# '96 Honda Accord hit by a taxi cab in NYC **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** selling, accord, honda\ **Created:** [February 7, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-honda-accord-hit-by-a-taxi-cab-in-nyc/44031 "2010-02-07T16:13:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rlaperle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@rlaperle](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rlaperle)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-honda-accord-hit-by-a-taxi-cab-in-nyc/44031/1 "2010-02-07T16:13:56Z")
This past Dec. I was driving around Manhattan and decided to take a left turn on a green light with on coming traffic. My car made it 75% onto the next street when my rear end was hit by a taxi cab. So this car is paid off, it has 212,000 miles on it. It is a 96 but it is a Honda. I don’t want to buy a new car. I wanted to see if fixing this car would be worth it. The trunk was smashed in a little and there might be some frame damage. I am waiting on the insurance company to see if there is. The lights need to be fixed and the rear passenger side panel. I was lucky cause the rear passenger side tire made it just by a inch. The car is drivable just not legal. Thoughts… Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-honda-accord-hit-by-a-taxi-cab-in-nyc/44031/2 "2010-02-07T16:31:15Z")
Sounds like it is repairable. You might just want to get everything straightened out and functional. New paint and making it pretty again will involve a lot more money than just making it a functional “city” car. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-honda-accord-hit-by-a-taxi-cab-in-nyc/44031/3 "2010-02-07T16:34:20Z")
Why is it taking so long??? More then a month seems way too long to me. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-honda-accord-hit-by-a-taxi-cab-in-nyc/44031/4 "2010-02-07T17:10:24Z")
Doing major body repair on a 14 year old car with 212K miles on the clock is simply NOT going to happen. Insurance companies are not charities. They will total your car, writing you a check for $1500-$1800 if you are lucky and still have collision insurance. You won’t get a dime from the cab company… ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-honda-accord-hit-by-a-taxi-cab-in-nyc/44031/5 "2010-02-07T17:42:33Z")
Grab any settlement that you can get from the insurance company. Have a mechanic bolt on some universal tail and stop lights available at any auto parts store to make the car street legal. It won’t be pretty, but you have a 14 year old car with 212,000 miles. After it is street legal, drive the Accord until it croaks. Invest the rest of the insurance money that you have in a CD so that it grows interest to help pay for your next car.