Im considering putting my car up for sale here, but im a new member so i cant yet. I just want to know how much you guys think its worth.
First off it has a salvaged title, it had light light right front damage, no airbags were deployed, and it drove off the auction lot. It is a 1998 base 5-speed, pearl white, the paint job is brand new, i painted the entire car so everything would match perfect, it also has the oem kit and rear wing. It is super clean, with only 34,000miles on it. It has no engine mods, and is only driven on weekends. It alos has brand new tinted windows, new 18 inch nitto tires on 18inch axis seven silver wheels. It also has brand new H&R sport springs, and a 2000 honeycome style grille. It also has black leather, that is like new, no rips or tears and is always conditioned. It also has a high end pioneer cd player. clears up front, with all super white bulbs. I also have all oem parts, and almost all recipts for the aftermarket stuff. I also have pics if you would like to see them email me at faridnekouee@hotmail.com. Thanx, so how much do you think i can sell it????

 

salvage title cuts the price in half. i would say 9k?????

 

Dude, I guess you know nothing about salvage cars, otherwise you wouldn't say that the price cuts in half

It sounds like a very nice car with very low milage. Milage is the thing that screws you over and makes you lose money...salvage is just personal preference, which some people wouldn't wanna buy, but...

Anyways, I live in Canada, so I guess the car would be good for around $22000-$23000 Canadian dollars.

 

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i would disagree and say that YOU dont know much about the salvage car market. salvage cars cannot even be registered or insured in some states. half price is about right.

 

if it really is as clean as you say it is, Id say you could get a little over half price for it. Do you have records for all the repairs done to the car?

 

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sad but true, unless your buying

 

You people are funny

Ok, lets just figure out and get it straight with what kind of salvage experience do you have? Did you just hear some buzz from unimportant people or you actually know what you're talking about? About some states that won't allow to reg your car..well, I don't know and I don't care, 'cause there is no such thing in Canada and I guess nothing like that in California (farid's state).

2-3 years ago my dad used to own a red 95 Prelude VTEC, leather, sunroof, power everything, 5spd, with around 120,000 KM on it. He bought it from an auction flipped over, so you can imagine the amount of damage on this car. He sold it for something around $12,000 (Can). At that time the highest prices on these cars were around $14000-$15000. Now, according to you, he should have sold it for $6000-$7000

And would anyone would like to explain me how people who do this thing (fixing salvage cars and selling) for the living, are making any money if they give them away for 1/2 price?

My dad does that, I know personally a lot of people in my city that do the same thing for living, and none of them sells it for half price. You must be a total moran to sell it for this price, 'cause you won't make anything on the car and probably will even lose money.

Yeah, and let me tell you my secret. I'm gonna buy a wrecked lude for myself, fix it, make it look nice (non stock), drop a turbo in, and by the time I'm done I would spend less money then buying a stock prelude with a clean title....and once you add the $$$$ you have to spend for all the toys....

Plus, you usually get a low milage if you buy a wrecked car...drive it for a few years, sell it for much more than you spent on it, or at least get your money back if put on lots of milage. Buying a clean titled car will never ever return your money back.

So to you farid, it is a very nice car and don't listen to those uneducated people who know nothing about salvage cars. And let nobody get offended, just don't talk about stuff you don't know.


Farid, see what other preludes are going for in your area, find the average price and put it on your car.

 

correct me if im wrong (which i may be) but isn't the reason the insurance company would total a car is becasue it would cost more than half the value of the car to fix it <U> the right way </U> ? so if you go and buy a salvaged lude and you fix it the right way its going to cost you just about the same, im saying if you did everything the insurance company quoted. but sure you can cut corners and not fix some things and not do it right but then you have a salvaged car that u half *** fixed that may be ok looking on the outside but may not be fixed properly and/or my be dangerous for the driver if they got in another accident, which is why in some states you cannot register or insure cars with a salvage tittle. correct me if im wrong, this jsut my opinion

 

thanx for all your guys input. I have been around salvage auctions all my life, and ive seen cars with just missing front seats, and they were salvaged. My damage was super super mild, it was still drivable. I have got a few offers around 12k, but did not sell, i have prettye much sll recordes, and almost all my parts are new. I geuss i will sell it for $12k. Thanx

 

Try like $11500 us dollars and BELIEVE me that **** will sell!!!!!!

 

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bent frames especially, costs like $1,200 even if you slightly bent the frame. The title destroys the car, salvaged compared to clean what would u rather have?

 

prelittlelude, let me correct you

The insurance company doesn't total your car, a shop estimates the car's damage. When you go to a shop to get an estimate, they don't fix nothing there, they see a scratch on your hood and they replace your hood. They basically replace everything with new parts, that's why it is so expensive. This winter a retard (that's literaly) ran into my 89 Civic, smashed my left-front corner. Bent a bit of my hood (just the corner), broke my turn signal (headlight survived, wow!!!), ripples went on top of my bumper with a crach in it, basically a whole in the bumper, the left fender was good for garbage and the left wheel magically wasn't harmed I went to 2 shops to get a rough estimate and both places told me it would cost around $3000 (Can). My car costs only around 2000-2500 So I went to a junk yard, got myself a fender, a bar that goes above the bumper, and a turning signal. Then pulled my car, straightened the hood to the best I could, and was done in one day (without painting it). Everything cost me around $30-$40. Now the damaged part is painted and looks as well as new. So...feel the difference???

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That's bs. You just don't buy new parts if you get a scratch and even if you need parts, you try to find the best price possible and visit the junkyards.

