Sadly, the Civic gave its life for me Thursday night. I don't have any pictures, sorry. It was the other drivers fault, but I know the book on the car will be low, as in less than $2K. Here are my questions:

I just put A LOT of money into the car to ready it for the next 150,000 miles, as in head gasket, timing belt, water pump, tensioner, cam/crank seals, all drive belts, all coolant hoses, new distributor, distributor cap, wires, ignitor, rotor, fluid flush, master cylinder, etc. All genuine parts from the dealer. This is just what I can recall.

What other years will these parts work within?
What other years will body parts swap? My r front fender, hood, bumper, headlight assy, corner light are gone. Air bag deployed. The r front tire is pushed back into the rear of the fender opening.

Strangely, the car wouldn't move when dropped off of the tow truck, as in no clutch. The slave cylinder was full. Any ideas on that?

Thanks,

Ed Fisher
Dallas, Tx

 

You can always negotiate on what the other guy's insurance wants to pay you. If you aren't claiming a personal injury, rental car, etc. they're often willing to go up on paying just for your car. And you can also negotiate to keep the car to sell for parts or even fix it (if legal in your state).

If it acts like it's always in neutral, axle may have broken or pulled out of the transmission. The speedometer would go up if you put it in gear and let the clutch out, but the car will not move.

 

dang man that sucks.

and the parts should work for 92-95.
(right?)

 

92 to 95 are all the same car, practically every part will interchange. Engine will also fit 88-91 almost exactly (swap intake manifold to revert to DPFI, and move radiator fan sensor) and probably later models if you don't mind going from 1.6 down to 1.5.

 

Ed, sorry to hear about the accident. I hope no one was hurt.

Maybe buy another 5th gen Civic and use your totaled car for parts?

 

Thats crappy.... ya Any 5th Gen will work for ya.. good luck on the insurance end, and on getting a new car.

Glad she allowed you to walk away un-harmed.

 

damn man that suks, but glad your ok, any 92-95 civic is all interchangable without any mods needed, its the same gen as your car, i had the same thing happen to me 2 yrs ago, i got 1,800 back from the other drivers insurance company (paid 400 for my car)
it was a 1990 civic hatch, it had the exact same damage as you described and was said to of had 4000 worth of damage.

 

Thanks one and all for the replies and well-wishes. I appreciate the support greatly. As an aside, the Civic held together admirably given a 40-45mph crash into a relatively fixed object. My passenger wasn't hurt, and I simply stoved my shoulder while trying to miss her driver's door. It's just a tear that should be ok after some rehab.

The car kept running, didn't poke a hole in the radiator, and sat like a soldier keeping my passenger warm while I was directing traffic, getting a spare coat for the other young driver, and trying to keep another crash from happening on a cold and rainy night. I loved that car, and I loved her consistent 37mpg. Sigh.

MK378- I believe that you are correct, the axle is out of commission.

Again, thank you all. Be safe. I am a pretty darned defensive driver, have ridden motorcycles for 40+ years and have learned to have my 'radar' on at all times. Sometimes people just do something so bizarre as to offer no early warning system. She was literally in my headlight beam before I could react. I have played it over and over and I can't see how I could have anticipated this accident given the speed that she was traveling trying to get across all lanes for a left turn. I'm just glad that I could swerve to catch her front instead of the driver's door in a T-bone. She wouldn't have fared well I'm afraid. All in all it is just a pain in the **** and if that is the worst that happens to me in 2010 I will be just fine. Who knows? She may have been heading out to see far worse that night if she hadn't "met" me. Fate is a funny thing.

I'll be back gang, and will let you know when I am and what Honda I am driving. I will monitor the list in case, on the off-chance, there is something that I can contribute.

Ron J. Most of the 5th gen cars that I am finding are rags. I am still looking though in hopes of transplanting my power plant into another one...

All the best,

Ed Fisher
Dallas, Tx