so a few weeks ago my '98 civic ex got stolen from the parking lot where i work. police found it ditched in mass about 2 weeks ago now. i have the car back and my insurance adjustor came out the other day to check things over.

he was saying the cost of the damages might end up totalling to car. i was wondering if anyone knew approximately how much the following costs, i cant really find too much information anywhere. here is what i need to have replaced:

-steering column
-entire dashboard
-drivers door locking mechanism
-seats

any help would be truly appreciated.

-Bryan

Hey Bryan, I've very sorry to hear about the car theft.

I don't have any experience in a similar situation, but I'd be shocked to hear that replacing those four items that you listed would be enough to justify totalling or writing off the car.

Sorry to hear about your car being stolen. I would agree that I would not think that it should be totaled. I am not to sure on the exact prices but have you thought about maybe checking out a junkyard. A lot of times the cars in the junkyard do to mechanical problems so you might be able to pick up some of this stuff cheaper there.

I agree, tater03. And this reminds me of the discussion about how much you trust your mechanic, too.

Was there a large amount of electronics in the dashboard? I'm still having trouble imagining why it may be totalled.

I really don't get why it would be totaled either. Can you maybe get someone else to look at it or is it the insurance company that is saying it is totaled?

It's a ten-year-old car. Doesn't take much to total those.

You can probably buy the wreck back from your insurance company after they total it, but it'll then have a salvage title.

Sorry to hear that but I did check out some incidents that were covered up unknowing and put up on television and even showed the way they stole a car from its parking lot. I am scared to leave my car even in parking lots but mostly it is done during late nights. How about your incident? I guess 10 year old car might be totaling to car amount, I am not sure about the costs though.

I guess it would make more sense to total it if it is ten years old. Again I am really sorry to hear that you have to go through this.

hey sorry to hear about this.... but my partner jujst re did my whole interior for a cheap price of $200 wee went to the wreckers and took perfectly good parts off a wrecked honda civic and painted them and put them onto mine it loks brand new maybe you should have a go at it ... its cheap.. good luck with whatever u do

That does sound like a great idea for getting it cheaper. Sorry that it got stolen. Would it be better to get a check from your insurance and buy another one? Unless you are set on fixing it. Either way, I wish you the best.

This post has been edited by Grace: Jan 10 2008, 01:09 PM