What do you guys think?

[97ponygt]

http://lincoln.craigslist.org/cto/1460591064.html

Think its worth taking a look at?

 

[JStang98]

Id look at it for sure from the pics it looks very clean but pics dont always do justice.

 

[96redgt]

It's worth a shot. I'd go over it good with it mentioning salvaged title. Kind of a buyer beware deal. Carfax might be a good investment.

 

[97ponygt]

Ya, the salvage title kind of worries me. Anybody on here have a car or driven a car with a salvage title?

 

[duff daddy]

I wouldnt be scared of a salvage title car, but personally I wouldnt spend that much on a salvage car.

 

[ademily87]

as long as the car fax is good its whatever. Resale value won't be **** though. When something has a salvage title that usually means the insurance company doesn't wanna fix it becuase they think its too expensive so they go ahead and total it (if you want) and give you the check for what its worth and give you a salvage title. They tried to total my truck when a guy rear ended me and barely dented my bumper and tailgate because his insurance company said it woyuld cost more than what the trucks worth to repair it. So I'm stuck with a screwed up bumper and tailgate.

 

[duff daddy]

as long as the car fax is good its whatever. Resale value won't be **** though. When something has a salvage title that usually means the insurance company doesn't wanna fix it becuase they think its too expensive so they go ahead and total it (if you want) and give you the check for what its worth and give you a salvage title. They tried to total my truck when a guy rear ended me and barely dented my bumper and tailgate because his insurance company said it woyuld cost more than what the trucks worth to repair it. So I'm stuck with a screwed up bumper and tailgate.

Please have your facts straight.

The most common case of totalling a vehicle is when the repair price is over a percentage of the value of the vehicle. IE repairs cost $9,000 on a $10,000 car. When taking my apparisers test the industry standard is between 78-85% The owner has ZERO say (in the state of Massachusetts) and its 100% up to the adjuster. Also after an estimate has been written for repair, there may be suppliments on the repair of that car which can total more but do no NORMALLY get added to the % towards the total. Also if a vehicle is totalled once a heck is written, you sometimes have the option to buy the vehicle back, or attend and auction to buy it back and then, once the vehicle has been purchased, it is issed a "salvage" title.

 

[Javi]

id prefer a low mileage car with a bent fender, over a high mileage car in "prestine condition"

go for it!!

Ya, the salvage title kind of worries me. Anybody on here have a car or driven a car with a salvage title?

check out my sig :icon_rr:

 

[auto_x5.0]

My daily driver has a salvage title. It was a front end impact and the airbags deployed so the insurance company totalled it, I got it for $2400 and put a couple grand in it and I drive it every day now and I've never had any alignment or suspension problems.

 

[ademily87]

as long as the car fax is good its whatever. Resale value won't be **** though. When something has a salvage title that usually means the insurance company doesn't wanna fix it becuase they think its too expensive so they go ahead and total it (if you want) and give you the check for what its worth and give you a salvage title. They tried to total my truck when a guy rear ended me and barely dented my bumper and tailgate because his insurance company said it woyuld cost more than what the trucks worth to repair it. So I'm stuck with a screwed up bumper and tailgate.

Please have your facts straight.

The most common case of totalling a vehicle is when the repair price is over a percentage of the value of the vehicle. IE repairs cost $9,000 on a $10,000 car. When taking my apparisers test the industry standard is between 78-85% The owner has ZERO say (in the state of Massachusetts) and its 100% up to the adjuster. Also after an estimate has been written for repair, there may be suppliments on the repair of that car which can total more but do no NORMALLY get added to the % towards the total. Also if a vehicle is totalled once a heck is written, you sometimes have the option to buy the vehicle back, or attend and auction to buy it back and then, once the vehicle has been purchased, it is issed a "salvage" title.

They told me hey it would cost to much to fix. Do you want us to give you the value of the vehicle, and a salvage title, or $500 and just go away. Thats how it works here in VA. I'm going off of my one incident. I did not say hey, this is how it works. I never took an "appraisers test". I was going off of what happened to me. I was just pretty much saying even if my truck did have a salvage title, it wouldn't really hurt anything because its just becuase of a dent in the bumper and a scuff on the paint of my tail gate. Why do I even try to say anything on thios forum. Everybody is freaking right no matter what lol

 

[duh09]

My car has a salvage title. All the damage was in the front end and its very obvious but its all fixed now. I wouldn't ever be afraid of a salvage car. If anythings wrong, itll be apparenty when looking at it or driving it.

 

[GDTrumbo]

A good set of SFC'a would probably take care of any squeeks or rattles it might have. It would be interesting to know what the damage actually was.....

GT