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This issue comes up a lot, so I googled salavage title on Wikipedia...
It was interesting. According to wikipedia, at least:
1) A car with a current salvage title is not worth a lot
2) A car with a prior salvage title, that has been rebuilt, takes a 30-50% hit...
BUT
there is also the category of CLEAN TITLE currently... but salvage in the past. I suspect that MOST slavage cars fall into this category...
From Wikipedia:
Title washing refers to transferring a vehicle's registration for the express purpose of removing a title brand.[12] The practice is legal, and practiced by the insurance companies themselves.[13] Title brands such as "salvage," "junk," and "rebuilt" are not standardized, and a vehicle which has such a designation may receive a clean title when registered in a different jurisdiction. Further, vehicles imported to or exported from the United States and Canada are issued a clean title, even if they have been involved in an accident. Other states have relatively lax inspection criteria to remove the salvage brand.[2]
A car with a prior salvage, CURRENT CLEAN TITLE, perhaps only takes a small hit. The insurance companies have no issue insuring these, as they go by the current title...
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