Expert: William Forster - 12/2/2006

Question
Hi, I was recently in a head on collision and have no collision insurance, so I wanted to know how much my car would salvage for. I had someone come out and take a look at the car and he said the frame was bent and that it was totaled. here is the url to pictures i have taken of the car  http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4150085
just click next and you'll see the rest of the pics.
I have only gotten a price from 1 place and they said (without looking at the car) they would only give me $100.

thanks in advance!

Answer
I don't really do price quotes. I can tell you this- ancient neons aren't worth crap when they are all together, much less when they have been smashed to bits. Call around, but you will be luckey to even get 500 bucks for it. It's a 2000.00 car with 3000.00 worth of damage. A vehicle is worth book value, minus the cost of repairs. Do the math, and It ain't pretty. You would do better to part it out, maybe on ebay or a local trader magazine.