I only joined a few days ago and have enjoyed the forums and now I finally have something to say. I am so impressed with these little guys. The 10 mile stretch of US Hwy 19 that I live on in Florida was once on the countries top ten list of most dangerous stretches of highway and earned the name 'Death Valley" because of the long, gradual dip. Two years ago I was crossing that road in my 1995 Vette and a lady ran her red light and took the whole nose off. Today I'm on my way to see the doctor and was at the light one mile away from the previous accident and got rear ended at 50mph...tore the front end off his VW. My little HHR suffered a slightly crushed rear end...I drove it away from the accident while his got towed. I heard a scrubbing noise so I applied some physics and got after the inner driver side rear fender panel with a hammer and crowbar...problem solved and I'm still on the road. At 59 my body doesn't bounce quite as well as an HHR, but nothing broken, just lot's of soreness setting in.

I don't know what the crash rating is on these things, but they are darn tough and I don't have a broken neck to prove it...the little guy absorbed a lot of shock...it may now be about six inches shorter than stock, but it's all in one piece LOL One side benefit is that I poked a hole in the muffler with the crowbar and now it sounds bada_s!

 

Glad you're around to tell the story to us. I hope their insurance either fixes or replaces your HHR.

 

Good to hear you could away. Our cars have a good crash rating, especially for rollovers.

 

Thanks guys, I think Chevy has made a big mistake terminating production. If I had the bucks I'd buy an SS and trade in one slightly damaged LS

 

Get a SS. Nothing wrong with having 2 HHR's.
We have quite a few members on this site that own more than 1.

 

Yes these little truck-lets are tough, but what a way to find out, glad you're OK.

 

Welcome to the forum....

Sorry to hear about your crash. I do suggest you get the HHR thoroughly inspected by a good auto body shop, to ensure things aren't crumpled up underneath. They are made to absorb impacts (as all modern cars do) by having controlled 'crush zones'.

Pull up the rear cargo compartment pieces and take a good look at the spare tire well and frame rails back there.

 

Welcome- Good that you are ok after that.. IIRC, the HHR has a 5 star crash rating.

 

love my hhr its an 08 80000 miles very few problems .been on rt. 19 a few times know what u mean