What is a “salvage” car?
A salvage car is one that has many more problems than just a “used” car driven by individuals. For instance, it might have been flooded, burned, in a horrible wreck resulting in a bent frame and other damage or horrific vandalism resulting from riots and other disobedience. A crashed hybrid 2003 Honda Civic offered for salvage: $2505 Unscrupulous dealers will attempt to sell them as merely used cars and it’s often easy to repair them and sell them at an auction. Salvage cars are difficult to recognize when you’re looking at the pictures only. The problems start when you innocently resell one and the furious buyer gets to you. There may be no way you can convince them that it was you who had been cheated in the first place.