So the only wrong way is if your hands are growing out of your ***...but that would be noticable


farid, 12k is kind of cheap. If you were offered 12k, then your car is worth more, 'cause people always offer the smallest price possible, so that means you should raise the price a bit

And if you say you want 12k for it, people will try to get it for less anyways, and you'll end up selling it for like 10.8k. Put 14.2k on it, and then if they'll make you wanna drop the price, you can always put it at like 12.9k. People would think they're getting like 2 grand off! Which is really 1.3k, moreover you were thinking to sell it only for 12k..

And if you place an ad in newspaper, don't tell'em it's salvage. Let them come and ask.

 

odessa you make some good points , i agree with you in some respects , like replacing everyting with brand new oem isn't ness. but some people want it done that way, and i was manyly refuring to frame damage , if the frame isn't fixed right then nothing ever sits the same, and ive heard people say even if a professinal does the work after a car has been in an accident it is NEVER the same, and sometime i agree. especially so with our cars being unibodys ,

i mean i could go on and on about all the details but when it comes down to it if your looking at a car and it has a salavage tittle it makes it so much less appealing for abuy. you just can never tell if the work was done right, and its a common assumption that salvage cars are bought and "fixed" and then sold for alot less than what it should be worth BECAUSE people assume that corners have been cut and it has just been made to look "nice" on the out side and never truely know the extent of what was done.

i think we both make good points , but yeah farid go alittle higher than 12. peace its friday!

 

If somebody wants every little scratched part being replaced, then they should go to the shop and pay a few grand, while it can be done for a few dozens of bucks. Some people are just rich and it is not a problem for them to throw away money like that.

I don't see how the frame cannot be done properly. If it is not done properly, then you will never put the car back together, nothing will align right and it will be just a box of **** on wheels. So the only way to go is to do the frame right. And it is very easy to see if the frame is right. Just take some measurements and measure both sides of the car, like the diagonal of the hood, the space between the front and rear wheel on each side, the diagonal of the roof. If you get the same measurements, then the frame is ok. Moreover, check the gaps between hood and fenders, however it is not necessarily because the frame is bad, most of the time it is because the hood wasn't placed right and wasn't aligned right with the fender.

 

Go to KBB.com and get your car appraised from the Kelly Blue Book, then take off about 2000 because its salvaged. But you should still be able to sell it for at least $12,000 if its as good as you say it is.

 

I don't know how it is in Canada, but in US people don't want to buy cars with salvage title. Now if a car is highly sought after and the price is good (say $16K car selling for $11K) then it will sell, but if you want to sell a salvaged car for the same price as a car that's never been in an accident then whatever you do, don't try to sell it in US as that won't get you anywhere.

 

I would trade my 01 base ss for that....modded etc........ Thats a kick *** deal the way that worked out..... not having engine mods and the exterior clean is a +

 

salvaged cars are priced and worth what the market will pay in your region. in california and the tri-state area here (nj, ny, ct), salvaged history cars go for a pretty penny.

most all rebuildable salvaged titled cars can be titled in other states. i currently drive a salvaged history 2000GSR with a NJ clean title. don't be afraid of salvaged titled cars.

and yes, these auctions are very strange sometimes. i've seen an s4 roll off the auction floor with nothing more then a busted ignition and missing headlight housing/hid's. salvage title.

again, it all depends on the area which you live. frame damage is nothing to be scared of as well. a qualified shop will easily put the car back within specs.

i do rebuildables on the side and can atest to this. i've done plenty of cars with frame damage all having salvage/clean titles.

don't be fooled by clean titled cars. some clean titled cars are hit beyond belief as well. all depends on the insurance company and how much the insured motorist is willing to argue against the company. literally all it takes sometimes for insurance companies to salvage cars is just putting the stamp on the papers. and human error has happened before where to be salvage cars have received clean titles. happens all the time. my old 99 GSR was the same way.

though i think 12k is a bit high for almost any 98 prelude i'd be happy to get that if i were you.

again, please do not mislead people regarding things you are not familiar with first hand. unless you deal with a body shop on a regular basis or attend these auctions, you have no idea the market demand for rebuildables today. it's a multi-billion dollar business that thrives off huge demand.

 

Farid....Email me with pix...Im in the market for a nice 5th gen...Peral White too.
Madcatz1417@hotmail.com

 

Dont be afraid of salvage titles. In jersey, if you're car has a salvage title you have to repair it and take it to a special inspection station. These guys inspect everything and are ****, but if you pass the title gets flipped. Some states, like florida, dont let you flip it at all. SOme states will flip outta state titles without any inspections or anything, just a new clean title. you just gotta be a resident in that state I recently bought a 1992 prelude si for $1900. It needed a new bumper cover, new headlight/cornerlight, has a scraped hood by the light, cracked windsheild, deployed airbags, and a dinged fender by the headlight. The car was declared totalled (but still clean title) because it woulda cost over 5 grand to drop it off at a shop and tell them to fix it. Its costing me under $500 to fix this car myself, and im not even a mechanic or body man. I just saw the same car(same miles and model and everything), only not wrecked, sell for $5500. If you saw this car you'd think he hit his own mail box coming out the driveway lol.

 

well if you still wan find out the value of your car i suggest lookin up kelly blue book look it up i dont have the website but ill find it for you and edit


and here it is http://www.kbb.com/

 

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you can also try http://www.nadaguides.com

 

it seems my experience in purchasing is not the majority. all the better for you farid. charage what people will pay.

 

I will pay 1 dolla an fivty-tree sens

 

Farid is not a condom dealer, you're in a wrong market