My state recently changed the look of their registration. While before my registration made no mention of anything, and the title doesn't say a damn thing, now "prior salvage" is front and center on the new registration.
When I bought the car in Illinois I think it had "rebuilt" on that title. The guy I bought it from didn't say a word about it, but was eager to show me it had been appraised at $11,500. I called him halfway home (to Des Moines) for an explanation, though at that point I was already screwed. He didn't have one, really. Boy I'd love to kick that guy's ass.
Now, I read something about Illinois automatically determining a theft recovery "rebuilt", is that right? Because the car shows no signs of being wrecked, but one of the first owners was a police chief (as in, he could have bought it easily after the recovery).
Anyway, I never gave any thought about any of this since it wasn't listed on the Iowa stuff, I figured it was some stupid Illinois thing, and since the car didn't have any signs of being wrecked...
I was considering selling the car, but now I don't know what a fair price is. The car's the same car I HAD wanted $9000 bottom line for, but I know the salvage designation is an automatic ding (though again, I don't know where the "salvage" comes in, and the car's the same car I had asked 9k for). Here's a link on the car:
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165858
Opinions?
When I bought the car in Illinois I think it had "rebuilt" on that title. The guy I bought it from didn't say a word about it, but was eager to show me it had been appraised at $11,500. I called him halfway home (to Des Moines) for an explanation, though at that point I was already screwed. He didn't have one, really. Boy I'd love to kick that guy's ass.
Now, I read something about Illinois automatically determining a theft recovery "rebuilt", is that right? Because the car shows no signs of being wrecked, but one of the first owners was a police chief (as in, he could have bought it easily after the recovery).
Anyway, I never gave any thought about any of this since it wasn't listed on the Iowa stuff, I figured it was some stupid Illinois thing, and since the car didn't have any signs of being wrecked...
I was considering selling the car, but now I don't know what a fair price is. The car's the same car I HAD wanted $9000 bottom line for, but I know the salvage designation is an automatic ding (though again, I don't know where the "salvage" comes in, and the car's the same car I had asked 9k for). Here's a link on the car:
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165858
Opinions?