Originally Posted by cc_gip' timestamp='1317156347' post='21012498

Thank you for your analysis. I did not tell the insurance company my plan, I come up with it because if I get everything fixed to its original condition who knows there will not be another loss in the future (I am a graduate student here in atlanta, I could not afford renting a single family house with garage). I do not know it is considered as scam, I did find it is your decision to spend the fund. That is my understanding of it and I found other owners did suggest getting after market seats and a better alarm system after theft. You mentioned they sold for 1000 on Craiglist, I admit that but it is largely because there are way too many thefts and I do not think we should ever buy or consider craiglist/ebay as resources to estimate value. (I know Honda asks way more than it worth...)

But I guess you know this business really well, they told me exactly the same thing like "it is used"...My logic is every insured car is a used car, and when you estimate the value, it is not a dichotomous thing (either new or used), it is all depending upon the condition of it and I am really sure about my s2k is great condition (Cosmetically, it is better than any AP2 I saw below 17k bucks), I spent half year and finally found this one 500 miles away from atlanta. I told them I can accept the passenger seat from the junk yard but it is absolutely unacceptable for the driver one.