here or anything like that
Pictures? It doesn't sound "severely". Mashed bumper and broken tail light isn't a deal breaker, but bending the car is. We had a 2000 Subaru Legacy wagon which was rear ended hard enough to mash the hatch and bend everything posterior to the rear wheel downward with respect to the rest of the car. Totaled, of course. To Subaru's credit, everything forward of the rear wheels was just fine, including my wife, who was driving. The rear doors still opened and closed normally.
if the insco totals it, you can usually buy it from them. if you don't want to invest in repairs, head over to bolt.org and spend some time reviewing the purchase and ownership experiences of used bolt owners. most seem pretty happy, and the prices are very good.
Thanks folks - in the end, the car was totaled. Wife is not interested in driving with a salvage title so on to a new chapter. Thanks again for your help!
