Thanks again for all the encouragement and information. I don't much like to deal with insurance companies as I lost my home in Oakland in the 1991 Oakland Hills Fire and spent over a year fighting my insurance company every day.
As for the highway department... the way the law is in California if you are involved in a one driver accident you are at fault no matter what the circumstances. This is done to keep the counties and state off the hook and they can't be sued. The highway patrolman who came to the scene advised me not to push the point or he would have to cite me. Had he cited me it would have put a point on my drivers record and cost me with insurance. If you report a one driver accident to your local California Highway Patrol office the report stays there and goes no farther. This keeps it off my record and (please don't hate me, keeps the accident off the cars record since the DMV never sees the report).
The work starts this week on the car... engine gets pulled first. Hey at least I get all new fluids out of the deal. [8]
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Inferno Red 2002 PT Cruiser, 5 speed, base model.
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