YACT: Salvage titles..

[Syringer]

What reasons are there to deter one from buying a car with a salvage title?

 

[NutBucket]

You don't know how well the repairs were performed and you'll get sh!t for it if you want to sell it. Although, a car will have a "salvage" title if the interior is stripped and then replaced. YMMV.

 

[Yossarian]

it could be a complete POS, and it will have no resale value.

 

[ElFenix]

if you get them superdirtcheap it may be ok.

 

[NutBucket]

*awaits arrival of RossMAN to thread*

 

[fredtam]

Depends on why it was salvaged. Flooded cars are completely rebuildable but insurance companies usually total them.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: fredtam
Depends on why it was salvaged. Flooded cars are completely rebuildable but insurance companies usually total them.

NEVER buy a water-damaged car.

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: fredtam
Depends on why it was salvaged. Flooded cars are completely rebuildable but insurance companies usually total them.

NEVER buy a water-damaged car.

Now wouldn't that depend on the car and your ability to fix it?

 

[V00DOO]

I used to auction salvaged titles vehicles and retored them. Some salvaged title vehicles maybe: stripped, flooded, or has been in an accident. I would pay a little more for a non-salvage title used car.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: fredtam

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: fredtam
Depends on why it was salvaged. Flooded cars are completely rebuildable but insurance companies usually total them.

NEVER buy a water-damaged car.

Now wouldn't that depend on the car and your ability to fix it?

A lot say you can't really fix a water damaged car.

Anyway, I'd only buy a salvage if it was DIRT CHEAP because you have no resale, plus whatever issue caused it to be salvaged in the first place.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: fredtam

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: fredtam
Depends on why it was salvaged. Flooded cars are completely rebuildable but insurance companies usually total them.

NEVER buy a water-damaged car.

Now wouldn't that depend on the car and your ability to fix it?

The problem is you don't know how high the water got and what got corroded. The main problem is electrical gremlins. IMHO that's the hardest thing to fix in modern cars.