Highland, high ground and low ground
The name fits half the town. Ridge Road runs along Highland’s highest land, the same old shoreline that runs through Munster. Toward the Little Calumet River the ground drops, and those lower areas have a history of flooding.
That’s the reason this page talks about water more than the others. When a car sits in rising water, the damage doesn’t always show right away: a musty smell, a corroded connector, a warning light that comes and goes. Cars like that are welcome here. We buy them as they are, alongside the usual junk, wrecked and scrap cars from the rest of town.
Where things are in Highland
Highland sits just south of the Borman Expressway. A few names help us find the car fast:
- ZIP 46322. Highland’s ZIP; it also appears on lists of Hammond ZIPs, so give the street address too.
- Indianapolis Boulevard is what locals call U.S. 41 through town. Wicker Memorial Park, with its 18-hole golf course, is on it.
- Downtown is around Highway Avenue, close to Kennedy Avenue.
- Ridge Road runs along the high ground.
- The Erie Lackawanna Trail, a paved rail trail, crosses the town.
- Subdivisions such as Wicker Park Manor (also called Frog Hollow), Brantwood, Golfmoor and White Oak Estates.
If you’re in a subdivision, say which one on the call. It tells the driver roughly where to head before the house number narrows it down.
After heavy rain near the river
If your car sat in water, here’s what to tell us:
- How high the water got. Below the door sill, over it, or into the seats.
- Whether it was clean rainwater or muddy runoff. Mud and silt end up in the carpet and under the dash.
- What it does now. Starts or not, warning lights, windows or locks acting up.
- Whether an insurer is involved. If an insurance company took the car as part of a water-damage settlement, the paperwork is different.
Indiana has a legal definition for a flood damaged vehicle and, for newer cars, a salvage title rule to go with it. Our guide on how to sell a flood-damaged car quotes the Indiana Code and lists the signs to look for.
Water also goes after wiring first. If the car now drains its battery or the dash has gone dark, the page on cars with electrical problems covers that too.
The rest of Highland’s junk cars
Not every junk car in Highland is a flood car. The rest are the usual mix: a car that failed its emissions test, an engine that overheats, a wreck the insurer paid out on, a second car that stopped starting in the driveway. All of those sell the same way. Send the details, get a call with an offer, and have the car towed free with payment at pickup.
Pickup notes for Highland
Driveway, street or garage. Say which, and whether anything is parked in front of it.
Low spots after a storm. If your street is still wet, tell us. We’d rather schedule the pickup once the water has gone than send a truck into it.
Paperwork. A signed title is simplest. No title? We can still help. Indiana wants either the title (a BMV duplicate is $15) or a BMV certificate of authority ($4), and a car under 15 model years old legally needs one of the two. Say what papers you have and we’ll confirm the route on the call.
Next door in Munster
Munster is Highland’s neighbour to the west, and Ridge Road runs through both. If the car is on that side, the Munster page has the local notes. Both towns are part of the four we cover around the Hammond, Indiana area, with Whiting and East Chicago to the north.
Ready? Request an offer or use the form on this page. Year, make and model first, then your name, phone and the Highland address.