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- Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:18 pm #231812 I am looking at trading my 1995 civic lx 4dr to a guy for a hatch. My car has a clean title but the hatch has either a rebuilt, or a salvage title. I checked with one of the free vin check and it said it was in the vincheck salvage list but he is saying it is a rebuilt title. Thus making me weary of if i should trade it or not. What are your guys expirience with rebuilt or salvage titles? Also if anyone wants to trade their hatch for my sedan im in miami florida!

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- Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:18 am #231827 Well clean titles have more value...as far as salvage title goes if it was in an accident there are high possibilities that it could have a bent or damaged frame you should check it out first see how it feels
i would trade if it was just theft related

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- Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:46 am #231837 a good way to test if it has a bent frame is to drive down a dirt load and a low speed then check your tracks and make sure the tracks are aligned if they are not the frame is most likely bent.

Race cars are like boats I guess. Time to bust out another thousand.

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- Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:17 pm #232117 Rebuilt = Salvaged
Call and ask your insurance company.

- Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:21 pm #248919 I've never experience this but i can tell you this; If I were you, I wouldn't think about it. It's better to deal with clean titles than deal with theft titles and salvage titles. That's my opinion.

- Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:50 pm #248937 The "problem" with a Rebuilt/Salvage title is that if you want to trade the car in to a car lot, they don't want it. A bank will not loan full value on a branded title, so financing is tough.
That can also be a problem when you try to sell the car. If someone can not finance the car, it is basically not worth as much as a clean titled car.
The best way to get a good value out of a branded title car is to have someone else hit and total you. Then their insurance has to pay replacement value.