Sniff, Sniff

Last night, on his way home from work, Lee got rear ended. He's fine. But the Honda, not so much. That poor, poor Honda! We were talking this morning about how much has been inflicted on it... by other people! We haven't done anything to our poor car, but others seem to have it out for it!

Lee was stopped at a stoplight and saw the college kid flying up on him. He could also see that the guy was looking down, texting. (DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE!!!)  Lee tried to get out of the way, moving into a turn lane, but it wasn't enough. I can't imagine the impact if he hadn't moved that little bit.

Doesn't look too terrible, does it?

Until you open it up

When you pull up that carpet part, you see the entire underside of the car is crunched up

The other side of the body is also dented pretty badly. 

I'm no car insurance expert, but from what I can tell, they are going to have to total it out. Like I said, the entire bottom is crunched together. (sigh) There's also some question if the kid even had insurance. We have full coverage, of course, but the whole thing will just be a pain. That's the frustrating thing- handling all of it. Lee cancelled his morning classes so he could go deal with everything. So not only was it not your fault, but you are out a car and then have to take time off work to go handle someone else's mistake. Oh well, like I said, I'm sure it'll all work out.

When the guy hit him, Lee jumped out the car and ran to the back of the other guys car to take a picture of his tag. Then he took a picture of him. He was taking no chances on a hit and run! An undercover detective showed up first and commented on all of Lee's picture taking. Lee told him he was a cop for 10 years and worked many a wreck. What I think is hilarious is that the guy then asked Lee's advised on a search warrant! hahahaha. Lee even *still* gets texts from his old department asking advise! He really liked the cops though, I guess once they all found out he was a MTSU Criminal Justice professor and ex-cop, they all had a lot to talk about. (The guy that hit Lee didn't say one word. He stood there, silent and solemn. I'm sure he was freaking out inside!)

We are just sad about that little car! I bought it brand new, when I graduated college. That little baby turned 10 this year and has been such a great little car. Until we moved here, and I switched to a van, it was all I drove and I loved it! The other night, I went out (without the kids) and drove it. I loved opening the sun roof and driving with all the windows down. It's so small, easy to park and just zips around. We've taken it everywhere... our honeymoon, vacations, brought our kids home from the hospital, etc, etc, etc. I know it's probably silly to get sentimental about a piece of metal- but that car really seemed like a part of the family! sniff, sniff. It will be missed!