was salvage, now clear
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was salvage, now clear
what are your thoughts on cars that were in accidents, salvaged, fixed, then cleared. i've been looking for a car and some guy i know has a really nice accord ex that he fixed and is selling it. i saw the title for myself and its clear. what do you guys think. would it be worth a look?
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RE: was salvage, now clear
ya if its from a reputable shop..but you need to watch out also, i have watched some stuff of t.v with people buying salvaged cars or cars they didnt even no were salvaged and a couple weeks down the road the hole car is falling apart, and the guy who sold it is no were to be found
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We havent had any problems. The civic went 10 months without a problem. And the only problem my dad has had with his tahoe is the air conditioning not working. But that has nothing to do with it being salvage.
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Well im assuming it was in an accident? The body work is probably fine from macco but the paint is almost guarrenteed to peel away in a year.
Well im assuming it was in an accident? The body work is probably fine from macco but the paint is almost guarrenteed to peel away in a year.
yeah probably, the thing is i've considered buying this car. he's asking 3g's. i'm willing to pay that, but now he wants my totaled civic for FREE. the reason i didnt junk it was b/c he wanted it but not w/o a price. i've even asked him to drop the price of tha accord and i'll give him the civ to compensate but he's firm on the 3000. i lost $600 from buying my car back and after taking the extra stuff off, i'm not letting it go for less than $300
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We havent had any problems. The civic went 10 months without a problem. And the only problem my dad has had with his tahoe is the air conditioning not working. But that has nothing to do with it being salvage.
We havent had any problems. The civic went 10 months without a problem. And the only problem my dad has had with his tahoe is the air conditioning not working. But that has nothing to do with it being salvage.
Acutally ALL GM SUV's lights are chit anyway. If i had a penny for every suburban, tahoe, yukon, yukon sl that had a burnt out bulb anywhere on the vehicle id be driving an elise.
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Salvaged cars are a risk to buy, because you naver know what happened to it. It could have been in a lake, and soon later be rusted up pretty badly. Or it could have belonged to a drug dealer that the cops took it away.