Sucks, but there is hope. My girlfriends Mom's accord was stolen and it was found abandoned after it ran out of gas with a new stereo system and a new spoiler put on it.
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Sucks, but there is hope. My girlfriends Mom's accord was stolen and it was found abandoned after it ran out of gas with a new stereo system and a new spoiler put on it.
It was a 2000 Honda Civic EX Coupe, Taffeta White. Bought it for $4000 back in Jan of 2010 at 116k miles. It was stolen at 168k sometime in the last week while parked on the street. I had the minimum insurance required on the car; liability. It will be a total loss and I will get nothing back. Some of you might think, "Should've had comprehensive auto-insurance..." No. I've owned the car for 4 years. When I bought it, my insurance through my parents plan (which I am still on) was $120/month. Comprehensive was $220+/month. 48 months * 100 premium > $4000 I paid. Even then, the check they could give me will be less than what I paid for the car. Regardless of that...
I have a very strong emotional attachment to that car. It is my first and only car. I have not wanted any other car in any significant way to where I would replace it. I have only thought of adding other cars to the mix, never removing mine. I never thought of selling my car and never planned on it. I planned to keep it for the rest of my life even until it could no longer function. (I would never stop trying to fix it)
We were going to grow old together and now it's gone.
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What kind of crappy insurance was that? In 2006 I got my license back after 3 years for DUI and bought a ~25k F150 and complete coverage was $255/mo.
It was a 2000 Honda Civic EX Coupe, Taffeta White.
That is outrageously high unless the DUI still impacted the price after 3 years.
Had mine "borrowed" mid 1980's...POS 1972 Merc. Montego. We were downtown drinking and it was gone when we tried to go home. Filed a police report, cops drives off and this guy pulls up in it. Turns out he has a POS 1972 Montego parked around the corner, same color. Our keys were interchangeable. He was so wasted that he didn't realize he was in the wrong car.
Had mine "borrowed" mid 1980's...POS 1972 Merc. Montego. We were downtown drinking and it was gone when we tried to go home. Filed a police report, cops drives off and this guy pulls up in it. Turns out he has a POS 1972 Montego parked around the corner, same color. Our keys were interchangeable. He was so wasted that he didn't realize he was in the wrong car.
Had mine "borrowed" mid 1980's...POS 1972 Merc. Montego. We were downtown drinking and it was gone when we tried to go home. Filed a police report, cops drives off and this guy pulls up in it. Turns out he has a POS 1972 Montego parked around the corner, same color. Our keys were interchangeable. He was so wasted that he didn't realize he was in the wrong car.
Holy shit, $220 a month for comprehensive coverage? Are you sure you're not conflating comprehensive with collision? I have comprehensive coverage on a Honda Civic with a $0 deductible and I pay $100 per year for that coverage with state farm. Now as for collision coverage, well that probably would have been $100 per month, making it not worth it to me.
When you're 19, male, and live in the US then car insurance is expensive.