WTF we gotta login to vote...

 

Done. Oh, those 300Cs are nice though.

 

Wes we need pictures.

 

Left my camera at cousins house. I will get it later today and post em up.

 

This may be a real stupid question but is your airbag just kinda hanging there? If so im not sure id call that driveable.

 

Yeah, I think since it's the side airbag in the pod, it's not "legal" to drive it, but the car still runs.... take a rzor blade to it, and chuck it until you can get it fixed.

IMO Wes.... if that is the case... turn it in and get the car done right. Could you have high insurance... YES... but you're keeping it legal, and sooner or later the car is going to be in for service and someone will say something. Especially if they have to read codes.

I know I'm "mr goody goody" when it comes to this stuff, but it's my opinion.

 

Wow... that sucks, Wes. Good to hear you're OK. I agree w/Brian- if your airbag deployed, you're better-off to turn it in. Those things are EXTREMELY expensive, and they're one of those things that you really don't want rigged-up...

Update on my situation. Got a call today from the 'claims specialist' at the tire company's insurance. Went thru the details with me, yadda yadda. Good news is, he says as soon as he gets a statement from the tire co. he'll be issuing my payment. He also asked if I'd need a rental; I said yes since my car will likely be in the shop for 5 days. I just want the car fixed and this thing over with...

Anyway, hope everything turns out alright with your car... Keep us posted.

 

Yay for leaving work early.... I found a laptop for sale that I'm buying off of some kid and I have to meet him for it. It's a decent little computer for $200. I know I should be saving for turbo parts, but this is a must have. I'm thinking of eventually buying the HP Tuners software if I'm going turbo. I'd need a laptop anyway for that. Plus this will help at work too.

I'll be around later. I wanna see pics of your car later on Wes.

 

Actually you guys are WAY over estimating the cost of an airbag replacement. It's not what it used to be, you can get side curtain airbags for $100-200, that's what it ran for my friend's Jetta and that was NOT salvage, that was wholesale. That plus a door. Honestly, just without pictures and just going by description alone, it sounds VERY fixable.

Get an estimate, a lot of places will do a free one. And honestly we need pics before we can say for sure what's fixable and what's not.

 

After re-reading your post:

Not that there's anything you can do about it now, but for future reference if this were to happen again, call the police and file a report. Maybe you did though, you didn't mention anything about it. At any rate, if there was something on the road that caused your wreck, like oil (not just water, cause i'm fairly sure hydroplaning would still be your fault, though not sure on that one), but some substance that would cause a hazardous driving situation and would not normally be there which caused you to lose control of the vehicle, the wreck would probably not be your fault. It would depend on your insurance. I know water/ice is a different story because of my mom's wreck - they consider that to be a weather-related event and one that you should be aware of and adjust your driving accordingly to avoid an accident. But foreign substance on the road that you would have no prior knowledge about would probably turn it into a no-fault accident.

 

I agree with that Alicia when it comes to "foreign substances" on the road.

As far as the airbags, I was referring to front airbags when I was talking price, and that was what I was told it was "ballpark" to replace. What it is now, I have no idea, PLUS side airbags, I have no clue as to the price.

YES... we DO need pics for a better assesment.

Bottom line... do what you need to do to get it fixed Wes. If you can't legally drive it the way it is, then to be blunt, then you are going to have to face the penalty should something come up where you get caught. Not trying to sound preachy.. but it is what it is.

 

Front airbags used to be HORRIBLE..upwards of $3k to get them done. Now with as common as they've become, you can get them cheap - a friend of mine got a salvaged (never deployed) passenger front airbag for $60 and a replacement steering wheel (airbag also undeployed) for $30. What gets expensive is if you deploy them in an accident, you have to replace the sensors. If they're in the door, it'd be an easy fix, you'd just have to make sure to swap with a door from a Cobalt with side impact airbags. If they're in the fender, then that's a different story.