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Originally Posted by Hevishot
You do understand that most vehicles are written off due to the cost of the repair exceeding the ACV of the vehicle. Sometimes there is no frame damage nasty hits or airbag deployments. Sometimes cars get sideswiped and need a bumper, fender 2 doors and either a quarter panel replacement or repair. Most insurance companies start thinking about total losses and payouts after a vehicle reaches 75-80% of ACV that also varies by insurance company.
By the time you get around the price of the parts the supplemental damages, paint, blending color to adjacent panels for proper color match and R&I of glass and such it can be enough to total a vehicle. Also if a vehicle has less than a certain amount of kms and you have total vehicle replacement insurance you can also opt for a payout to the lien holder if any and go get another one.
Not all vehicles that are branded repaired status are cobbled together. Unfortunately alot of them that are come from out east where the law is a little more relaxed. Most shops will not repair a write off for off the street customers. Alot of the bigger shops that have excessive fleets of courtesy cars may have some "repaired/rebuilt" vehicles in their fleets.
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I find cars that have had substantial post-accident work done are worse 11 times out of 10 versus cars that have not needed substantial amounts of work. If you want to roll the dice to save a few bucks, go nuts. Wouldn't take long to blow through whatever you saved by trying to fix mechanical problems/squeaks/rust/rattles/vibrations/not-quite-perfect fit and finish/etc., though. I really can't see a single reason why somebody would buy one of these cars, but I guess they do.
