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Originally Posted by GGG
Why are people so afraid of cars with accidents from a consumer standpoint. As long as the frame wasn't damaged why is this a thing?
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Because the repair is only as good as the shop that did it, and the parts used. There are a ton of great body shops out there, there are equally as many horrible hack body shops using jobber non OEM parts, poor quality paints, have poorly skilled bodymen. Body work and painting is almost an art. Top quality guys are like artists... or top shelf plastic surgeons. No 2 repairs are the same.
Also there can be electrical gremlins pop up from improperly wired cars. If there was an airbag deployment, was a new one put in, or a used one out of another write-off? Was all the factory rust proofing and galvanizing properly re-done?
On a 10 year old $8500 Accord or Camry someone is gonna drive into the ground and use as a transportation appliance, they may not care. On a 2 year old $45,000 Grand Cherokee.... yeah, it's a big deal.
