BenT The last time I went through the salvage thing here in CA was many years ago with an old Nissan P/U that I had bought from a guy not knowing it was salvage (DOH!). The paperwork was no big deal but the CA inspection was. I had to replace all the tail light lenses and one headlight, fix the horn and get the headlights adjusted to pass inspection. It was a pain. You can't have a single crack in any lens or glass anywhere on the vehicle or you will fail. Not a huge expense just more of a PITA. Jeff in Marin On Apr 15, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:56:51 -0400 > From: Bill Glenn <idahobill@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: Would you buy this salvage title Vanagon? > > On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:22:45 -0700, BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > ...Would you devalue to buy such a thing because of the resulting > salvage > title... > > Ben, > Rules vary from state to state, but I have encountered the > requirement that > if repaired rather than scrapped, a vehicle carring a salvage title > must be > inspected for completeness of repairs to insure road worthiness > prior to > registration. I have been told that his can be a rather thorough > inspection, such that things that could normally be mutually ignored > by the > seller and buyer of a used car, might have to be repaired (a cracked > windshield or a slightly damaged body panel comes to mind). > > Further, for a vehicle that carries a salvage title, many if not most > insurance companies will only offer liability insurance, even if the > vehicle has been fully repaired. I think the view is that if the > previous > damage was sufficent enough to warrant a salvage title, the insurance > companies do not want anything to do with possible future repairs, > perhaps > because repairs could be complicated by the previous repair work. > > I know you said the vehicle in question has not been in a collision, > but an > insurance company will likely not being inspecting your van, but > will go by > what the title says. And that's the very purpose of a salvage > title, to > put others on notice that some major event has taken place that may > well > compromise the integrity of the vehicle (think flood-damaged cars > being > cleaned up and resold to unsuspecting buyers). > > To save the van you must add value in carrying out the repairs, and > a buyer > who wishes to insure that value against possible loss will likely > pass on > the purchase if he cannot do so. > > For these reasons, a vehicle carrying a salvage title generally > appeals to > few buyers, and intrinsically carries a lower value as a result. > > Bill |
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