Junk/salvage question
 

The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.

Could this be the case, or should I run from this deal as fast as possible?

Thanks,

Mike

Junk/salvage question
 

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:16:16 -0700 (PDT), Michael
> wrote:

>The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.
>
>Could this be the case, or should I run from this deal as fast as possible?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike

Unless it's like... free, run.

BTW, is this a new car dealer, of some used car lot?

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On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 5:36:02 PM UTC-5, Bill Vanek wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:16:16 -0700 (PDT), Michael
> > wrote:
>
> >The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.
> >
> >Could this be the case, or should I run from this deal as fast as possible?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Mike
>
> Unless it's like... free, run.
>
> BTW, is this a new car dealer, of some used car lot?

Used car lot. He says he's too small a dealer to get a CarFax. I poked through free CarFax as much as I could and it was last maintained in 2013 by a local Ford dealer up to 77K miles, but 4 years later the car is now advertised as having 75K.

I think it's time to move on.

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On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:00:40 -0700 (PDT), Michael
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 5:36:02 PM UTC-5, Bill Vanek wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:16:16 -0700 (PDT), Michael
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.
>> >
>> >Could this be the case, or should I run from this deal as fast as possible?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Mike
>>
>> Unless it's like... free, run.
>>
>> BTW, is this a new car dealer, of some used car lot?
>
>Used car lot. He says he's too small a dealer to get a CarFax. I poked through free CarFax as much as I could and it was last maintained in 2013 by a local Ford dealer up to 77K miles, but 4 years later the car is now advertised as having 75K.
>
>I think it's time to move on.

Absolutely. There's lots of used cars out there. And anyone can get a
carfax.

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On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 12:16:19 PM UTC-10, Michael wrote:
> The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.
>
> Could this be the case, or should I run from this deal as fast as possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike

I think you should grab this deal before it slips away. You need more excitement in your life.

Junk/salvage question
 

Michael > wrote:
>The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.

It's likely the other way around, that it went through an insurance auction
because it was declared unrepairable.

>Could this be the case, or should I run from this deal as fast as possible?

How much is it, and is it an interesting car? I bought a car with a salvage
title for $50, put in a week or so of work and 300,000 miles later I was still
driving it. I eventually got rid of it because I could no longer get the
most common parts anymore.

Just because it was declared junk doesn't mean it's not repairable, but it
does make me want to very, very carefully inspect the repair job.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Junk/salvage question
 

On 19 Jul 2017 09:18:52 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>Michael > wrote:
>>The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.
>
>It's likely the other way around, that it went through an insurance auction
>because it was declared unrepairable.

In general, there's no such thing as an "unrepairable" car.

>>Could this be the case, or should I run from this deal as fast as possible?
>
>How much is it, and is it an interesting car? I bought a car with a salvage
>title for $50, put in a week or so of work and 300,000 miles later I was still
>driving it.

That sounds like BS, a salvage yard alone would pay more for a car
that was able to be repaired in a week and lasted 300k miles,
particularly if it had an operational drive train.

>I eventually got rid of it because I could no longer get the
>most common parts anymore.
>
>Just because it was declared junk doesn't mean it's not repairable, but it
>does make me want to very, very carefully inspect the repair job.
>--scott

You said you did the repair. If it had been repaired before you
acquired it, it wouldn't have been salvage.

Ignoring the contradictions, when the misnomer unrepairable is used,
it only means the commercial cost of repair exceeds the item's book
value.
--
It's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.

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> wrote:
>On 19 Jul 2017 09:18:52 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>
>>Michael > wrote:
>>>The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.
>>
>>It's likely the other way around, that it went through an insurance auction
>>because it was declared unrepairable.
>
>In general, there's no such thing as an "unrepairable" car.

I dare you to tell that to my wife.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Junk/salvage question
 

On 19 Jul 2017 15:11:18 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

> > wrote:
>>On 19 Jul 2017 09:18:52 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>>
>>>Michael > wrote:
>>>>The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.
>>>
>>>It's likely the other way around, that it went through an insurance auction
>>>because it was declared unrepairable.
>>
>>In general, there's no such thing as an "unrepairable" car.
>
>I dare you to tell that to my wife.
>--scott

Mrs. Dorsey, in general, there's no such thing as an "unrepairable"
car.
--
It's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.

Junk/salvage question
 

On Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 9:11:21 AM UTC-10, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> > wrote:
> >On 19 Jul 2017 09:18:52 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> >
> >>Michael > wrote:
> >>>The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.
> >>
> >>It's likely the other way around, that it went through an insurance auction
> >>because it was declared unrepairable.
> >
> >In general, there's no such thing as an "unrepairable" car.
>
> I dare you to tell that to my wife.
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

My wife totaled two cars. She hit a car and that car hit another car in front of it. She said the car she hit looked like an accordion. The force was so great that the bulb located in the bumper of our car had the filament bent back 90 degrees. I replaced the bumper and the struts for about $125. The car ran fine. We finally sold the car but I would have sightings of our car around town for over a decade afterwards. I used to get 27 MPG out of it but I've never gotten more than 20 MPG from my other cars. That must have been the most wonderful car ever. :)