Ran into SUV, front of car demolished

[Predator_CITF]

The other day, when I was driving to school, I fell asleep (had 3 hrs of sleep night before) and ran into the back of a Jeep Grand Cherokee (I didn't brake fast enough). Nothing happened to the guys SUV cause it was higher than my car, but the front of my car like went "underneath" his car. My bumper is fine, but my hood is crumpled backwards, and the grill got completely destroyed. I hope you guys know what I mean. Like...the front center of the hood went directly underneath his SUV (since it was higher than mine).

Now, my hood is jammed (cant open it, hood got shoved in the downwards direction and messed up the opening mechanism).

What's the easiest way to fix all this? If I go to a collision center, will it cost more than 1,000$+ to get a new hood, + grills, and fix the heeadlights (one of them got broken off from the bumper).

Or should I go to a junkyard?

Also, if I look in the front (where there is no grill anymore), I see some kind of plastic cylindrical tubing with circular rings all around it thats being crushed downwards by the hood (which got pressed down, hence why its jammed because the mechanism is messed up). Is this tubing the radiator?

And after I crashed, it seems that I have to accelerate harder to get the car to go faster. Like...to get from 0-20, my RPM goes higher than it used to. Is this because my hood is messed up and the car is not efficient aerodynamically? Or would there be a more serious problem?

I appreciate if someone could ANSWER all these questions. I know its a lot, but I need help! Thanks!

[Cold_Zero]

This guys is selling his front bumper, is that something you can use?zerothread/237489

If your hood was bent down, the radiator is probably bent/damaged. You will want to replace that fast. Your acceleration problem (0-20) sounds like a transmission or torque converter problem. My first instinct would be to not drive the car, get the hood popped open and do a damage assessment. You may have more damage than you know.

I would make a list of all the parts that you need and then call around to the local junk yards. BTW what year and trim Altima do you have?

[RICERMAN]

I think you need to park the car and give up driving for a while. Were you on the cell phone too?

[Predator_CITF]

Uhhh I just told you I fell asleep. I'm pretty sure its impossible to talk on the cell phone while sleeping.

Anyways, Cold Zero, I can't pop open the hood because its jammed. The hood was pushed down and it jammed up the hood-opening mechanism. Do you guys know of any prominent collision centers or body shops in the Dallas/Forth Worth area that I could take that won't charge an arm and a leg?

Thanks.

[eight3six]

even though the hood is jammed up and you cant open it, you must find a way. if the grill area is destroyed just rip it out so you got more room to work and get in there. untill you get that open you wont know what exactly is all smashed and broke, and if you keep driving it that way you can cause more damage than you already have.

also id say just go to a junk yard and try to find the parts first. would definatly be cheaper if you can find them.