<VV> Re: Salvage title

[Padgett]

>Salvage does not mean a destroyed car put back on
>the road as a waiting to happen death trap.

Salvage does mean that the car was "totaled". In Florida there are two 
different forms of salvage title, one of which is a "Rebuildable Salvage 
Title" that can be driven but is supposed to have a label on the vehicle.

See http://www.dmv.org/fl-florida/salvaged-vehicles.php

Then there are the cars which may have been "totaled" but the owner has 
arranged to keep the car and rebuild it. The key here is not to surrender 
the title to anyone. When our 90 Grand Am was rearended, the cost of the 
bumper cover and a taillight vs the retail value was enough for the 
insurance company to declare it totaled.

Padgett