Repairing The Damage

I took my car to an auto body shop to get an estimate for the damage caused to my car by that thing I hit on the freeway. If the damage was less than my deductible, I was just going to pay it and not make an insurance claim. I've now made a formal claim with my insurance company.

The damage didn't look that bad to me. The plastic cover under the car needed replacing and I knew from past experience that would run around a hundred dollars. (This isn't the first time I've ran over things on the freeway.) It was just a question of what fixing the bumper would cost. I thought perhaps another hundred bucks, but it's a thousand. That seems like a lot of money for a bumper. I wonder what a real accident would cost. I hope that I never find out.