Not necessarily true... Not every car with a salvage title has been in an accident. As a matter of fact, I bet there's more non-accident salvaged vehicles on the road now then accident salvaged vehicles. This is due to the huge increase in the number of vehicle being donated to charities. If the vehicle doesn't immediately pass the charity clearing house's safety and smog inspection, it is sold at auction as a "salvage" vehicle. By doing this, the charity absolves itself of any liability associated with the operation of the vehicle. That being said, I've bought several beautiful vehicles at the charity auctions that only needed a good service to be put back on the road. All these vehicles had a clean history on CarFax until they were registered by me. At that time they were assigned the "salvaged" designation. Additionally, I haven't had any issues with selling these ex-charity vehicles. As long as the history is disclosed, most people don't have a problem with it. I will admit though, that I'm talking about $5000 or less vehicles, and I have no doubt that as the price goes up so does the trepidation associated with a salvage title.
Cheers, Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of George Goff Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 10:47 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: What are the pros and cons of a salvaged title
In a message dated 10/13/03 6:01:47 PM, mwmiller@CWNET.COM writes: << Don't know why but some people don't want a salvage title. >> Why would anyone want one? With so many cars with good titles available, only a fool would even look at a salvage car. Unless it is purchased for the fair SALVAGE price with the knowledge that it will be damn near impossible to unload regardless of how good it is made to look, forget about it. These cars are salvage because it costs more to repair them than they are worth once repaired. Even damaged cars which can be reclaimed are never really brought back to the good as new level. Sure they look good, but they are never exactly right. It is just not economically feasible. We are not talking about a rolled Ferrari GTO here which can justify a $500,000 repair invoice. George |
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