David and all, In Arizona, a vehicle bought at an insurance yard is required to have a title stamped with big letters as SALVAGE. When going to resell the vehicle, this will significantly hurt the value. Yes, once it's salvage it's salvage for eternity. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: david raistrick <keen@LENTI.TYPE2.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 9:16 AM Subject: Re: A Cautionary Tale of Titles - Part II
> On Sat, 25 Sep 1999 DAVIDTHEKM@aol.com wrote: > > > > You may be correct for cars with current Texas titles. For vehicles > > brought in from out of state, you need a "green sheet" and an > > inspection. The inspection is for safety. The green sheet is also > > completed by the inspector and confirms that the VIN plates match the > > title. It has to be running for both. I know because when I brought > > I guess I find this odd. Thought I can completely agree with the logic > behind it. If you register and title the vehicle, then you are > essentially saying that the vehicle is ready for the road. > > Georgia has a provision whereby you can "register" the vehicle without > having a real registration..(titles are not required for >20 year old > cars..soo..) Go down to the tag office and simply pay the .tax. on the > car. Thats all they want. > > Perhaps TX has something similar for project/repairable wrecks, etc? Has > anyone contacted the DMV to find out? dont tell them you have an old bus, > eh? say you are planning on purchasing say a 95 toyota supra or > something from an insurance company and rebuilding it. You wish to > transfer ownership, but the car willnot be roadworthy for a while...... > > just my few worthless cents.;) > > -- > David Raistrick '69 Westy-Ichigo (retired:( ) keen@finally.atlasta.net > '82 Westy-Maxine (Mom's) > '66 SO-44 Westy (Current DailyDriver) in Augusta Ga > |
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