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Location: Flushing, NY
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Salvage report from carfax
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I am in the proces of purchasing an 02 Boxster w/ 32K miles. Car is fine, title is clear but the carfax report shows accident in the past & was declared salvaged. Final price is set at $11K. Is this worth the purchase? Thanks for your input. |
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08-28-2008, 03:06 PM
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you need to dig deeper. The carfax says the car was salvage but you say it now has a 'clear' title. Sounds fishy. Salvage titled cars usually never return to clean titles without some illegal shuffling as far as I know. The only advantage to a salvage car I can think of is turning it into a dedicated track car. If you buy it and try and sell it later, you will no doubt have a problem getting a price for the car.
If you think you want it, have the car PPI'd and not just engine/trans, you need a body shop that car look the chassis over for damage repair as well as tell tales of flood or other damage. Be thorough and careful.
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09-06-2008, 05:28 AM
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The title was likely washed through some sort of state-line switcharoo shenanigans. I would have a complete PPI done and maybe even have it put on a rack to check for twist. I had an acquiantance who used to "restore" salvaged sports and luxery cars and use them as trade-ins b/c private party folks would look too closely and dealers usually don't.
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