TeGGeR® wrote:
> "Brandy Alexandre" <brandyalx@kittylittercomcast.net> wrote in
> news:Xns96DFCCAA2869B8675309@129.250.170.92:
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>>Okay guys, a little more help. My car was officially declared dead
>>today. I was given the option of taking $2,060 for it and they keep
>>the car, or give me $1590 for it and a salvage title. I'm not sure
>>about the rules of salvage vehicles. Is it a benefit to me keep it
>>since the car is mechanically and strucurally sound? Would it be too
>>hard to get rid of? I need guidance. I don't want to see it go to
>>scrap, it's better than that. It's "salvage" because they gave it a
>>value of $1,975 and a cost of repair $1,995 (or similar to that, I left
>>the papers at the office).
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> "Salvage title" to a prospective buyer is sort of like telling a new lover,
> "don't worry, I'm not infected any more".
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> The car might be just fine after a repair, but with salvage on the
> paperwork, it's worth rock bottom to anyone willing to buy it. If you can
> find someone.

round here, that's not so much of a deal. indeed, if you want a crx,
you may not have /any/ choice. and it depends where the salvage title
came from. if it's crash rebuild, that's different to theft recovery.
and /that's/ different to the situation i had where the previous owner
had de-registrered to avoid p.n.o fees. [duh]. a cherry civic hatch
with salvage title - go figure. when i sold it, the buyer didn't blink,
and rightly so.

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> If you plan on keeping it forever and don't mind not ever getting anything
> for it if you do get rid of it, then by all means fix the thing. I'd get a
> professional opinion first from a reputable bodyshop, though. If they tell
> you you'd never be happy with it if it was fixed, then listen to them.
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