Surprising Insurance Appraisal on a 6 yr old Civic

A few weeks ago, we lost our 1999 Honda Civic due to theft. In this case
the thief stole my daughter purse while she was out with friends and they
proceeded to her apartment where she attends college and stole her car. It
has never been recovered. We had no intention of being in the car market
until she was done with college and we were done paying college expenses.
Our vehicle was a 1999 Honda Civic EX Coupe with AT and 66,000 miles. It
was in very good condition with no other options. The insurance carrier
(Allied Ins Group) performed their inhouse appraisal of the car and
determined it's value including unused registration fees and sales tax to be
$10,733. Minus our $500 deductible off this amount, we were able to replace
it with a 2003 Honda Element EX FWD with 23,000 miles on it for $12,988 +
taxes and fees. We were astounded at the valauation and our best optimistic
guess of value was between $8500 - $9200 in value minus our deductible.
Needless to say, an unhappy beginning had a very happy ending.

 

Good for you Larry!

 

Wow thats great, my stock `00 with low miles is looking better & better.


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Rob Fruth - Houston, Tx
http://www.rfruth.net

1981 Raleigh for errands & fun ____ __o
1997 Trek 2300 for real fun ! ____ _ \ | _)
2000 Civic hatchback (_)/ (_)

spam the Federal Trade Commission thats

 

Wow thats great, my stock `00 with low miles is looking better & better.


--
Rob Fruth - Houston, Tx
http://www.rfruth.net

1981 Raleigh for errands & fun ____ __o
1997 Trek 2300 for real fun ! ____ _ \ | _)
2000 Civic hatchback (_)/ (_)

spam the Federal Trade Commission thats

 

Honda = high resale value and high theft rate.

 

Any info
http://www.thecarconnection.com/Enthusiasts/Spy_Shots/Spy_Shots_06_Honda_Civics.S178.A8842.html
on the `06 Civic hybrid ?

--
Rob Fruth - Houston, Tx
http://www.rfruth.net

1981 Raleigh for errands & fun ____ __o
1997 Trek 2300 for real fun ! ____ _ \ | _)
2000 Civic hatchback (_)/ (_)

spam the Federal Trade Commission thats

 

Any info
http://www.thecarconnection.com/Enthusiasts/Spy_Shots/Spy_Shots_06_Honda_Civics.S178.A8842.html
on the `06 Civic hybrid ?

--
Rob Fruth - Houston, Tx
http://www.rfruth.net

1981 Raleigh for errands & fun ____ __o
1997 Trek 2300 for real fun ! ____ _ \ | _)
2000 Civic hatchback (_)/ (_)

spam the Federal Trade Commission thats

 

I'll agree with the first point, but not on the second.

Brian

 

Cars Stolen Most Often

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB®), the
nation’s motor vehicle thieves continue to find the most popular
automobiles as their primary targets for feeding the underground
need for replacement parts and for export to foreign countries.

The NICB® has compiled a list of the 10 vehicles most frequently
reported stolen in the U.S. in 2003. That top 10 includes:

1. 2000 Honda Civic
2. 1989 Toyota Camry
3. 1991 Honda Accord

 

The NICB® has compiled a list of the 10 vehicles most frequently

Wait, those are 14 year old cars!

On average those would have 182K miles!

Maybe they have weak locks?

 

Wait, those are 14 year old cars!

When I was selling my sister's old 1995 Honda Accord 2/3 weeks ago, as
I began to tell the caller - it was already 7 PM - that it's my
sister's car, he immediatedly asked to talk to my sister. When I said
that I am the one who's doing the selling and also informing him,
because he asked about the title, that I have the title already signed
by my sister, he asked where the car's kept. Because of the way he was
communicating with me, I started getting a little suspicious, and hence
replied "not far from my place" thinkign that I will just take the car
a cross the street and show him. Then, he said he wanted to see the
car now and when I replied, "this is not a good time for me", he hung
up.

I really wasn't planning to show the car that evening and so when I
said it's not a good time, it didn't dawn on me yet of the possibility
of theft until, I got a call soon after from a guy with an accent that
I couldn't figure out (I am really good with accent , at least to
determine which part of the world ). Initially, I gave the benefit of
the doubt but he couldn't seem to hold his accent for long and started
losing. I forgot what he said and what I replied. May be he asked
what form of payment I would accept and I replied cash only. He hung
up.