Yeah, I guess I should have taken the white one instead of the silvery-blue... Eh, whatever the case, it's too late now, but hopefully the car will be out of the shop by the 20th of this month....hopefully. This time the damage was done to the front driver side quarter panel and wheel well....and it was leaking green. The other guy claimed liability at the time of the accident, so his company's insurance is covering the bills.
Just so everyone knows, tho, as this is my second accident in my HCH, PLEASE EVERYONE: make sure that if you're riding with a passenger, make them sit as far back as possible and keep in mind that if you get hit (and they have legs that reach the floorboard), their legs WILL collide with the center console....both accidents I've had have seen passengers with nasty leg bruising and/or swollen ankles/knees. Just FYI. Cuz a hurting leg belongs to an cranky, slowly ambulatory, afraid-to-ride-with-you-again passenger.
Will try to keep up with the posting to let y'all know how the repairs go.
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Bunnie

 

Okay, so the car is finally out of the shop....they had to send it back 3 times. I don't know if mechanics can take any special classes for working on hybrids, but it seems that the shop my car went to was full of people who'd never even *heard* of hybrid cars. For the first 3 days that I had my car back, it guzzled gas and the battery wasn't charging OR discharging. Took it back and it still wasn't working properly. Third time's the charm, I guess...my car is running better than it did *before* the accident now! Thanks for everyone's advice and comments, now if someone could help me get over the 47.9 mpg mark, I'd be lovin life! :lol:
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Bunnie