sbc wrote:
The insurance will usually let you buy it back for salvage price which is 200-300, I've done it a couple times as has a buddy. Just be sure to ask because they do not volunteer that option.
I didn't bother asking about buying it for salvage. I figured the only thing worth anything are the front rims and tires, and they wouldn't fetch that much even though they're as good as new (only about 1,000km on them). I'll try to find out what yard the car ends up in just in case somebody wants to pick over the front end. The gen 2 headlight wiring harness is possibly still intact, but can't say for sure because the fire did make it up far enough to torch the blower motor I had just put in a week ago.