Should I buy this car?

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Garfang

Originally posted by: PCH0
I talked to the guy again and armed with new information I counteroffered $3000. Hes chewing on it as we speak.

Don't do it unless a good body shop says it's OK. And remember, having worked in the car biz, I have a decent feel for what a car like that should be bought for, and $3000 is just too much. The seller needs to find another sucker for his repaired rice-stickered wreck.

I couldn't have said it better myself. With so many other, good cars available. Why even give this one a second look? $3,000 might seem like a bargain, but what will happen when you need a new pair of front tires every 10,000 miles?

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
If the car drives well $3k may be a good one as long as there is not too much damage to the frame/unibody, which can mean a weaker car if you ever get in another accident.

$3,000? Would that be in Canadian funds?

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: slikmunks

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: SlowSS

Originally posted by: LAUST
nevAr buy a car that has been in a wreck like that.

 

[tarheelmm]

Even if that car got a new frame I would not buy. Cars that badly damaged should be parted out.

 

If it was me and the guy gave me the car, I still wouldn't take it.

Salvage title = totaled.

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

Snope.

 

[edro]

That is an awesome deal, but since it is wrecked...... there is no telling what is wrong with it.

 

[Vette73]

PASS!!!! MOVE ON!!!!!

Safer in the long run, get Kia, or something WITHOUT a salvage title

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
PASS!!!! MOVE ON!!!!!

Safer in the long run, get Kia, or something WITHOUT a salvage title

Two years ago I kept seeing low mileage 1999-2001 Hyundai Elantra's in the newspaper going for an insanely low price like $4,800 they were all TOTALLED SALVAGED cars.

Of course stupid me I bought one but it was a 94 Toyota Corolla it ran fine but I wouldn't do it again.

 

[spidey07]

I bought a car with a salvaged title once. Something fishy like a car dealership can have the car retitled in tennessee so you can't really tell it was salvaged.

Right off the bat I was having problems, broken motor mounts, noises, suspension troubles.

Turns out the car had a crack in the frame.

There are also horror stories of cars breaking in have or having major failures do to frame damage.

 

[LAUST]

Yep, and I still have yet to see a car come off a frame machine straight as it was new myself.

 

[CraigRT]

salvage title = bad
also, you may get the rice AT ricer effect.

 

[BlamoHammer]

Thanks a lot guys. I'm a total noob when it comes to cars and the like and I got what I expected when asking the question here. The guy was adamant about not dropping below $5k and I told him to take a hike. Sucks too because we had been trading emails about the car for a week and it was all setup and ready to go and when I ran it through Carfax last night...BOOM! There it was. In any case, if anyone finds a 93-97 Civic EX for sale in California for a good deal let me know.

Thanks again everyone!

 

[thedarkwolf]

My mustang has a rebuilt title. I wouldn't have bought it but the price was right and I couldn't find one in anywhere near as nice of shape. Sofar the only evidence of the wreck I can find is that the driverside headlight is newer and the driverside fender doesn't have any rust on it like the passenger side one does.

 

[SCSIfreek]

No, just look at the picture. before the rack, he riced his car with sticks on the windshield. Never buy a riced car <---the driver probabily drove it hard plus with 138K. No way!!!


--Scsi