I found a 02 RSX Type S for sale. It has 38000 miles on it but it was rebuilt and has an R title after being hit on the drivers side. I checked it out today and every thing seems fine mechanicaly. Its a little beat up as far as cosmetics but the guy is selling it for $10,000. I feel like its to good of a price to pass up but wanted to see what others thought.

 

what do you mean r title?

 

R title means it was totaled by insurance. Some one bought it and rebuilt it. Now it has an R title.

 

I ran into that too, with a rsx that i was looking at. it was a salvaged title and he wanted 10500. for it. it was in good shape but the prob with this is that... if your looking at getting a loan most any bank wont give you one if its a salvaged. and two if your looking at insurance your looking a most insurance companies not insuring you! I did alot of research about it and its not worth it. Look for a better RSX for a decent amount. you get what you pay for!!! always!

 

My buddy just bought an EM1 that was totaled by insurance and he got the same steal. He has had no problems out of it but he also checked the car over thoroughly before he purchased. This is my only suggestion. Just make sure that the paint matches and all the parts are new and not bondoed and fiberglassed over! Other than that you should be pretty good. Maybe you should use that as a negotiating tool! Good Luck!

 

i think you mean salvaged title, i have never heard of R title. actually that's to much for that car for the simple fact as it has a salvaged title. Whenever a car has a salvaged title the price of that car is no longer going to be that price. Cut it down to about half and you get the price of what it really is worth maybe even lesser then half. A bank wouldn't even let you take out a loan for that car because it doesn't have a clean title value it used to, it's worthless. He can only get 10k on the streets for it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DC54LIFE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I ran into that too, with a rsx that i was looking at. it was a salvaged title and he wanted 10500. for it. it was in good shape but the prob with this is that... if your looking at getting a loan most any bank wont give you one if its a salvaged. and two if your looking at insurance your looking a most insurance companies not insuring you! I did alot of research about it and its not worth it. Look for a better RSX for a decent amount. you get what you pay for!!! always!</TD></TR></TABLE>



especially credit unions and they usually have the best int rates for car loans

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by risktypes &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i think you mean salvaged title, i have never heard of R title. actually that's to much for that car for the simple fact as it has a salvaged title. Whenever a car has a salvaged title the price of that car is no longer going to be that price. Cut it down to about half and you get the price of what it really is worth maybe even lesser then half. A bank wouldn't even let you take out a loan for that car because it doesn't have a clean title value it used to, it's worthless. He can only get 10k on the streets for it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

r tittle is usually used by recyclers but in any evet r tittle is pretty much the same salvage tittle

 

i don care what the report says, never by a dirty title car..ive been screwed so many times.

at the same time. not all clean title cars are legit either.. ive been screwed both ways.

just make sure u know what your looking at. check the right things, if unsure have a mechanic A REAL MECHANIC look at it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by albertleee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">have a mechanic A REAL MECHANIC look at it.</TD></TR></TABLE> x2. If the car is in good shape, the seller should have no problem letting you take it to a mechanic to get it checked out. If everything looks good, I'd offer him a little lower than what he's asking for.

 

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just make sure u know what your looking at. check the right things, if unsure have a mechanic A REAL MECHANIC look at it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can find any noticable decects your self. (if you're at least a decent do-it-yourselfer.) A mech wont find anything not noticeable by you without tearing into the car.

 

its all depends the car can be in a better condition than a clean title, but for a rebuit dont pay 10k thats why too much, i picked my 02 RSX rebuilt title for $5k!! The guy was actually asking $8k and i told him i wouldnt give him any more than 5k and he took it.........bring him down

 

just find a clean title one... the price on the type s has come down since it first came out... i got a 04 type s a spec for $14000 thats after taxes and interest to... it had 50000 miles

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmsquad &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just find a clean title one... the price on the type s has come down since it first came out... i got a 04 type s a spec for $14000 thats after taxes and interest to... it had 50000 miles</TD></TR></TABLE>
Bull. What did you pay?? $5000 for the car???

 

yeah $5000 02 Base RSX Rebuilt title, the body is in clean shape, but i did have to put like a $1000 in to the engine, whole bunch of **** where bad from the hit, but now its running fine only has 63000 miles cant complain, i would post some pics if i knew how on this page.......

 

get a clean title one theres always a chance an r title car has some flaws for it.

 

An 02 RSX Types S with a clean title is only worth 12,500 to 13,000. A Rebuilt title witch is what your talking about is worth no more than 5-6k at the max. Trust me I sell cars for living. I just sold my brother this exact car with a clean title for 12,500. Any other questions let us know.

Pat

 

i bouth a 05 rsx s that has a salvage title, I got a loan for it with no problems my insurance is cheep and it looks like brand new, haven't had a problem with it yet. the extra money i saved up by getting a great deal on my car i bought rims exhaust and tein ss. And still didnt come out more then half of the money that i would have spend on a used one.