accidents

Has anyone had to deal with body damage to the aluminum body? Maybe I am wrong, but I would think the typical body shop isn't going to know what to do. Seems to me that Claritys are going to be totaled out in a heartbeat, if there is any damage, particularly in and around that packed engine...

I rear-ended into a Camry last Saturday. Adaptive cruise control was on, but I was also fully participating. ACC was working all fine, decelerating correctly until a few seconds before the accident. I realized something wrong, kicked the brake to the end, but felt little deceleration at all...