Pictures will speak for themselves. I was coming back from Windsor with my mom, luckily we made the 250 miles home to Toronto when this happened. Traffic ahead stopped, I stopped, guy behind me didn't.

It's always a war zone here, and my mom told me I was complaining about the drivers more than usual when the accident happened. I saw him coming in my rear view mirror pretty fast, and then we were shoved forward. I don't even remember feeling the frontal impact.

Everyone was okay, a little sore and my mom was more upset than I was about the car. Paramedics came and checked us out, and I might go to a clinic tomorrow just in case. We got the worst of it, being sandwiched right in between the two cars. Unfortunately, the bumpers weren't able to absorb either impact.

Airbags didn't deploy, which kind of worries me. I thought they should with this kind of accident. It probably would've made things worse though.

I know I should be praying that they total it, but part of me wants them to repair it. I don't want to be one of those people that talks about missing their first car all the time. Oh well, it'll probably never be the same after this. Either way, the car did its job and I'm thankful we're okay. Considering the speeds people reach on this highway, it could've been much worse.

I spent most of the time consoling the guy who hit me. He was pretty pissed at himself, and I actually felt pretty bad for the guy. I was hit by the most apologetic guy ever.

What do you think? Totaled? I think it's a little hard to say with the airbags not deploying, but likely a total.





All this damage to the front and...





Notice the piece of taillight down by the front wheels.


My super ultra mega hellatastic OEM bug deflector... gone.

 

Sorry Aman.
be sure to ask your mom if shes okay, again.

 

I'm so sorry Aman

 

Glad you guys are alright, that's what matters!

I'm leaning towards not a total loss, but once they have the bumper cover off and do some inspections we'll see.

 

sorry man. glad youre ok

 

Who's down with opp?

 

Glad you are alright. The condenser in the front is done, it's easily 10k in the front. (Given Canadian parts cost so much) I am pretty sure it's a total loss.

 

sorry man

 

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

I'm kind of leaning towards a total loss as well. The two hits seemed to have really shocked the car. Even opening the rear driver's door had issues.

Oh well, looks like now it's just time to wait for the adjuster and see what he says.

 

shit sucks bro,

keep a close eye on your health and head to the clinic if you feel even the slightest bit off

Hope things work out in the end

 

sorry to see it man.. as long as you and your mom are okay, that's all it matters.

hope you get your car totaled and get a new car with the money man!

 

I'm sorry to hear what happened- and it looks like a total loss to me.

 

Sorry to hear, glad everyone walked away.

Total loss is when the repairs are over half the market value of the car right?

If so, yep total loss.

 

Usually it's 75%.

I should know because my Accord was totaled not one month ago from the same type of accident.

 

That sucks Aman. Glad to hear everyone is ok.

I believe they will total it. At least from the pictures it appears that the metal around the gas tank lid buckled in. Also the rear C pillar metal appears to have an inward crease above the gas lid as well.

 

Sorry to hear man. Glad everyone is OK.

I also think it's a total.

 

Im thinking total as well.

Sucks to see though. Im glad you guys are ok though.

 

Ouch. Glad everyone was able to walk away.

 

Glad everyone was OK, sorry about the Accord.

 

your health is most important. make sure you check yourself out at a clinic. bring your mom too. report any aches or random pains. feel better soon.

 

that sucks man. I am kind of wishing that someone totals my 2G (and that I am perfectly fine afterwards)

 

Sorry to hear Aman. Like everyone has said thankfully you and your mom are OK.

I'm curious to hear what they decide on your car, keep us updated.

 

Glad you and your mom are alright man. Seeing someone behind you coming at you in the rearview like that is such a scary thing. Any ideas on what you'd get to replace it if it is indeed totalled?

 

Another one.

Seriously, I love it. It's fun and nice enough for me, and painless enough for my mom.

I toyed with the idea of a 300 while driving around today. RWD would be fun.

Snapped these two pics today. I'm no expert, but I think there's a chance.





The rear quarter panel doesn't have much real damage. Besides the dents that Colts pointed out, it'll just have scratches from the bumper and taillight.

 

fun and nice enough for you don't sound terribly good. find something else! there are a lot of fun and nice cars below $25k these days.

 

$25k

How about $10K? Remember this is the family car, too.

 

Shoot, we are talking about $10k!?

 

Don't worry about it. Besides, maybe it's best to let the adjuster look at it first before looking at new cars.

 

Damn, glad you guys are OK!

 

RWD could be fun but the V6 in the base 300 is pretty anemic. I've had one as a rental before. I don't think you're going to find a Hemi in your budget.

 

3G TL? They are getting pretty cheap now.

You can have mine for the right price. You can impress your friends with the uber-rare USDM speedometer and such!

 

Oh yeah! 3G TL can be had in that pricing range. Yes.

 

Try to get one without the "interior rattles" option though.

 

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/yrk/cto/2964332313.html


Now look what you've done...

 

 

As long as those dents only came from unibody flex and not damage. Also replacing the area around the gas lid can get expensive if done properly.

 

Buy my motorcylce and pocket the $3500

 

Here's your chance, Aman!


dont be an :aman:

 

Glad to hear you and your Mom are ok Aman. The GTA is one of the few highways I've ever driven on where it is acceptable to be driving at 135-140 km/hr speeds and be right in the flow of traffic.

Here's an opportunity for you to maybe pick up an 06 AV6-6speed, or 05 TL-6!

 

Now how do you pitch that to my mid-fifties mother?