Our local police will be having a seized car auction next month…I though it might be a good cheap way to pick up a car for my teen daughter…Now I’ve never been to a police auction before so I have to ask do they give you a salvage title or just the paperwork for a sheriff’s lien and expect you to get a title on your own?
if it matters these will be sized DWI, DUI and not abandoned along the roadside cars…
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OK, I asked another question yesterday about "unknowingly being sold a car with a salvage title" — http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061128073937AAwWAu9 — which the dealership is supposedly still uncertain of.
Well, the saga continues. Now they claim they should get the title today, they’re just waiting for the auction people to send it. I’ve been told that the auction part is normal, though them not knowing any details about their purchase seems odd, to say the least.
They’re claiming they’re in the same position I’m in! Isn’t it their responsibility to know? Plus when I asked they insisted it hadn’t been in a wreck, and they went further to give me a warranty.
Assuming the car has only been in a wreck (that resulted in a settlement for k in 12/2005) how does that effect the so-called "bumper-to-bumper" warranty they gave me? Is this alone fraud, even if it doesn’t have a salvage title?
Shouldn’t they reduce the price? Am I stuck?
(I’m in TX.)
I purchased the car 11/22 but didn’t get the insurance stuff until after the Thanksgiving holiday. That’s when my insurance agent discovered the wreck, on 11/27.
I have called the TX Attorney General and the DMV and they’re telling me to submit a complaint. I’m going to call the legal people provided through my job later today, but I was hoping to settle this peacefully.
Initially they seemed to won’t to resolve this, yesterday they implied they were already looking for a new Ion, and insisted they wouldn’t leave me in a wrecked vehicle.
Now it just seems like they’re trying to get out of it and shirk responsibility. But I don’t think ignorance is an adequate defense. At the very least I think the price should be lowered, or I should be released from the contract.
I do know that I would not have bought the car had they told me it was in a k wreck and they acknowledge that that’s likely the case. Still, they insist the wreck doesn’t effect our deal.
I got it from a smaller local dealer called "Auto Max."
My issue with the wreck is that I specifically asked if it had been in a wreck and they said no. I asked two separate salesmen and they both said no.
My insurance agent only found the k claim through one insurance company — he was checking them all for the lowest price. None of the other insurance companies were showing this claim BUT I’m sure the dealership knew what was what.
I can’t accept that the auction didn’t let them know the history of that car — I’m sure the truth of the matter was in the price they paid for it. If they got a severely discounted price on it they had to know why, in my opinion. I doubt they got gypped too.
Though, I did initially give them the benefit of the doubt, thinking maybe they really didn’t know, but now I’m thinking the shock was more a reaction to the fact that I found out about it, rather than true ignorance/innocence.
And still, they claim they don’t have the title.
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My dad recently bought a salvage car at an auto auction. He fixed it up and set an appointment at the state patrol for vehicle inspection in order to get license plates for the vehicle. I wanted to drive the car before the inspection, so I was wondering if I could get a temporary license or trip permit for my salvage title car until the inspection appointment?
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hi im planning on buying a car from a local Insurance Auto Auction. I know that the vehicle is a salvage title and the pictures they have shown are the pictures of the cars damage, but i wanted to know if they repair the car before they put it up for bidding or do they sell the car damaged and the buyer has to repair the car.
THANKS
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