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[–] protput@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Explain salvaged vehicles to me pls.

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Cheap, problematic, difficult to sell.

Think flooded cars.

[–] Bye@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No most of the time it’s a car that got hit by hail and the body work totaled the car, or something like that. I’ve owned two.

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s possible to wash a title by registering it in certain states. I think Georgia is one.

[–] Bye@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yes I mentioned that in my other comment.

Bought a car with a clean NY title a few years ago, drove it for 4 years. Wonderful car. Sold it because I was moving overseas, buyer did a vin check, and it was salvage but washed. Wound up selling for the same amount anyways, found a buyer who didn’t care.

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