Sonny - If the title is not branded, then this is not a problem. However, I have seen salvage titles from California on cars that were theft recoveries. Just thought you should be aware of the possibility. Once branded, it will not ever have a completely clean title. I guess that I'd do a CarFax check, just to be safe.
As to the crux of your problem, actually bidding and buying. Obviously, I can't help you there. I am in Minnesota. Peace, Ben Received: by 10.140.247.15 with SMTP id u15mr6302132rvh.1.1270588184889; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:09:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.193.1 with SMTP id ds1cs223276ibb; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:09:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from majordomo by krusty-motorsports.com with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <[email protected]>) id 1NzG1a-0006rS-RI for [email protected]; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:09:30 +0000 Received: from krusty-motorsports.com (krusty-motorsports.com [192.94.170.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id t1si333856rvl.50.2010.04.06.14.09.43; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:09:43 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> From: <[email protected]> Sender: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Re: Stolen car Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:09:28 -0500 Message-ID: <22072741.1270588169136.javamail.r...@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: EarthLink Zoo Mail 1.0 Thread-Index: AcrVzXt40YsDOdUUTXWpS+njrY81Iw== Ben, Your reply doesn't really address the crux of my argument. If theft recovery is not cause for a salvage title in California (as per the DMV Web page I referred to a few Digests ago), then your experience is irrelevant for the matter at hand. Unless the insurance company for some reason sees it in its interest to get the recovered car on a salvage title (but why?) or mistakenly thinks it needs one, and the DMV does not turn down the request. Sonny Sonny - Things have gotten considerably tighter in the last 10 years. It is rare that a title escapes being branded today. Oh, and I had one that the state neglected to label as salvage, but it was still considered salvage on state records and on CarFax. Tough to escape it. Peace, Ben -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
