Date:         Sat, 8 Mar 2003 18:00:59 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: Converting 'Salvage' to 'Clean' title? How honest is it?
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 11:45:20 +1300
Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote:

> The whole idea of "salvage" title strikes me as being pointless. What
> does it prove?

A salvage title means the car was written off as totalled by its
insurance company, at some point.  I think the idea is to protect people
from unknowingly buying vehicles that have been in serious accidents and
then repaired.  In some states a car with a salvage title also needs
inspection before it can be registered for road use again.

This is a different issue from whether the car is actually registered or
not.  You can let registration lapse on a car with a clean title if you
want to.  It doesn't create any problems in registering it later, in
most states.

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David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si