My Birthday present

The air bags didn't deploy. She evidently wasn't going fast enough. It was the other person's fault. She had a green light, he just turned in front of her. She didn't have time to stop, it all happened in a blink of an eye. Thankfully she was only going about 20 or so mph at impact.

Zagnut27 said:

I thought it was worse because of the reflection on the doors, (I thought there were dents there too). Most important, glad to hear that your wife is ok, a vehicle can be replaced. Second, hopefully they can get the L fixed up and back to you quickly.

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Yeah that picture I took isn't the best for reflections. Surprisingly, they drove it up on the rollback. Radiator internally is intact as there wasn't any leaks. My wife is convinced that had she been in some other vehicle she would've been hurt. She always has liked Jeep SUVs because she thinks they're tough. I can't argue with her on that one. I hope too it gets fixed rather quickly, but with some customers waiting on sold orders at the plant I'm not optimistic. There are front end pieces specific to this model, which may or may not help the process.

Update. As of today, she is feeling much better. Her bruises are clearing up. The insurance adjuster looked at it and made his damage assessment, and it is now at the collision center. I'm still thinking it will be some time before it's done. She picks her rental up today. I'm wondering what it will be.

Zagnut27 said:

For her rental, unless she was able to choose a specific type of vehicle, I’m betting it’ll be a Toyota Corolla. I think it’s the number one punishment device….er…I mean rental car. We had one when we went to Colorado. Bland was not a bland enough word for it.

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Another update. She has her rental. We had a choice between a Charger or a Compass. We took a Compass as it's easier for us to get in and out of. And it's a Limited, very well equipped.

Erik Latranyi said:

A 2.4 Compass or the new 2.0T?

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2.4. I was hoping it was a 2.0T

Zagnut27 said:

I recall the seats in my TJ weren't very comfortable, but it was a TJ, so I wasn't expecting much. The seats in my Liberty were pretty comfortable, even after 18 years and 180k miles. The leather was still in pretty good shape too.

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The seats in our Commander are the same way. 230k miles and they are fine. No rips or tears, and I'm a big guy.

Zagnut27 said:

The leather was very durable! We’ll see how the cloth and artificial materials we’re stuck with now hold up over time. Neither myself, nor my wife are that big, so the durability test for us is the kids and the dogs. Lol.

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These are cloth seats. Very boring to look at, but tough.