808Bill

Obviously until someone gets a good look at the areas that can't be seen, no one can value such a car.

Kris Murphy

With the blue book value of these cars being low, and the prices to replace pieces having the word Porsche stamped on them, it is actually very easy for these cars to be considered a total loss with very minor damage.

Shortly after purchasing my 996 I was rear ended by a land cruiser going about 3mph. Cracked a tail light, cracked the aero kit wing (2" crack), and spider cracked the bumper. The initial estimate was $2800.

Once they started to do the work, the $2800 turned into $8K because they needed to replace the bumper instead or repairing it, and had to paint all of the way up to the doors to get the paint to match, which meant they had to take out the windows, etc.

The insurance rep told me if they knew it was going to be $8k when they started it would have been a total loss. Which I of course would have bought back in a second, because other than some spider cracks on the bumper and a 2" crack on the aero kit there was no damage that effected how the car performed. The only thing that would have had to have been fixed is the tail light which was $200, and even that was questionable since it was a chip on the bottom left hand portion of the light, not anywhere near the sealed area of the lens.

My point being, if you know what caused the salvage title, it may not be a big deal. I made a point to take a ton of pictures of the damage on my car, in case I ever sell it, I have proof of what occurred if it pops up on a Car Fax.

AWDGuy

same here. you need the details. It could have been a 15k hit to the front, and the car is worth 25k, so they write it off instead of fixing it as that makes more sense financially to them. Something similar happened with my RX7...was cheaper to buy anew/used one that it was to fix it so they wrote it off. that car is still on the road today and looking great.

dporto

"Anybody notice who the seller is?"

Looks like our old friend Marty...

JimmyB

Google the VIN ...



http://www.autobidmaster.com/carfind...BIRMINGHAM_AL/

Cuda911

Doesnt look bad from the pic.

GH996

The ad said the radiator was not damaged. Sure looks like coolant laying on the ground.

KoB

Yeah, that was the other radiator that wasn't damaged ...

Always wanted 1

the ad also mentions $23k in damage?

Dharn55

In Illinois a vehicle gets a salvage title if the repairs are more than 25% of the value of the vehicle. With the cost of repairs that means a lot of cars here get salvage titles.