Expert: Ernie - 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
Unfortunatly Neon`s did not hold value well.I dont know mileage or year of the car but if it runs well and has low mileage I would think  $500 would be a good price.Also frame damage does not mean a car is totaled.You might want to get a few estimates on repairing the car.It may be cheaper than replacing the car.Another option would be to put it on ebay for parts.Being in Fl. you don`t have the rust issues that I have in the midwest so you have rust free clean parts ,that should raise the value some too.