Date:         Tue, 14 Oct 2003 08:19:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Salvage title
Comments: To: "Brian T." <nobleman36@YAHOO.COM>
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The same reasoning can be used for any repair on a vehicle.  Salvage just
means the repairs cost more than the insurance company was willing to admit
the vehicle was worth.  Alas for our vans that's sometimes not very much.

JMHO

Mike

On 10/13/03 10:45 PM, "Brian T." <nobleman36@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> In the immortal words of Forest Gump, life is like a
> box of chocolates... you never know what your gonna
> get...
>
> The reclemation of a vehicle is only as good as the
> person doing the work.  I grew up in a restoration
> shop and the fact is in most cases you are buying
> something that someone wants to make a quick buck on.
>
> My dad still gets spun up when talking about how this
> is and that people don't want to spend the money to do
> the job correctly, yet will turn around and sell it as
> "good as new" to someone that doesn't know any better.
>
> Personally, unless I do the work myself I wouldn't
> touch a salvage titled vehicle, but that's just me.
>
> Brian
>
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