Re: Salvage title vehicles how is it handled in your state???

Posted by RandyB(MI) on October 26, 2015 at 14:43:42 from (75.133.135.71):

In Reply to: Salvage title vehicles how is it handled in your state??? posted by jocco on October 26, 2015 at 09:24:24:

Back in the '80,s I used to make a living building salvage (and any and all collision work). The salvage law had just came out. It only applied to vehicles 6 model yrs old or newer by law. Ins companies ignored that and just filed for salvage title on everything they totaled no matter how old.You don't think they are getting payoffs from the big 3 for every one they potentially get off the road?? Between that and the liability, they don't like to fix anything anymore. Here in Mi I have a pristine low mile '99 Suburban and my company just had me go get it appraised and pics and it is insured on a value of $ 9000 so they aren't going to "total" it for a minor fender bender. If stolen I get $ 9000, period,end of story. Book value not relevant. Auto company lobbyists have been trying to get every wrecked car off the roads for the last 25 yrs without success. I believe that damage should be documented just like miles but I also believe that any new car that requires ANY amount of paint/body repair should also be documented and disclosed at time of sale as a new car. Lot of "new" cars go to the body shop before ever being sold / delivered and NOTHING disclosed to new owner paying payments for next 7 yrs. Even appliances are discounted for "scratch/dent" damage. One Chevy dealer where I live had a brand new (in 86) Monte Carlo SS that when being test driven got broadsided by a motorcycle and they run it through their body shop and sold it as brand new . I knew it had been wrecked so called salesman one day and busted him . Tried to pretend he didn't know of it. It was silver and their shop run by idiots didn't know how to blend in paint or too lazy to do it so lt door didn't match and I asked him if that was normal and he got very perturbed and hung up on me. Lot of crap goes on in the auto business,customer gets screwed every time.

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