I went through the same thing with my Honda CRV 2 weeks ago except we hit a deer. We were in Lovell, Wy. The radiator was damaged so I couldn't drive it home. It had to stay in Powell, Wy to get fixed. There was $5,000 worth of damage and fortunately the insurance co. covered it less my deductable. They gave me $40.00 a day for a rental car and a $100 emergency money to cover gas and motel expenses.

We picked her up this weekend and on the way home yesterday we were almost involved in the same type of accident as yours. There was a major traffic slowdown on the interstate due to a grass fire. You could see the emergency vehicles and stopped traffic a good distance away. We and the car next to us were slowing down to stop when all of a sudden the car next to us veared off to the left onto the median. The woman behind him didn't see the slowdown and by the time she hit her brakes she to was close to avoid him. If he hadn't gone off the road she would have creamed him and probably gotten us too. When her car finally stopped her brakes were smoking.

I plan to have my car paid off by Dec. and hope to have many happy years with her before I fork out the money for a new one.