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Hi all,

I'm new here (just registered today).

Anyhow, about 2 weeks ago I crashed my Civic into a concrete wall (damn black ice!), and I'm dealing with the insurance right now who is offering me $2700 (tax in.) for my car.

1995 Civic SI
329,997 KM
manual transmission
1 week old NEW muffler
and winter tires (with about 3 more winter seasons left on the tread)

So my question is, do you think that is a fair offer?

It just makes me sad that I lost my car this way (my first car and I got it as new!)

 
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That sounds about right. After all it is a 12 year old car with more then 300K on it. You should be happy your getting that price. It could be alot worse.

 
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wow, thanks VWJettaMK2 for the quick response!

Looks like I'll accept their offer then (not like I have a choice, since I tried to get $3000, but they are firm with $2700)

 
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Like I mean most people wont be able to sell a car with 250K for that price, so your getting a pretty good deal. Besides insurence companys are ******. My friend got rear ended and they wrote of his BMW and it took them almost 2 months to even give him a call with a price.

 
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I guess I should consider myself lucky then. It only took them two weeks to give me an offer... I refused their first offer and this was their second offer.

Thanks again.... and sorry about your friend's experience

 
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$2700 seems fair (considering the km's) . Dont worry, be happy.

 
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always refuse their first offer. take the $2700

 
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If you can produce receipts for major repairs that are not classified as normal wear and tear they will pay you for that, ie: transmission, head gasket. Goodluck, i'd try to squeeze for a little more. Worst case see if can take off the exhaust and any other accesories that you can sell on your own.

 
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Well, I took the $2700... but took the winter tires off of it in exchange for the crappy tires that was sitting in storage.

So now I have 4 winter tires to sell! although, I just noticed that one of the tire is damaged from the crash

Anyone looking for winter tires (Nokian Hakkapeliitta, bought in November 2005)? it has treads for another 2-3 winter seasons left.

Please PM me if interested.

Thanks!

 
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$2700 for a 13 year old civic that's wrecked with close to 350,000km sounds like a hell of a deal to me. Mind you most insurance companies would offer a little bit more than it's worth I would assume seeing as once you claim your rate jumps and they make more money in the long run? I'm not sure but $2700 would make me happy for my wrecked eg with a b18b if i decided to claim.