just curious, whats the drawback of buying a salvage title car?? insurance cost more??

 

hard to resale and the fact that it is salvage

 

but how bout insurance cost. does the insurance company look down on it?

 

My insurance company won't cover me for full coverage, I'm liability only.

 

aaahhh crap are u serious??? wat company u got??

 

the drawback of buying a salvage car is:
1) the car had to be in an accident
2) if you don't know who fixed it they could have done a sloppy job (looks are decieving)
3) if you were trying to trade it in to a dealer it would be only worth about half the book value so you would be better off selling it to an individual.
4) insurance is the same price if it is a clean title or salvage title.

 

dont matter

 

A lot of insurance companys won't offer any coverage, others will only offer limited coverage.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teddybruckshot &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the drawback of buying a salvage car is:
1) the car had to be in an accident
2) if you don't know who fixed it they could have done a sloppy job (looks are decieving)
3) if you were trying to trade it in to a dealer it would be only worth about half the book value so you would be better off selling it to an individual.
4) insurance is the same price if it is a clean title or salvage title.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Could have been stolen and strippped as well, not always an accident.

 

you can insure it but they will NOT give you market value for the car if say you have full coverage and it gets stolen. they will give you like pennies on the dollar that you paid for it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teddybruckshot &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the drawback of buying a salvage car is:
1) the car had to be in an accident
2) if you don't know who fixed it they could have done a sloppy job (looks are decieving)
3) if you were trying to trade it in to a dealer it would be only worth about half the book value so you would be better off selling it to an individual.
4) insurance is the same price if it is a clean title or salvage title.</TD></TR></TABLE>

1. also flood damage

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BatuKing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can insure it but they will NOT give you market value for the car if say you have full coverage and it gets stolen. they will give you like pennies on the dollar that you paid for it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

actually, most places won't give you full coverage on it. you might have to look around to find a insurance company to give you full coverage. and if you are able to get full coverage, you would still be able to get blue book value (doesn't matter if salvaged or not).

only down side to salvage is why it became salvaged, and who and how it was put back to together (phantom problems), and also resale value.

 

resale value, and actual damage done to car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by smelldaOdaa &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but how bout insurance cost. does the insurance company look down on it?
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as long as it was repaired and inspected they will cover u! and if u wreck it again will give u full value!

 

pretty much waht everyone else said, but i rather not settle down for a car that has a salvage title just becuase its cheap and a "theft recovery". i would just keep looking for a better deal. it will be really hard to sell the car in the future.

 

i dont like the ambiguity of what happened to the car. some are theft recovery, but i mean buying a used car is enouugh of a gamble, why do you want more potential problems? im really picky about it. like when things seem out of place, even on a clean title i just leave. one guy said he never touched the engine stuff, but i saw some motor mounts that looked just a bit too new for the rest of the engine bay, so we didnt go for it. trust me, you dont wanna wonder what happened to your car prior to you

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99FBPSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hard to resale and the fact that it is salvage </TD></TR></TABLE>

yup hard to resale out.

 

in other words, keep lookin. hehe

 

the whole thing about salvaged cars is that something has happened to them before. i've owned 2 of them...and have had no problems what so ever. so has my my buddy, and he wrecked his and got full value for his car. it was a 94 teggy. and you can get full coverage. it is true that you can't sell for as high as you like or the trade in value is crappy. but if you do just want a car to drive around or whatever....i would see no problem. it's just up to the person when it comes down to it. how bad do you want the car? just ask yourself that question. it's easy to tell when someone is trying to scam you. just use your best judgement.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teddybruckshot &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the drawback of buying a salvage car is:
1) the car had to be in an accident
2) if you don't know who fixed it they could have done a sloppy job (looks are decieving)
3) if you were trying to trade it in to a dealer it would be only worth about half the book value so you would be better off selling it to an individual.
4) insurance is the same price if it is a clean title or salvage title.</TD></TR></TABLE>

the advantage of buying a salvage car is: (if its running good and you dont plan to resell anyway)
1) the price

 

that's what i'm talking bout!!!! haha.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by punkassazn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that's what i'm talking bout!!!! haha. </TD></TR></TABLE>

w3rd

 

it dont matter really

 

Salvages are cheaper

 

i got my 89 crx si it's been hit on the driver side but it's still clean title because it came out of a towing yard. On my carfax report it say's it's clean so not all clean title car's are actually clean title. i think these clean title car's aren't *** good as the "theft recovery" one's which had just been stripped. As long as it's clean title, people would rather buy those instead.

 

i remember hearing from a friend that you have to go through chp inspection. not really sure in your case but thats what my friend had to do

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bluracer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i remember hearing from a friend that you have to go through chp inspection. not really sure in your case but thats what my friend had to do</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats only if you're the one that fixed it; you have to get it inspected before its put back on the road. if you're buying the car already fixed by someone before, then you just register it the good ol' fashioned way.