Topic: Buying Salvage-Rebuilt and why it is better

[Salvage_Is_Better]

^^I thought he was trying to say that they are OEM parts...not sure a GM dealership would sell an after market body panel OTC.....I'll let him clarify though...

Yes we use OEM Parts.  Here in the States we simply refer to them as Dealer Certified which means the same thing as Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)

[Salvage_Is_Better]

The problem with rebuilding salvage vehicles for a profit is that one has X dollars to spend and that's it.  That leads to short cuts.  Just has to.

The trick to avoiding this is knowing where to buy and how to buy.  Salvage cars do not sell for a lot of money and still leaves a lot of room to do quality repairs and still make a profit.

What happens a lot of times is people with little or no experience will go and buy a car, they have no clue what that car sells for or what its worth.  They will buy it for more than they should have.  Once they realize they will not be able to sell it for a decent profit they will begin to save money in anyways they can.  Repairing the damaged parts, using used parts, no inspections and such. 

This is why its so difficult to work in this business, here we are trying to work with honesty and integrity when the majority of salvage rebuild able dealers will take shortcuts and give salvage the bad name people know it as.

Keep in mind, im not in anyway shape or form trying to represent all salvage dealers, im simply trying to say that there IS such a thing as a quality salvage vehicle that cost a lot less then the MSRP people would pay for one at the dealer.

[Wolfe]

^^I thought he was trying to say that they are OEM parts...not sure a GM dealership would sell an after market body panel OTC.....I'll let him clarify though...

Yes we use OEM Parts.  Here in the States we simply refer to them as Dealer Certified which means the same thing as Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)

Before I posted last night I googled several variations of the terms "dealer certified" and "dealer certified parts" and after going through several pages of search results I found not even a single instance of such a term being used as a synonym for OEM parts. The overwhelming majority of results were dealerships' listings of manufacturers Certified Pre-owned programs, not the same thing at all.

[Wolfe]

The problem with rebuilding salvage vehicles for a profit is that one has X dollars to spend and that's it.  That leads to short cuts.  Just has to.

"Severe economic restraint"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWEdlUT17PI

[articsteve]

The problem with rebuilding salvage vehicles for a profit is that one has X dollars to spend and that's it.  That leads to short cuts.  Just has to.

The trick to avoiding this is knowing where to buy and how to buy.  Salvage cars do not sell for a lot of money and still leaves a lot of room to do quality repairs and still make a profit.

What happens a lot of times is people with little or no experience will go and buy a car, they have no clue what that car sells for or what its worth.  They will buy it for more than they should have.  Once they realize they will not be able to sell it for a decent profit they will begin to save money in anyways they can.  Repairing the damaged parts, using used parts, no inspections and such. 

This is why its so difficult to work in this business, here we are trying to work with honesty and integrity when the majority of salvage rebuild able dealers will take shortcuts and give salvage the bad name people know it as.

Keep in mind, im not in anyway shape or form trying to represent all salvage dealers, im simply trying to say that there IS such a thing as a quality salvage vehicle that cost a lot less then the MSRP people would pay for one at the dealer.

The trick to avoiding this is knowing where to buy and how to buy.

I agree with you.  Its all in the details.  Like I said earlier in this thread, I'd buy salvage if the conditions were right.

[The Mighty Duck]

  As I've said before, I would not mind buying a sports car/personal vehicle that had a rebuilt title, provided I had some details.  But if this were a family vehicle, I would hands down choose a non-rebuilt vehicle!

I've learned since buying my vehicle that is is almost certainly a rebuild (from Alberta, so it wasn't declared!).  I've had no trouble with my vehicle (though I do note it pulls to the left occasionally  ), so I have no trouble saying a rebuild can be a fine choice, but as Steve says, it's all in the details.

[body performance]

hey guys new to this site but stumbled on this topic and decided to join and give my 2cents....several comments in this thread refer to dealer certified parts and true is a meaningless term....what the real question or point is are the dealer certified parts new are used??? As a repuitable body repair facility with current repair equipment and technicians I can say that if the vehicle is repaired at a well equiped shop with qualified( licenced technians ) repaire salvage is generaly not an issue...what people need to understand is that generally what totals a vehicle is not the sevarity of damage but the public availablity of useful replacement parts or the particular insurance companies policy on used, new vs aftermarket(like kind and quality) parts....this does not mean that parts may not be available through private yards or existing inventory.

[Trainman]

In the UK some insurance companies can be funny about insuring damaged repaired cars, especially those that have been written off before, is that the same in Canada?

ICBC did not seem to have any issues about this