Lof8 - Andy
Lof8 - Andy SuperDork
12/7/20 9:49 a.m.

Is it possible to hunt down any photos of the damage to a car that has a salvage title?  It's already been repaired. 
 

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John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
12/7/20 9:58 a.m.

No pictures but I did find this... 

Says that it was front end damage at 24k miles.  How many miles now?

I think the title section says that it was NY State registered car when the accident happened.  

Lof8 - Andy
Lof8 - Andy SuperDork
12/7/20 10:37 a.m.

It's got a bit over 60,000 miles now.  That seems to be a decent indicator of the repairs being good.  ?maybe?  :)

 

and that is the damage the seller described as well.   Seller bought the car with the salvage title already. 

rslifkin
rslifkin UltraDork
12/7/20 10:41 a.m.

In general, if the car aligns well, drives well, and you can look it over and not readily identify the damage or repairs, I'd say it's likely repaired well. 

akylekoz
akylekoz SuperDork
12/7/20 10:56 a.m.

Only pay what your insurance will value a salvaged title vehicle for.  Am I wrong or is this a real thing?  

spitfirebill
spitfirebill MegaDork
12/7/20 5:47 p.m.

Seems to me the damage would have to be pretty bad to total a low mileage Porsche Cayman.    

03Panther
03Panther Dork
12/7/20 5:57 p.m.

I think they will total a car overs broken taillights these days. 

Nofive_0
Nofive_0 Reader
12/7/20 7:30 p.m.

I searched the major salvage auctions and I got nothing. It must have been totaled a while ago.... Meaning that the value of the car was higher, and thus the amount of work must have been substantial. 

Lof8 - Andy
Lof8 - Andy SuperDork
12/7/20 7:39 p.m.
Nofive_0 said:

I searched the major salvage auctions and I got nothing. It must have been totaled a while ago.... Meaning that the value of the car was higher, and thus the amount of work must have been substantial. 

True. Totaled about 40,000 miles ago.  

Lof8 - Andy
Lof8 - Andy SuperDork
12/8/20 2:39 p.m.

I drove it.  It's a fantastic car. I want one.  Cant decide if I should part with the cash though.  Last time I owned a "nice" car it mostly sat in the garage while I played with the cheaper, more stripped down toys. I get a free f150 work truck for daily driver duties.  Seems like a great deal to me at 19k
 


Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
12/8/20 2:58 p.m.

My M5 has a salvage title. Since it happened when the car was new, it had a high value so the parts used to repair were all good ones - BMW parts instead of random cheapos. There's almost no way to tell honestly.

If I wanted to find pictures, I'd probably start by trying to find out who the insurance company was at the time. I'll bet they took some. I have no idea what would be involved in getting your hands on them.

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