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Date:         Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:17:15 EST
Reply-To:     BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
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From:         Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Converting a salvage title in CA
Comments: To: nhansen@DAKOTACOM.NET
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In a message dated 3/11/03 10:17:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, nhansen@DAKOTACOM.NET writes:

<< I guess that California doesn't believe in recycling. I once rebuilt a pickup truck in Connecticut that the Insurance Co. said cost more to repair than the book value was. I did have to trailer it to the MV Dept. and have it fully inspected. They thought that the horn wasn't loud enough but I got a clean title anyway. >>

Sure they do. California just wants you to now that the vehicle has been SALVAGED. I just bought and sold a Syncro with salvage title. I knew that when I bought it. The guy who bought it from me knew that as well. Neither of us cared what the designation said. But the important thing is we all knew, original seller included, that the title indicated it was salvage.

You may be confusing having a "salvage title" to junking a vehicle. In this case, the vehicle has been chugging along for over 100,000 miles since it was first tagged salvage. It is being converted into a camper with a Subaru engine conversion. So it will have many more miles to go. Since it has been designated salvage, the current owner is not worried about cutting the roof for a pop-top and going to a non-VW drivetrain changing the collectibility of the vehicle.

Everybody is happy. No one got ripped off.

BenT


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