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Beauty... I can't spell.

 

IMHO: Regardless of how it got the classification, that car has a salvage title and is therefore worth considerably less than he is asking.

 

Hello

I almost bought that car last year out of Ontario. I recall the owner was selling it because he was moving back overseas. A local buyer beat me to it. I did not care for the carbon fiber hood but at that time he had the original one as well if I recall. The owner seemed to know a lot about his car and and FD's in general but I never saw it in person. I believe those are the original pictures from the first sale attempt. The user was TIAN and on this forum. What I find odd is that the car was for sale last year in September 2007 and he had told me that he sold it. I guess he never sold and its the same seller today? Price last year was $22K asking but firm. I do have to admit that last year I was never advised of a salvage title. Iw would have to say that to me that would make it worth less but if his paper work it valid maybe that can be reversed and corrected-who knows.

Regards

Max

 

That sounds fishy...

 

yeah i was gonna say that i think I've seen this exact RX for sale on several ocassions.

 

It is clear from the text (and price) that the seller does not realize the implications of a salvage title.

 

i have to say, i bought my FD as a salvage title, but because I have no intentions of ever reselling, registering it as a rebuilt salvage is of little consequence to me as long as I have it...

 

I also saw the car last year---it is in very nice condition,and the paintjob is excellent,and there were no sign of crash damage or repairs underneath the car.I spent about 15 mins crawling under the car.I also drove the car and it ran ok.I would probably have bought it last year if my offer of $18k had been accepted.

I understood that a car with a salvage title cannot be imprted into Canada,so this aspect is very strange.

 

It would be an excellent buy if it was salvage. What a shame.
As it stands now, its still not a bad price considering the excellent condition and the new paintjob. Especially if you buy the car as a keeper.

 

why is everyone so hung up over the title. if it was repaired correctly then whats the problem. with the age and KBB/NADA value for the car, a small impact could be enough to total and rx7 now, even if it is mostly cosmetic. I've seen clean titile car wiht a crappy owner, look at the car not the title, your driving the car not what it says on paper.

 

Some insurance companies will not insure salvage title cars and some banks will not finance them so selling them can be a pain. Whether justified or not, a salvage title lives with a car for its life and will always reduce the cars market value.

 

never had a problem insuring a car due to a rebuilt title (salavge car needs to be inspected and then given a restored title), nor have other people i know of. Also alot of people who look at title rather then the whole car. IMO the best is to look at the car and title, if it meets your expectation and use the title as a negotiation point, but dont discount buying the car just for the title alone.

 

i also tried to buy this last year, also knew nothin about the salvage title thing tho i never talked to the guy IRL, only saw it on the streets around my neighbourhood, and some ppl prefer not to buy cars that have been in accidents because of superstitious reasons

 

Seems like a good car. If it is true to what has been said by the seller, and seeing that he has some paper work to back him up, I would say buy the car. Bring it back to the states get a new tittle in any state and the salvage tittle is gone.

I have seen many exotic cars get salvaged and the tittle washed in another state. So this is very possible to do with this car.

 

CarFax records a salvage title for this car (as per the description) so it is never going away. It is also a highly unethical thing to do even if it were possible.

 

You are correct about the ethics. As far is being done I have seen many exotic cars do this.

This is something that a person who was looking to buy the car can do for themself if the tittle bothers them. In reallity there are thousnads of car running around that have ben in accedents that were not reported and were fixed very well. So if someone doesne know what to look for or if the repair was fixed correctly and done in a way that was very hard to find, I do not think that people would know for sure if a car was crashed.

I am not one to take part in actions like this, but I work in this automotive industry and have seen some shady things go on. Kind of like it only take a small group of people to give an industry a bad name.

 

Yeah I definitely have to agree with you on that one def3, I've seen so many shady moves go on, in fact I myself have done several jobs involving cosmetic damage that were paid for by the person and not an insurance company because they said it would be considered totalled, and they didn't want to "deal with the hassle"

 

is that even legal?

 

If the person does not report the problem to their insurance then there is no report on the car.

How many people get hit or are hit in a car and just dont get insurance companies involved? If the damage is great or little an insurance company should be involved. I have been hit in my truck years back and the person wanted to settle with out notify the insurance company. I said o.k. and got est. for that damage. when it cam time to get the money for the person they avoided my calls. I ended up calling my insurance and giving the company the persons info that I had. Got my truck fixed and left it at that.

People do not report to insurance companies for several reasons. This is just two of them. One to keep the accident off their record and two not to show a car has been in an accident.

 

Yes, I know that, but I believe failure to report an accident is illegal....

 

Depends on the laws in that state. In PA you don't have to depending on the nature of the accident.

Dave

 

Exactly.

As far as being the responsibility of the repair shop to report to an insurance company that is not their responsibility.

Now if there are some questionable issue with anccedent I would hope that the repair comapny would mention something to the proper authrities.