dold@PrivateXPa.usenet.us.com wrote in message news:<bfrpju$50a$2@blue.rahul.net>...
> My daughter-in-law's 95
> Civic had the airbags deploy, and she was told that airbag deployment will
> total most used cars.

Huh? The chance of the airbag deployment totalling the car depends on
the value of the car, not whether it was purchased new or used. If I
bought an '01 Mercedes and wrecked it tomorrow, you can be sure it
would be less likely to be totalled than an '01 Neon or Kia you may
have bought new.