<VV> Stolen cars, was: Registering

[Frank DuVal]

Must have been my poor wording. Let's try this for my last sentence to 
clarify what I mean...

Not all major repairs are tracked by VIN and therefore do not show up in 
Carfax,
etc.

Now we all agree! ggg

Frank DuVal




George Jones wrote:

> CarFax isn't all it's advertised to be either.
>
> On 2/15/07, Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm with you, Harry. Salvage does not mean a destroyed car put back on
>> the road as a waiting to happen death trap. It does mean something has
>> happened to it along the way and the next owner should be aware of its
>> past. This is why people are always reminded to  get a prospective used
>> car checked out by a third party. Just in case there was an unsafe
>> repair. Not all major repairs are tracked by VIN and show up in Carfax,
>> etc.
>>
>> Frank DuVal
>>
>> Harry Yarnell wrote:
>>
>> > I hope this law doesn't come to pass. At least as I understand it.
>> > I have saved many a car that had the title trail/search come up empty.
>> > Nice cars that were to be scraped without a title. Getting a salvage
>> > title made the car legit again, and it could be legally put back on
>> > the road.
>> > Case in point:
>> > I was offered a '94 Northstar Seville from my local salvage yard for
>> > $500. It was a nice car. Too good to scrap or part out. No keys; no
>> > title. Bought legally at auction for parts (because of the 'no
>> > title'). Well, attempts on my part to trace the vehicle thru the
>> > Maryland DMV, and the national data centers, including the VDP
>> > (vehicle donation program, from wence the car came), was futile. In
>> > this day of restricted personal information, nobody was able
>> > (willing?) to provide a 'last known owner'.
>> > Salvage title was applied for, and obtained. An interesting part of
>> > the salvage titling is the car has to be rollbacked to a State police
>> > inspection station where it's checked for proper vin's and any stolen
>> > reports. They sign off on the vehicle and you now have legal 
>> ownership.
>> >
>> > harry yarnell
>> > perryman garage and orphanage
>> > hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>
>> > To: <MACMGEO at aol.com>
>> > Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 6:20 PM
>> > Subject: <VV> Stolen cars, was: Registering
>> >
>> >
>> >> On that note, I too had a vehicle stolen once. Unfortunately, like 
>> the
>> >> Corvair, it didn't have the now-universal 17 digit VIN, so it's
>> >> untracable thru services like Carfax. A search for any stolen car is
>> >> hampered by the conglomeration of 50 state title laws, which also,
>> among
>> >> other things, allow salvage vehicle titles to be washed. I see 
>> that one
>> >> of the things on the new Congress's adgenda is to get a uniform 
>> titling
>> >> law thru. Maybe once that's done, the stolen and salvage vehicle 
>> market
>> >> will start drying up.
>> >>
>> >> -Mark
>> >>
>> >> MACMGEO at aol.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> Adding to airvairs remarks my friend and I about 6 years ago had 2
>> >>> greenbriers and an auto 65 cpe stolen within 8 months in front of
>> >>> our houses.  All 3
>> >>> were licensed.  Never showed up.  George, 3  licensed ,vairs
>> >>
>> >>
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