i know what you're going through. i bought mine in May of 99. two weeks after, a mustang ran a stop sign and smashed the ENTIRE right side. first thing i did was jumped out and ran right on him cause i wanted to beat his ass! he paid for it though. almost $5000 in damages. Subaru did a real ****ty job fixing it. i took it back 3 times. then, in November of 2000 i hit a deer. whole left side was smashed this time. lost the side view and everything. now the transmission is dead! real bad luck with this car, but i'm not giving up on it. anyway, sorry for your loss. you'll love it even more when you get it back.