A noble death, to be sure, but my car did not need to die protecting me from surprise car!buttsecks.

[chibi_trillian]

The appraiser came out and took a look at my car. It was worse than I thought.




My much-loved and completely paid-off '98 Honda Accord, Essie. She still looks pretty good from this side. The dents you see here are from an old fender bender--that one, Essie came away the winner in a fight with an SUV.



She doesn't look so pretty on this side. She's oozing antifreeze from somewhere near that damage--I can smell it, but I can't find it thanks to the nonstop rain we've been having for the past two days.



My bumper sticker collection. I miss them already.

This is actually where I got hit the worst--it doesn't really look like it because the plastic part of the bumper bounced back, and because I got hit by an older Saturn. You know, the ones with the pointy little noses.



This is where the pointy little nose of that car went--under my trunk. There's actually a Saturn-nose-print on my muffler.



And I was dumb enough to drive home with my car like this. It's a miracle nothing fell off with the amount of frame damage she has. If I'd been driving an older vehicle, I'd be in traction now. As it is, I actually got hit hard enough that it broke my seat and splattered the drink I'd had in the cupholder across the inside of the windshield. The appraiser said the car was probably totaled as soon as he saw the damage in the trunk, and recommended that I clean it out so they could haul it off tomorrow. Oy. ;_;

Comments

[brian-kun.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. Make sure you tell them that you just paid to have work done. When they did mine they paid for the new wheels I just put on it.

[helendragon.livejournal.com]

Owch.

[xian-pu.livejournal.com]

hope you're feeling okay physically :(

[dethorats]

Man, that sucks. Esp. since it was paid off. Well, I hope you get enough of a payout to get a decent replacement and that your physical health remains okay. There's nothing worse than suddenly feeling terrible 4 or 5 days after an accident.

[factorielle.livejournal.com]

Judging by the bumpter stickers, I am sure your car was touched by His Noodly Appendage and taken to a better place. ♥

[kotszok.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD I LOLLED HARD AND I AM AT WORK.

SHUT UP!

XDXDXD

[factorielle.livejournal.com]

I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF YOU READ LJ AT WORK.

Not my fault, yo.

[kotszok.livejournal.com]

Holy doodles, at least you are alive.

PLUS the accident wasn't your fault so uhm.. insurance? Unless. You.

Weren't.

...

Insured.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I'm required to carry liability insurance by state law. However, since I was not at fault, the other person's insurance is paying for EVERYTHING. My rental car, any medical care I might need, repairs to my car, or, in the event that it's totaled, fair market value for my car. In this case, it's likely I'll be slapping whatever money they give me down as a down payment on a new car. D: You can see pavement through the bottom of my trunk.

[sherrymarie.livejournal.com]

That utterly sucks. I'm glad that you're OK, though.

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

That car actually has a 'No, I don't want to read your fanfic' sticker on it. *is in awe*. Everyone here is glad you're okay though; that does look like terrible damage.

[nike-victory.livejournal.com]

Ouch. That stinks. And that is a cool bumper sticker collection. Well, I suppose you'll soon have space for a brand new bumper sticker collection. Hmm. What background color would look best for bumper stickers? Not the stickers themselves, mind, but what you'll be sticking them on.

[vampire-otaku.livejournal.com]

Eeek, poor car. At least you weren't hurt too badly; it doesn't take much in the way of car accidents to screw you up royally. Best of luck finding a new vehicle and with all the paperwork sure to come.