That is how long I have owned my 2003 V6 sedan with Navi before a young woman hit me. My beautiful girl is looking very sad tonight. On the way home this evening traffic was pretty bad. Im sure due to the holiday weekend. The lane that I was in came to a complete stop. I had been stopped for probably about 30-45 seconds when BANG, I get rear ended. I never even heard her brakes and it felt like she was doing at least 30-40 mph. It took me a second to realize what had happened. We both pulled to the side. I asked my dad who was in the car with me if he was alright. I got out to check on her, the driver of the other vehicle, and to look at my baby. One look and I almost started to cry. She was driving a Ford F-150. It was also damaged, but not near as much as the back of the Accord. The trunk was mashed up and had huge gaps. The tail lights were all damaged. The bumper, toast. My passenger side rear door was wedged in to the rear quarter panel and was tripping the door sensor which made it fun to get home with the dome light constantly on. Im sure it wont even open. I know the trunk wont open. My hidden hitch looks like it is crooked also. It doesn't look like the metal itself is bent which leaves me to think that it either ripped the bolt mounts up or bent the sub-frame.
She was apologizing to me repeatedly and all I could was shake my head and walk away. I was too upset and didnt want to say the wrong thing to her at the time. She said that she did have insurance which did make me feel a little better.
We called an officer out and he filled out an accident report. He did not issue her a ticket in light of the holiday season. Considering she was kind of cute, I felt a little better about that. He did warn her that she needed to slow down and not follow others so closely.
Afterwards when I had calmed down a bit, I went to her and she apologized again. I told her that I know that she was trying to apologize earlier and I just shook her off. I know that she didnt mean to do this. I said accidents do happen and cars can be repaired. I then told her to try and enjoy the rest of her holiday and walked back to the car.
While continuing home, I noticed that my radar detector was not working. I have a 4-way plug in the lighter plug and the radar detector was plugged in to it. The plug showed to have power, but the detector was not working. When I got home, I discovered that the fuse was blown in the cord. Never thought that would have been affected. I had to remove all my belongings from the trunk through the back seat. Thank goodness for the fold down rear seat. Another worry that I have is that while trying to remove my CDs from the head unit, it did not want to eject them. I could hear the motors inside working, but it was acting like it was jammed. About 10 minutes later, it finally started spitting them out one by one. Hope this doesnt mean it is messed up as well. I will have to check it pretty thoroughly, if this one doesnt get totaled, when I get it back.
So, its off to Honda tomorrow to see about turning her in for repair. My only hope is if they do total it, that I can get my aftermarket items back off of it. I dont want to loose my CAI and exhaust. That cost me close to 1K alone. Im including some pics. Sorry for them being so dark. It is night here already. Ill try and get some more in the morning before I take her in.