I hope my weekend isn't filled with wedding stuff. I was looking forward to doing some car shopping.
We just completed ours. Sadly, Gregg was right, insurance company deemed our vehicle a total loss - though it was right on the edge of being fixable (financially speaking) - like $800 difference. Insurance offered about 94% of the market value of the vehicle, but I'm still negotiating for the max settlement I can get. I'm ok with it though now... between the auto-body manager explaining the damage and why he would never want his family in a car that took the damage ours did (the main support bar between the driver and rear seat was compromised), and the thought of getting a new vehicle, I'm cool. So, with some pretty generous government incentives (that are about to be axed since we have a new Provincial government being sworn in on Friday), we're getting a Kia Optima Plug-in Hybrid/Electric for about 50% of the price of a new one (taking into account the settlement and 'green' rebate). Should be picking it up on Thursday.
It's amazing how 'dated' a 7-year old vehicle gets in terms of technology and safety features. That's the big appeal of a new car - the safety features. Plus, the EV aspect of it means we'll break even and be saving money on gas in about 2-ish years.