Salvage Title Car?
Posted by RequiemNoYume@reddit | askcarguys | View on Reddit | 7 comments
My Friend bought a car from Marketplace which Said had a Rebuild Title but when he went to get it he guy said it only had the Salvage Title Paper.
It was a good deal so he got it.
But the problem is he didn't know that he would have to get it inspected by state patrol and they require the recipts of the parts changed.
The damages on the car weren't major it was door and fender. And the seller doesn't have any recipts. He's afraid that they aren't going to pass the vehicle.
Does anyone have any similar experience.
not-a-toad@reddit
The seller is definitely dishonest and yall did get a little scammed but dont be too discouraged.
In my state, all you need is a new smog and a brake/light inspection to have the car be road legal again. If its not that badly damaged like you say, you should be completely fine. Id say go get your brake&light inspection done (its one process, not two separate inspections. Also pretty cheap.) and if that fails THEN you can start worrying.
jrileyy229@reddit
You answered your own question... They require receipts. How do you know what the damages were? Did you find the auction pictures/report?
Unfortunately, the person who sold you the car might have been full of shit. There's a good chance they bought the car with the same lack of knowledge... Went to get it inspected, got sent home, and decided to sell it to the next uniformed person
RequiemNoYume@reddit (OP)
We did see the auction site he got it from and we got car fax for it as well. The damages checks out and it was an one owner car till it got into that collision before .
The guy sold it to him fixed the car himself just he got the parts from Marketplace or no name garages who sells car parts.
jrileyy229@reddit
That's what he told you anyway. Something doesn't add up... Anyone who fixed salvage cars knows you need receipts. Even if this seller was his first time... Something still doesn't add up.
You don't go through all the effort and get to the part where you get to make money... Which is getting the rebuilt title issued and then selling the car... And stop before that last step.
And if he got all the way there... And got to the inspection station and they told him he needs to come back with receipts... What you're saying doesn't make any sense. He would have FB market message history to be able to print out and that would suffice.
At the ABSOLUTE worst case scenario, to get the Rebuilt title... You would go to a pick-a-part and buy a door and fender for $400 just to have the receipt... Go get the R title... And then sell the extra fender and door.
There is a missing piece to this puzzle, which y'all are going to find out when you go try to get the salvage inspection. I'm betting there is some kind of damage under the car the inspector didn't like... And the seller decided to pass the trash.
ProJoe@reddit
Theres a reason they didnt get it inspected after repairing.
Your friend got screwed, he did not get a good deal.
RequiemNoYume@reddit (OP)
Are you saying there going to be big issue on the car?
MaximumDerpification@reddit
It was not a good deal.
He should have run the other way when he learned the title was misrepresented. HUGE red flag.